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• Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’ News - 9 August 2022

  What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.

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  Alain Wijffels Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.a.wijffels@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jonathan Powell Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.d.powell@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Limin Teh University Lecturer Modern Chinese History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.m.teh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275915

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  Jan-Bart Gewald Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  j.b.gewald@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273372

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  Surendra Balraadjsing PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  s.balraadjsing@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerard van Westen Professor

  Faculty of Science

  gerard@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273511

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  Tom Kouwenhoven Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  t.kouwenhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Rahul Bandyopadhyay PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  r.bandyopadhyay@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kiana Shahrasbi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.shahrasbi@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities Event - 20 April 2026

  Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series

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  Michael Lew Professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.s.lew@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277034

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  Diego Salama Editor Global Governance (journal)

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.salama@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Anne Heyer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271121

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  Stefano Bellucci University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273473

• Self-Determination in Very Small Places Event - 30 March 2026

  Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series

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  Maja Vodopivec Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.vodopivec@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009472

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  Peter Kop Teaching methodologist / guest

  ICLON

  koppmgm@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273470

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  Aad van Mastrigt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.van.mastrigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Quantum research in two ways: from proving someone's location to simulating financial markets News - 13 February 2026

  Kirsten Kanneworff and David Dechant defend their PhD research on quantum physics at Leiden University. Fundamental work with applications in location verification and the financial world.

• Writing history together in the Transvaal News - 18 October 2021

  Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…

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  Karwan Fatah-Black Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272666

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  André Gerrits Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.w.m.gerrits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Roos Stolker Dual PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  r.stolker@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589

• History MOOC 'The Rooseveltian Century' returns News - 10 January 2017

  Prof. Giles Scott-Smith has made the first History MOOC (Massive Online Open-Access Course) produced by Leiden University. The MOOC 'The Rooseveltian Century', which covers the influence of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt through the 20th century, is now online at Coursera. The successful MOOC…

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  Claire Weeda Director of Education / University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.v.weeda@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272718

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  Ako Tsujita PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.tsujita.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zhengshan Jiao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  z.jiao@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fenneke Sysling Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272737

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  Willem Zwalve Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  w.j.zwalve@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277440

• So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’ News - 16 December 2024

  Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?

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  Jiyan Ilbrink University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.ilbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History News - 3 November 2022

  Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.

• Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history News - 19 June 2022

  Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.

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  Rayyan Toutounji Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.toutounji@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alex Brandsen Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.brandsen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gabrielle van den Berg Academic director LIAS / professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.r.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272023

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  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jacobine Melis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam News - 18 November 2021

  From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…

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  Bastian Still Guest

  b.j.f.still@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Patrick Gouw Subject Librarian

  Leiden University Libraries

  p.gouw@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277749

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  Andrew Gawthorpe University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.gawthorpe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271740

• New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd' News - 13 August 2021

  A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…

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  Leonor Alvarez Francés PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.alvarez.frances@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Ruchella Kock Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.m.d.kock@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Julian Steinke PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.steinke@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Vincent Croft Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  v.a.croft@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579

• A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time News - 20 September 2022

  The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he combines his love for the University and poetry with autobiographical reflections. ‘With my magnifying glass I discovered yet more new details in the pr…