3,902 search results for “women s history” in the Public website
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Women in International Security Netherlands
Women In International Security (WIIS) is a global organisation dedicated to advancing the leadership and professional development of women in the field of international peace and security. As part of her research on women, peace and security, Dr. Vanessa Newby at the Institute for Security and Global…
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Espionage Techniques of Seventeenth-Century Women
Spying in the seventeenth century was a man’s job. That had been the prevailing impression, until the Veni research by Nadine Akkerman from Leiden University...
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50 years of voting rights for women in the Swiss Confederation
Christa Tobler writes an extensive article on voting rights for different groups for the annual congress of the
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
a.e.van.ertvelde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities
a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1399
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Scholarly Dogmatism: A Rhetorical History, 1800-2000
This project traces how, why, and under what circumstances scholars invoked the trope of “dogmatism,” especially in controversies. Relevant controversies from various fields, periods, and countries will be subjected to in-depth rhetorical analysis.
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Islam and history
Understanding the history of Islam and Muslim societies sheds a clear light on the complex and changing social structures of the Middle East, including the current trouble spots whose effect spreads all the way to Western Europe.
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Anatomical Collections as Public History
The third project, worked on by dr. Rina Knoeff, is a synthesising project directed at studying the Leiden anatomical collections as important parts of ‘public history’. It will use the results of the other projects in order to analyse anatomical collections (their focus, significant silences, audiences,…
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
r.c.sheppard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2656
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Research Assessment 2018
To safeguard the quality of research within Leiden University, a committee of external experts evaluates the University’s institutes once every six years according to the Standard Evaluation Protocol which is drawn up by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Royal Netherlands…
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Tiffany Bousard
Faculty of Humanities
t.v.c.bousard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Henk Kern
Faculty of Humanities
j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2764
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Willem Otterspeer
Faculty of Humanities
w.otterspeer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7242
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Femme Gaastra
Faculty of Humanities
f.s.gaastra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Wim Boot
Faculty of Humanities
w.j.boot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Ben Schoenmaker
Faculty of Humanities
b.schoenmaker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2724
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Crime and gender before the courts of the Netherlands, 1600-1800
The central aim is to systematically study differences in gendered crime patterns in the records of different types of courts in various Dutch cities in the early modern period.
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A Cultural History of Thunderstorms
How did the invention and implementation of the lightning rod change the perception of thunderstorms on a scientific, technical, religious and artistic level, in the Netherlands and beyond, during the period 1752-1830?
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Diversifying the Collections: Inclusive Citizenship and Public Histories of Exclusion
In educational settings such as museums, universities and schools, white, male, able-bodied and rational subjects still dominate. Although there has been a lot of theoretical work on processes of in- and exclusion through racialization, sexualization, and disabilization, we still know very little about…
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024
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in Global and Historical Perspective | Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 13/2
In Migration and Membership Regimes editors Ulbe Bosma, Gijs Kessler and Leo Lucassen bring together ten essays in an analytical framework which looks beyond the Transatlantic migration of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in a deliberate attempt to incorporate the experience of earlier periods…
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Colonial and Global History (research) (MA)
The Colonial and Global History (research) programme at Leiden University offers the most in-depth and comprehensive programme of European expansion and globalisation currently available in Europe.
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Maps That Made History: 1000 Years of World History in 100 Old Maps
1000 Years of World History in 100 Old Maps.
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Profile 2. Settlement history of the Frisia in the Middle Ages
The narrow but long stretched stript of Frisian land along the North Sea was already occupied before Roman times. However, man repeatedly suffered setbacks when he tried to extend his living space, both in the tidal marshes and the peat area south of them.
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Youth, Media and Protest: Histories of Engaging in Central African politics and social life
How do old and new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) relate to new social and political movements in Central Africa? What does this tell us about Africa and the Information Age?
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Herstory and the female gaze: event on International Women's Day
Debate
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History and International Studies 1900-Present
Research in the History and International Studies 1900-Present specialisation addresses the interconnectedness and interdependence of contemporary global political, economic and cultural developments from a multidisciplinary perspective which is rooted in the humanities.
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Centre for Islamic Thought and History
Welcome to the Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History. The initiatives and projects undertaken here are under the auspices of the Leiden University Centre for Intercultural Philosophy. As a centre, we aim to promote the study of Arabic and Islamic thought and history, in all its different…
- Europaeum Programme European History and Civilisation (MA)
- Teaching History and Civics (MA)
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025
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History of Cultures, Knowledge and Ideas
It is integral to many cluster members’ research to use Medieval and Early Modern Arts as a lens for studying the medieval and early modern periods at large:
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Louis Sicking
Faculty of Humanities
l.h.j.sicking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2717
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A History of Chocholtec Alphabetic Writing
On the 11th of October, Micheal Swanton succesfully defended his PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Micheal on this great result.
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Ancient History Research Seminar December 2024
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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PhD Programme
PhD Programme of the Institute for History
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Christa Tobler on BBC Radio about vote for women in Switzerland
On 7 February 2021, Christa Tobler appeared on the BBC Wales radio programme 'Sunday Supplement' (a political and current affairs programme), entitled 'Covid, homelessness and votes for women'. The 50th anniversary of Swiss women's suffrage at the federal level, is commemorated on 7 February 2021.
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Martyrs are sometimes women
Women behind the front play an important role in a large proportion of Iranian novels, written on the Iran and Iraq-war (1980-1988). But their martyrdom is an uncommon theme. Saeedeh Shahnahpur will give a lecture on this subject on 16 February.
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Nichiran kankei-shi o yomitoku [Revisiting the History of Dutch-Japanese Relations]
Nichiran kankei-shi o yomitoku [Revisiting the History of Dutch-Japanese Relations] is a new, two-volume Japanese publication with a chapter written by Wulan Remmelink. Both volumes offer a new look on the historical relations between Japan and The Netherlands during the Edo period by examining various…
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Women’s Day for Biology students
‘It was not always accepted, but I just wanted to be a researcher. Now, I am as happy as can be.’ It is one of the quotes from the International Women’s Day presentation for Biology students. Seven women, working as researchers and teachers at the CML, IBL, and Naturalis, shared their experiences with…
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Garbage matters: A comparative history of waste in East Asia
Cwiertka wants to investigate how waste is produced and disposed of in modern East Asian society. With her research group she will be carrying out a comparative analysis on two levels: the international level (between China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan) and the inter-regional level (between East Asia…
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Nadia Bouras: a history of migration
When people migrate, they leave an old environment behind and move to a new one. What exactly happens? How do the migrants feel? How does the host society respond to them?
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History: Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence
Are you thinking about studying Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.
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Savage Masks: Specters of Native Americans and the Revisiting of History
How to related figures of savages to conceptions of history?
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The Impact of Mobility and Migration in the Roman Empire
The Impact of Mobility and Migration in the Roman Empire assembles a series of papers on key themes in the study of Roman mobility and migration.
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Women in science
Today, 8 March, marks International Women's Day. Leiden University fosters her female, talented staff members, and continues to strive towards more women on leading scientific positions.
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Edmund Hayes
Faculty of Humanities
e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Maria Pereira Bastiao
Faculty of Humanities
m.p.pereira.bastiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Turaj Atabaki
Faculty of Humanities
t.atabaki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171