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2,710 search results for “machine history” in the Public website

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  Liselore Tissen Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.n.m.tissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Julian Grob Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.n.grob@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Ymke Vreeburg Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.vreeburg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Jasper Krijns Student ambassador

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.p.krijns@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthijs Olieman Education coordinator / study adviser

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.olieman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274497

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  Rebecca Wensma Institute Manager

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.wensma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272710

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  Kevin Horbach Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.m.p.horbach@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam for a unique visit with a Leiden History MA Alum News - 1 December 2025

  On Tuesday November 25, 2025, Sarah Cramsey travelled with students from her masters seminar on 'New Approached to the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe' taught at the History Institute to Amsterdam for a unique opportunity. There, Lotte Sophie Groenendijk, an alumna of the History Research Masters…

• In the Spotlight: Professor Robert Ross News - 23 September 2014

  On the occasion of the retirement of Robert Ross, Professor in African History at Leiden University, his successor and former student Jan-Bart Gewald wrote a valedictory note.

• Assessments of Past Science Research project

  Is it possible to formulate a new conceptual foundation for attributing an evaluative role to historiography of science, without relinquishing the historiographic sensitivity of recent work in the discipline?

• ‘Rapture, Fear and Admiration. Architecture and the Sublime in Seventeenth-Century Paris’ Research project

  In what ways and to what ends did Parisian buildings overwhelm the early modern public? This study is concerned with the experience of the sublime in architecture in seventeenth-century Paris.

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  Rob Saunders Associate Professor

  Faculty of Science

  r.saunders@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Mike Preuss Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.preuss@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Catholijn Jonker Professor/Guest

  Faculty of Science

  c.m.jonker@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277115

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  Lindsay Spoor PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  l.j.spoor@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ksenia Pereverdieva PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  k.g.pereverdieva@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Diederick Vermetten Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  d.l.vermetten@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alejandro García PhD candidate / self funded / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  a.garcia@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Furong Ye Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  f.ye@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 685363484

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  Waheeda Saib PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  w.b.saib@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

• Sunken History Event - 8 April 2025

  PhD defence

• Students go on virtual exchange to Virginia: 'This is the most fun programme there is' News - 22 June 2023

  University lecturer Dario Fazzi and postdoctoral researcher Gaetano Di Tommaso set up a virtual collaboration with the United States last year thanks to a VIS grant. And it was a such a success the project will be repeated next year. Fazzi is looking forward to once again offering his students a multicultural…

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  Rachel Schats Associate professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271925

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  Jonathan Stökl University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.j.stokl@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272255

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  Bareez Majid Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275154

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  Paul Nieuwenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271983

• Erik Kwakkel elected to Comité International de Paléographie Latine News - 22 June 2015

  On 18 June, 2015, Erik Kwakkel was elected to the Comité International de Paléographie Latine (CIPL), a scholarly committee that specialises in the study of the medieval book.

• Navigating Networks through Scholarly Correspondence: Epistolary Exchange of Knowledge on Early Medieval English Research project

  In an age before GoogleDocs and LinkedIn, 19th-century scholars relied on letter-writing for collaboration, peer-feedback and the building and sustaining of academic networks. Letters were a quick, efficient way to share insights, data and discoveries. Scholarly correspondence thus allows a vital behind-the-scenes…

• applications at the crossroads of quantum mechanics, statistical physics and machine learning Event - 4 September 2025

  Lecture

• Using statistics to prevent the loss of blood donors News - 10 September 2019

  The Sanquin blood bank gathers data on every donation. Around 720,000 donations are made every year. ‘That generates a mountain of highly valuable data,’ says Leiden PhD candidate Marieke Vinkenoog.

• Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group News - 24 October 2022

  Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Group for the best scholarly publication in the field of Italy Studies in Dutch or Flemish academia.

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  Vincent Chang Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.k.chang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272151

• Dominant style stifled innovation in 19th century seascapes News - 5 October 2021

  Long into the 19th century, seascapes were considered an expression of patriotism. Artists who painted in a 17th century style were valued more. This tradition stifled innovation in the genre, Cécile Bosman has concluded. She will defend her PhD thesis on 13 October.

• Fleeing tapestry makers picked up the thread again in Gouda News - 13 July 2023

  In the sixteenth century, many Protestants fled to the Northern Netherlands to avoid Spanish oppression in the south. This exodus included tapestry makers from Oudenaarde who eventually settled in Gouda. Professor by Special Appointment Yvonne Bleyerveld and researcher Jos Beerens have been awarded…

• Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550 [PRAYER] Research project

  This project investigates the full ecosystem of Middle Dutch prayerbooks in order to answer questions about their role in – and impact on – religion, culture, and society in the late medieval Low Countries.

• From Homo Economicus to Political Animal Research project

  Who is Economic Man? Every economic paradigm presupposes an anthropology, a theory of human nature. This project explores the anthropologies presupposed and produced by ancient Greek economic texts, and the specific knowledge forms that shape these anthropologies.

• Carolien Stolte awarded Veni grant News - 17 July 2018

  Carolien Stolte lectures at the Institute for History within the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden. She intends to use her Veni grant to research the international networks of Indian activists during the period of decolonisation. We spoke to Carolien about her reaction.

• NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ News - 2 October 2024

  A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.

• Ancient Worlds Network Research project

  The Ancient Worlds Network brings together staff and graduate students in LIAS working on the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world.

• Early modern traders circumvented rules of states and companies News - 6 June 2017

  Individual traders should be at the forefront of the study of early modern world trade rather than institutions such as states and companies, argues Professor of Global Economic Networks Cátia Antunes. Inaugural lecture on 9 June.

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  Olivier Béquignon Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  o.j.m.bequignon@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Salvador Santino Regilme Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.s.regilme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271742

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  David Home Valenzuela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.home.valenzuela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Savvas Skoufaridis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.skoufaridis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mariana Gaba PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.r.gaba@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Carlos Rilling Tenorio PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.g.rilling.tenorio@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Celine Oldenhage PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.w.oldenhage@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Bálint Honos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.honos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mahdis Mirzadeh PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.m.mirzadeh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Femke Fakkeldij PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.k.fakkeldij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646