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180 search results for “historical pragmatics” in the Student website

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  Manon van der Heijden Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.c.van.der.heijden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272670

• UnToLD: Unraveling cultural historical dimensions of contemporary experiences of tiredness of life among older adults Event - 12 May 2025

  Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar

• Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (SOEMEHL) Event
• Toward an AI Attuned to Dissent and Consensus in Historical Events: Evidence from Wikipedia Event - 12 December 2025

  Lecture

• The Historical Topography of Medina: Faith, Power, and Memory in Early Islamic Arabia Event - 3 April 2025

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

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  Mingran Cao PhD Candidate/ Self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.cao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ahmed Sosal Altayeb Mohammed Ali PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.sosal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Devon Graves PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  d.l.graves@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zifan Meng PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  z.f.meng@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Andreas Krogull Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.krogull@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marion Elenbaas University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.b.elenbaas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272957

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  Tony Foster Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.foster@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272124

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  René van der Veer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.van.der.veer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nathalie Brusgaard Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  n.o.brusgaard@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048

• 47th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL47) Event - 12 December 2025

  Conference

• Shifting sovereignties — Manifestations of sovereignty from a global historical perspective Event - 8 May 2025

  Lecture, Book presentation

• ‘The ancient Egyptians were concerned with more than just death’ News - 23 June 2022

  When we think about ancient Egypt, the first things that come to mind are usually mummies and sarcophagi. According to researcher and Rijksmuseum van Oudheden curator Lara Weiss, that impression is unjustified. She made an audio tour for the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden that focuses on living Egyptians…

• Archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina worked on long-term landscape MOOC: ‘Everyone can learn something new from this course’ News - 11 September 2023

  As part of the TerraNova project, a European research initiative on the study of landscape histories and futures, a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) was developed. Anastasia Nikulina was one of the main chapter coordinators who worked on this course, and she worked on the part about modelling in landscape…

• Banned almost–prime minister of Thailand: ‘Politics must be moral and realistic’ News - 17 November 2025

  Pita Limjaroenrat (45) was set to become Thailand’s next prime minister, but in 2024 the Thai Constitutional Court dissolved his progressive Move Forward Party and banned him from politics. He now reflects publicly on the policy values that brought the party to prominence.

• Dutch election points to return to political centre News - 4 November 2025

  Dutch election signals a return to the political centre, with voters seeking practical solutions both at home and across Europe. Bernard Steunenberg, Professor of Public Administration, cautions that losses for the PVV, the party of Geert Wilders, do not mean the far right has been defeated.

• Greek Temple of Hermopolis Magna in its Religious and Socio-Historical Context Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

• Dutch East Indies tax system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics News - 20 May 2021

  In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…

• The battle over marriage in Indonesia News - 13 December 2023

  The Indonesian government has been trying to enforce marriage and divorce laws for some time. These efforts are encountering resistance from both local communities and the Indonesian Supreme Court. PhD candidate Al Farabi investigated where this resistance comes from.

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  Anastasia Zhang PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  c.zhang@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jelena Prokic Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.prokic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274158

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  Harry Buckoke PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.e.buckoke@kunsten.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sarah Nelson Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.nelson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271268

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  Joao Ferreira De Miranda Santos PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.c.ferreira.de.miranda.santos@kunsten.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aone van Engelenhoven University Lecturer Southeast Asian Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.van.engelenhoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272072

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  Jan Jansen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  jansenj@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273996

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  Irene Hadiprayitno University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.hadiprayitno@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277402

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  Bert Botma University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.d.botma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272150

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  Natalia Donner Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.r.donner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009443

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  Karen Smith University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271737

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  Luisella Caon University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.m.d.caon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274117

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  Didem Yerli PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.yerli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Margaretha Folmer University Lecturer Hebrew and Aramaic

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.folmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272513

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  Marcel IJsselstijn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.ijsselstijn@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• De Verenigde Naties op 80-jarige leeftijd: laveren tussen crisis, continuïteit en verandering News - 26 January 2026

  Eighty years after its founding, the United Nations faces major challenges. Once established to prevent global conflict, the organisation now operates amid geopolitical tensions, prolonged wars and growing criticism. Joris Larik discusses this in Forbes.

• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Europe’s role in an uncertain world News - 30 October 2025

  At Leiden University College, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged Europe to show unity and strength in a world defined by fear, power politics, and uncertainty.

• Call for Participation online workshop Interrogating Speculative Futures News - 7 June 2021

  Call for Participation for the online workshop Interrogating Speculative Futures: A workshop on the politics of imagining a future with(out) chronic illness on 19 and 20 July 2021.

• Peak movement in afternoon and evening linked to lower risk of diabetes News - 2 November 2022

  People who move most in the afternoon and evening are less insulin resistant than people who move mainly in the morning or spread throughout the day. This makes them at lower risk of type 2 diabetes. These are the results that researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have published…

• Ten years of PRINS: Students give practical advice to organisations News - 3 June 2024

  Students in the third year of the BA International Studies programme follow the Practicing International Studies (PRINS) consultancy course. They conduct a project put forward by real clients and then present them with their research results. PRINS is so successful that it has now been running for 10…

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  Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Corrie Bakels Emeritus professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272393

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  Marinus van IJzendoorn

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vanijzen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• What influence did French really have on Dutch? News - 15 May 2023

  Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.

• How do you keep citizens engaged in democracy? An interview with Carola Schoor. News - 19 September 2024

  If you want easy answers to governance questions, you might as well abolish democracy, says Dr. Carola Schoor. A democracy should challenge and raise questions. For a balanced and just rule of law, a 'rule of law compass' is needed.

• High school students at the Open Day: 'I want to do my own thing' News - 24 October 2022

  Last Saturday, the Turfmarkt in The Hague, where during the week thousands of commuters make their way to the many ministries in the city centre, was seething with future young students. It was the Bachelor's Open Day at Leiden University, which took place physically both in Leiden and The Hague. A…

• DNA from a cup of pond water can reveal a lot: Kat Stewart will find out with a Vidi grant from NWO News - 1 July 2022

  She has had the idea for seven years, but now environmental scientist and conservation biologist Kat Stewart finally gets to work on it. She has been awarded a Vidi grant by NWO to find out how DNA from water can be used to shed light on invasive species and their impact on native populations.