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War in the Middle East: What are the implications?
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.
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Hundred-year-old causes of death mapped: ‘The past is the laboratory of the present’
If it is up to university lecturer Evelien Walhout, in a year's time we will know exactly what people from Haarlem and Zwolle died of a century ago. Together with colleagues from other universities, she started the doodsoorzaken.nl platform, where causes of death are recorded. ‘Somewhere around the…
- Leiden University Nationalism Network events
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Liselotte KleineFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.m.kleine@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271985
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Meriem RebbaniFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.rebbani@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Eric Olijdame.olijdam@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Pauline MemelinkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
p.memelink@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277561
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Lisette PluimgraaffFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.e.pluimgraaff@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277841
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Ilone de Vries-Lemairea.t.j.m.de.vries@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rhea MammenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.r.mammen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260
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Wiebke WiesigelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
w.wiesigel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260
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Michèle VerbergFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.verberg@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278890
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Daniel BertramFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
d.a.bertram@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship
If a forged Vermeer or Rembrandt is discovered, it is world news. Yet tracing fakes has long been a low priority in art history. University lecturer Anna Tummers will receive an ERC grant of almost two million euros to change that.
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Lauren Antonides wins Roggeveen thesis prize
Alumna Lauren Antonides has won the Roggeveen Prize for her thesis on the regional identity of Zeelandic Flanders. She will receive a sum of 1,000 euros.
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade
Conference, Book presentation
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Materiality, Religion and the Senses
Conference, L*CeSAR Masterclass
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Lydia Boer wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesis
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?
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Wim van den Doel wins 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize
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'.
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Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter
Conference
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Introducing: prof. Scott Nelson
Introducing prof. Scott Nelson, the Legum Professor of the Social Sciences at William and Mary, and on the spring exchange at the University of Leiden.
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Peter Klinkhamerp.g.l.klinkhamer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
s.lammes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272754
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Yunnan Ye
Faculty of Humanities
y.ye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jelle van Buuren Explains American Boogaloo Boys
A particular group of counter protesters have been sighted at numerous Black Lives Matter protests that were held in the United States. An extreme right movement known for its characteristic Hawaii Shirts and heavy weaponry that calls itself the Boogaloo Boys. Which is cause for concern among the American…
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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from?
Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a grant from NIAS to map their origins.
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Not Rifles but Books: FEC’s Book Programs (1954–1991)
Lecture, CHEI Seminar
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Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’
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.’
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Materiality, Religion and the Environment
Conference, L*CeSAR Research Workshop
- Work Experience Survey 2025: Insights and actions within HUM
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NEXT GEN: The Hague Security Conference
Conference
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From chants to a voice: how young workers organised
‘All the groceries, but not a fig for young workers’, read a banner during the occupation of Ahold’s headquarters in 1981. ‘For a long time, young workers were not taken seriously, but they managed to put themselves on the map’, says historian Rosa Kösters.
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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…
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025
- Peace Histories Seminar Series 2024-2025
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024
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Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality
Lecture, Keynote
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Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last)
The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2024 - 2025
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025
Conference
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
g.p.dreijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Pablo Merayo MontesFaculty of Humanities
p.merayo.montes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Cigdem Billur-Ada
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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.