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792 search results for “historical” in the Staff website

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  Casper van Dijk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.van.dijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Hundred-year-old causes of death mapped: ‘The past is the laboratory of the present’ News - 3 February 2025

  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…

• 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…

• Home magazines of yesteryear: Upholsterers were the interior designers of the eighteenth century' News - 17 March 2023

  Today, anyone wanting a new look for their living room watches a home decorating programme or buys an interior design magazine. In the eighteenth century, people went to an upholstry specialist, who would provide you with new wall coverings, curtains and much-needed accessories. PhD candidate Aagje…

• Europe’s Historical Legacy of 1989 in the Geopolitical Context Event - 15 April 2026

  Lecture, Research talk

• 
  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rafal Matuszewski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.matuszewski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272701

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  Alette Jansen PhD-fellow

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.c.jansen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277785

• Benjamin Suchard: ‘The more you send out into the world, the more likely it will stick’ News - 25 April 2022

  How do you make niche subjects interesting and accessible? Benjamin Suchard, historical linguist and researcher, seems to have created the perfect recipe, which consists of his various projects alongside his regular research, including a Twitter account and a major international film.

• UnToLD: Unraveling cultural historical dimensions of contemporary experiences of tiredness of life among older adults Event - 12 May 2025

  Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar

• Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (SOEMEHL) Event
• Toward an AI Attuned to Dissent and Consensus in Historical Events: Evidence from Wikipedia Event - 12 December 2025

  Lecture

• The Historical Topography of Medina: Faith, Power, and Memory in Early Islamic Arabia Event - 3 April 2025

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• Social and Cultural Construction of Adulthood and Sexual Maturity: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Event - 24 April 2025

  Conference, Interdisciplinary Workshop

• 47th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL47) Event - 12 December 2025

  Conference

• A New Age of Infrastructure Development? An Historical Comparison of Nested Dependency in Pakistan and Egypt Event - 2 December 2025

  Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar

• 
  Herman Paul Academic director/ Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272757

• Shifting sovereignties — Manifestations of sovereignty from a global historical perspective Event - 8 May 2025

  Lecture, Book presentation

• 
  Rosa Maria de Lima Ribeiro PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.maria.de.lima.riberio@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina worked on long-term landscape MOOC: ‘Everyone can learn something new from this course’ News - 11 September 2023

  As part of the TerraNova project, a European research initiative on the study of landscape histories and futures, a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) was developed. Anastasia Nikulina was one of the main chapter coordinators who worked on this course, and she worked on the part about modelling in landscape…

• Spatial Narratives of Historical Experiences: 3D Visualizations of Prisoner Art as Tools for Knowledge Production and Transfer at Holocaust Memorials Event - 15 April 2025

  Lecture, Austria Centre Leiden Lunch Talk

• Greek Temple of Hermopolis Magna in its Religious and Socio-Historical Context Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

• 
  René van der Veer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.van.der.veer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Zifan Meng PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  z.f.meng@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Andreas Krogull

• 
  Mingran Cao PhD Candidate/ Self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.cao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers News - 31 January 2023

  From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages: six Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council.

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  Manon van der Heijden Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.c.van.der.heijden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272670

• Archaeology in the Dealer’s Archive Event - 7 April 2026

  Lecture, Faculty Lecture

• Explaining typological universals from the perspective of language change: The diachronic emergence of alienability splits cross-linguistically Event - 8 May 2026

  Lecture, Language and the Human Past

• 
  Aone van Engelenhoven University Lecturer Southeast Asian Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.van.engelenhoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272072

• 
  Sarah Nelson Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.nelson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271268

• 
  Irene Hadiprayitno University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.hadiprayitno@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277402

• 
  Didem Yerli PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.yerli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Joao Ferreira De Miranda Santos PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.c.ferreira.de.miranda.santos@kunsten.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Harry Buckoke PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.e.buckoke@kunsten.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• What influence did French really have on Dutch? News - 15 May 2023

  Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.

• Historians’ Days 2026 'Future of history' Event - 27 August 2026

  Conference

• 
  Marinus van IJzendoorn

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vanijzen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Corrie Bakels Emeritus professor

  c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272393

• 
  Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Fishing’ past aquatic resources: Waterways of Research Event - 28 May 2026

  Course, Workshop

• Sign Languages and Deaf People (SL&D) lecture series Event
• Forgotten heroes

• Patterns of semantic change and reconstruction Event - 24 March 2026

  Lecture

• Construction projects

  Leiden University restores, modernises and builds for the users of its buildings in Leiden and The Hague. The building stock is very diverse: from historic buildings in the inner city to advanced laboratories at the Leiden Bio Science Park.

• The aorist system of Phrygian Event - 26 March 2026

  Lecture

• 
  Gjovalin Macaj Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.macaj@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

• 
  Claire Weeda Director of Education / University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.v.weeda@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272718

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  Rachel Schats Associate professor

  r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271925