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916 search results for “history of racial” in the Staff website

• NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ News - 2 October 2024

  A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.

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  Klaas Worp Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.a.worp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bernhard Rieger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.rieger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271290

• Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry News - 4 May 2023

  Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…

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  Anne Heyer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271121

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  Maarja Seire PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Ajeng Arainikasih PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.arainikasih@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Paul van Trigt Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.w.van.trigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271349

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  Alp Yenen University Lecturer Modern Turkish History and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.yenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272943

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  Eefke de Haan Dual PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  e.j.de.haan@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589

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  Eric Storm Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.storm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272721

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  Simon Kemper PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.c.kemper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Stijn Bussels Scientific Director LUCAS/Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272693

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  Paul Nieuwenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271983

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  Jonathan Stökl University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.j.stokl@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272255

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  Indira Huliselan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.c.huliselan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271167

• appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ News - 8 November 2022

  Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'

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  Junjie Huang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.huang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Giliam de Valk Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.g.de.valk@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009028

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  Jan Wim Buisman Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.buisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun News - 1 July 2023

  On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.

• Contemporary Art History and Theory in a Global Perspective - Joint Art Talk by Matthew Rampley and Vera Wolff Event - 7 May 2026

  Alumni event, Arts and Culture

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  Jip Stam External PhD Candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.stam@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276360

• The History of Hebrew Event - 3 December 2025

  Lecture

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  Henk te Velde Interim Dean / Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.te.velde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271628

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  Antje Wessels Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272681

• ‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands News - 24 April 2024

  In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.

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  Jeroen Oosterbaan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.oosterbaan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ying Zhang Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.z.zhang.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276006

• Centre for the History of European Integration Seminar Series Event
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  Diederik Smit Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272705

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  Michiel van Groesen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272765

• Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’ News - 16 September 2025

  The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…

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  Sara de Wit Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.de.wit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276429

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  Walter Nkwi Gam Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.nkwi.gam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272322

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  Alain Wijffels Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.a.wijffels@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Limin Teh University Lecturer Modern Chinese History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.m.teh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275915

• Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast News - 4 March 2022

  Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…

• History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’ News - 22 March 2021

  Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on Amsterdam as a diplomatic city during the 17th and 18th centuries. For her thesis, she was awarded the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis prize…

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  Bart Verheijen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271743

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  Diego Salama Editor Global Governance (journal)

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.salama@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Introducing: Marlisa den Hartog News - 28 February 2017

  Marlisa den Hartog is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History since January 2017. She is working on a thesis about perceptions of sexual desire and sexual identity in Italy between 1450 and 1550.

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  Fadly Rahman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.rahman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277237

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  Louie Buana PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.a.a.buana@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Kamila Smagulova PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.smagulova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272159

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  Floris de Ruiter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.p.de.ruiter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276899

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  Pratika Dewi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.r.dewi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272182

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  Amza Adam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.adam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Cynthia Vialle PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.r.m.k.l.vialle@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Francesco Ragazzi Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.ragazzi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727