844 search results for “copan history” in the Staff website
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ASCL Seminar: Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa
Lecture
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025
- Peace Histories Seminar Series 2024-2025
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
r.m.m.peeters@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272699
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Alexander van der MeerFaculty of Humanities
a.van.der.meer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2024 - 2025
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Alexander Dencher: ‘I want to give new elan to the study of applied arts’
A successful series of lectures on interior design, a symposium on four-poster beds and a new series of study afternoons on the horizon. University lecturer Alexander Dencher knows how to hold the attention of a growing audience. How does he do it? And what makes the history of interior design so fa…
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2599
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Ancient History (UMW) Research Seminar
Lecture, Ancient History (UMW) Research Seminar and Ancient Worlds Network Lecture
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European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025
Conference
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Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden
Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.
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Ancient History Research Seminar December 2024
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Ancient History Research Seminar December 2024
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Student Johan collaborated on three books: ‘1572 was not a celebration of tolerance’
This year marks the 450th anniversary of the Capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen (lit. ‘Sea Beggars’) and therefore the birth of the Netherlands. Student Johan Visser is contributing to no fewer than three books about the extraordinary year of 1572.
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The history of Medicine and Asia
Conference, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Alistair Kefford on French television on the future of European cities
What does the retail crisis mean for the future of Europe's urban centres? Assistant professor Alistair Kefford answers this very question in the French television programme 27.
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Eric Jorink: 'We want to map the tradition of observations'
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded a grant of 750,000 euros to the 'Visualising the Unknown in 17th-century Science and Society' project. Researchers will reconstruct how seventeenth-century scientists recorded and shared their groundbreaking microscopic discoveries. We…
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Why have murals been used in social and political movements?
Take a walk through any city, and you are likely to come across a brightly coloured mural. Although these paintings often seem to serve solely as a backdrop for Instagram snapshots, art history professor Minna Valjakka says there are rich traditions and intricate histories that uncover more critical…
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Exhibition honours Niels Stensen, pioneer in medicine and geology
Seventeenth-century Danish scientist Niels Stensen made groundbreaking discoveries in the anatomy of the body and of Earth. This Leiden alumnus’s theories are still relevant, as an exhibition at the Oude UB shows.
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Henk te Velde on ABC Nightlife about Queen Wilhelmina
82 years ago Queen Wilhelmina fled to England. Henk te Velde tells about her on the Australian radio show 'Nightlife'.
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.l.e.ryckaert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589
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Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome
Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (long) late antique period is a lesser-known and lesser-studied subject. The post-Roman past needs, however, as much energetic investigation and discussion.…
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4116
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
l.m.g.f.e.claes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8016
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Stephanie Noach wins Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize
Assistant professor Stephanie Noach has won the Dissertation Prize of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. She is receiving this prestigious prize for her research on darkness in contemporary art from Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
e.j.m.grootveld@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2069
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 5485
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
c.v.zaepffel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2050
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
e.a.nyssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171
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Een middeleeuws historielied in de Vroegmoderne Tijd
Valedictory lecture
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Tracing the Early History of Yoga
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Ancient History Research Seminar December 2024
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Uncovering the role of Social Democracy in the History of European Competition Policy
Lecture, CHEI Seminar - Book launch
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Ancient Roman cuisine was varied, international and accessible to all social classes
Banquets for the rich, porridge for the poor and a standard diet of bread, olive oil and wine. Just a few assumptions about the Roman diet.
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Henk Schulte Nordholt has been appointed extraordinary professor
Dr. Henk Schulte Nordholt, working at KITLV and LIAS, has been appointed extraordinary professor of Indonesian history for a five-year period.
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Thea Hilhorst
Faculty of Humanities
d.j.m.hilhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Ton Elias
Faculty of Humanities
t.m.c.elias@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Casper van Dijk
Faculty of Humanities
c.j.van.dijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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David Home Valenzuela
Faculty of Humanities
d.home.valenzuela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646