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• ‘Louisiana wanted to restart the transatlantic slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century’ News - 8 September 2025

  In 1808, the United States banned the transatlantic slave trade. Not everyone was happy about this, as Marcella Schute discovered. In her thesis, she shows how politicians from Louisiana made serious attempts to restart the slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century.

• Extra funding for five experimental and innovative research projects News - 4 July 2025

  Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The researchers have up to five years to work on a promising idea.

• The Moroccan Register of “Slaves” in the Early 18th Century: Enslavement, Blackness and Racial Binary Event - 1 October 2024

  Lecture

• Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’ News - 16 July 2024

  Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…

• Annachiara Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates News - 2 July 2024

  For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circulation has been declining. University lecturer Annachiara Raia is the recipient of an Impact Explorer grant to revive this tradition, in cooperation with…

• Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘ News - 30 June 2022

  Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…

• Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’ News - 25 September 2023

  A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.

• Jamel Buhari: ‘Queer migration is intertwined with other reasons for leaving’ News - 24 April 2025

  Those who apply for asylum at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) are often asked about their main reason for migration. This process puts asylum seekers in a specific category, while their experiences are often much more complex and multifaceted. With his research on queer migration, PhD…

• In memoriam: dr. Karin Willemse (1962-2023) News - 29 March 2023

  It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.

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  Krista A. Milne Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978

• LUSTRA+ Scholarship Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• GMS contact persons Helpdesks and contact

  If you have a guest or visitor who needs access to the network drives or a ULCN account, you can have him or her registered in the guest management system (GMS) via your GMS contact person.

• NL Scholarship - Outgoing Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• Forgotten heroes

• CSC Scholarship Scholarship

  PhD

• Mirjam de Bruijn receives NWO grant to research digital warfare in the Sahel News - 26 September 2022

  Professor Mirjam de Bruijn will research digital warfare in the North African Sahel with an NWO Open Competition grant. The focus of the research will be on Fulani social networks in war and cultural violence.

• Introducing: Karen Smith News - 30 May 2017

  Karen Smith recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in International Relations. She introduces herself.

• ‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt’ News - 11 June 2025

  For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. ‘In Egyptian families, it was often the eldest son versus the rest of the children.’

• Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society' News - 6 November 2025

  In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…

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  Nikki Mulder Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  n.mulder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276243

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  Daphne Engel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Jaqueline Caniguan Caniguan External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.caniguan.caniguan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125

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  Tirza Cramwinckel Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

  t.a.cramwinckel@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1383

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  Sjef Barbiers Professor Dutch Linguistics, in particular Grammar

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.c.j.barbiers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1637

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  Albert Logtenberg Assistant professor

  ICLON

  a.logtenberg@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8506

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  Xu Liu Postdoctoral researcher

  ICLON

  x.liu@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  David Shakouri PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.p.shakouri@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Joosje Wessels PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Andreas Krogull Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.krogull@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hans Thuis PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.a.j.thuis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dimitris Kentrotis Zinelis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.kentrotis.zinelis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hélène Nut External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.nut@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Steven Hagers PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.j.hagers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Elena Solá Simón External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.sola.simon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sandra Karten Teaching methodologist for Classical Languages

  ICLON

  s.m.karten@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276547

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  Robin Oomkes External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.f.oomkes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anikó Lipták Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.liptak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273320

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  Roos Bakker PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.m.bakker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Milan Ismangil PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.ismangil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Leonie Henkes PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.c.f.henkes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jonathan Powell Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.d.powell@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nainunis Aulia Izza PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.aulia.izza@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor Communicative AI

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.raaijmakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278332

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  Isabel Tanaka-van Daalen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.f.tanaka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nur Ahmad PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.ahmad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278821

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  Goran Bouaziz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.bouaziz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Irina Ridzuan PhD Candidate / Self Funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.h.b.m.ridzuan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zheyu Shang PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  z.shang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Noboru Yamashita PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.yamashita@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• A History of East Baltic through Language Contact: A Seminar on the Occasion of Anthony Jakob’s Defense Event - 6 July 2023

  Conference