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• Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden News - 22 November 2023

  Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.

• Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’ News - 15 April 2023

  After a detour via the ANWB in Munich, alumna Manon Schouten works as a history teacher at two schools. ‘It's so rewarding to see the material resonate with students.’

• Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830 News - 13 April 2021

  For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…

• Lydia Boer wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesis News - 14 February 2025

  History student Lydia Boer has won the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt incentive prize. She receives the prize for her bachelor’s thesis The marriage between Johan de Witt and Wendela Bicker: a political affair?

• Wim van den Doel wins 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize News - 24 October 2024

  Professor of Contemporary History Wim van den Doel has won the 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize. Van den Doel receives the prize for his book 'Snouck: Het volkomen geleerdenleven van Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje'.

• Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre News - 22 July 2024

  The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.

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• Alexander Dencher: ‘I want to give new elan to the study of applied arts’ News - 25 July 2022

  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…

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
• Student Johan collaborated on three books: ‘1572 was not a celebration of tolerance’ News - 12 April 2022

  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.

• Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons News - 28 November 2023

  From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’

• ASCL Seminar: Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa Event - 6 February 2025

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• Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’ News - 18 March 2022

  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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  Anne Gerritsen Professor

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  Corrie Bakels Emeritus professor

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• European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025 Event - 26 March 2025

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• The Roman empire and world history Event - 30 January 2026

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• Research from home

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• Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden News - 14 June 2023

  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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• Peace Histories Seminar Series 2025-2026 Event
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• Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024 Event
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• Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives Event - 17 January 2025

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  Tycho van der Hoog PhD candidate / Guest

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Emma Grootveld University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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• Stephanie Noach wins Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize News - 16 July 2024

  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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  Gijs Dreijer Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pablo Merayo Montes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Cigdem Billur-Ada

• From Adsorption to Dissipation: Insights from Computer Simulations of Solid H2O and CO Event - 10 June 2026

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  Carla Cisternas Guasch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pichayapat Naisupap PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bálint Honos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nestor Marin Bravo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  David Home Valenzuela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tomás Díaz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mariana Gaba PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Christiaan van Beek PhD candidate

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  Felipe Cousiño PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Felix Bosch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joaquin Fernandez Abara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Cristian Saavedra Bastía PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Juliët Tinebra Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alliance Mango Kubota PhD candidate

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Carlos Rilling Tenorio PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gabriel Veppo de Lima PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mahdis Mirzadeh PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Harold van der Kraan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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