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• The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade Event - 7 February 2025

  Conference, Book presentation

• ‘In the second half of the eighteenth century, decisions were made in the stadtholder’s audience chamber.’ News - 1 July 2025

  The stadtholder’s court in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands has long been underestimated. Real courts and the associated court culture were to be found elsewhere in Europe. PhD candidate Quinten Somsen is trying to reverse this image. ‘The stadtholder’s court was actually very lively.’

• Materiality, Religion and the Senses Event - 11 December 2025

  Conference, L*CeSAR Masterclass

• 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'.

• Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter Event - 13 January 2026

  Conference

• University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’ News - 18 January 2022

  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.’

• Introducing: prof. Scott Nelson News - 14 March 2016

  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.

• NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from? News - 28 June 2022

  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.

• 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.’

• Not Rifles but Books: FEC’s Book Programs (1954–1991) Event - 18 September 2025

  Lecture, CHEI Seminar

• Materiality, Religion and the Environment Event - 19 March 2026

  Conference, L*CeSAR Research Workshop

• 
  Tycho van der Hoog Guest researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  t.a.van.der.hoog@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Jan Abbink Professor emeritus

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Mark Rutgers Chair of the Board ASCL

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.r.rutgers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0611719340

• From chants to a voice: how young workers organised News - 13 April 2026

  ‘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.

• Global Histories of Knowledge 2025 - 2026 Event
• Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History Event - 8 June 2026

  Lecture

• 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
• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
• Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025 Event
• Peace Histories Seminar Series 2024-2025 Event
• Peace Histories Seminar Series 2025-2026 Event
• Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026 Event
• Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024 Event
• 
  Maarten Jansen Professor emeritus

  m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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

  Conference

• Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality Event - 11 December 2025

  Lecture, Keynote

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

  Conference

• 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.

• 
  Gijs Dreijer Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.p.dreijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Pablo Merayo Montes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.merayo.montes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Cigdem Billur-Ada

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

  Debate

• 
  Christiaan van Beek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.h.van.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Felix Bosch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.r.bosch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Mahdis Mirzadeh PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.m.mirzadeh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Harold van der Kraan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.van.der.kraan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Sil Douma PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.j.douma@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Richard Griffiths Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.t.griffiths@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009938

• 
  Ysbrand Lamers PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.h.lamers@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

• 
  Marinus van Hekken

• 
  Sarah Cramsey Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278825

• Alistair Kefford on French television on the future of European cities News - 19 June 2023

  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.

• Festive hand-over of first copy new book by Frits van der Meer News - 16 November 2021

  In celebration of the release of his new book on changes in public administration, Prof. dr. Frits van der Meer, professor by special appointment of the CAOP chair: Comparative Public Sector and Civil Service Reform, handed the first copy to Gert-Jan Buitendijk, Secretary General of Ministry of General…

• Hans-Martien ten Napel on Tocqueville and modern democracy News - 23 February 2021

  Recently, Hans-Martien ten Napel was in the news on the above subject several times.

• Why have murals been used in social and political movements? News - 4 October 2022

  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…

• Sacrifice and Social Imaginary in Hellenistic Kos Event - 16 April 2026

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar