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• 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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  Judith Naeff University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8004192

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  Miko Flohr University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.flohr@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2753

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  Damian Pargas Professor History and Culture of North America

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.a.pargas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2736

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  Wim Boot Professor emeritus of Japanese, Chinese and Korean Language

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Babak Rezaeedaryakenari Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Kate Brackney Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.l.brackney@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7212

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  Leo Lucassen Professor of Global Labour and Migration History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.a.c.j.lucassen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2724

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  Pablo Isla Monsalve Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.a.isla.monsalve@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272061

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  Bram Caers University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.m.caers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8010

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  Wim Willems Professor emeritus of Social History

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.h.willems@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• On the Backlash: The Weimar Republic and the Contemporary World, UCDxLeiden Event - 14 March 2024

  Lecture, INVISIHIST event

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2579

• Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’ News - 20 March 2025

  University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before I worked at Leiden University.’

• Colonial Bureaucrats, the Metropole and the making of the 1875 East Indies’ Land Alienation Prohibition News - 20 December 2021

  On Thursday 9 December, Dr Upik Djalins presented an online lecture, entitled 'The Colonial Bureaucratic Network versus the Metropole: The Origin Story of Land Alienation Prohibition in the 1870s East Indies'.

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  Kees Verduin Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.j.verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Maria van der Schaar Senior researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.van.der.schaar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marieke Bloembergen Professor Heritage and Postcolonial Studies in Indonesian History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.bloembergen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2459

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  Jip Barreveld PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.barreveld.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jessica Roitman Strategic Advisor Research Policy

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.v.roitman@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Antje Wessels Professor of Latin Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2681

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  Marleen Reichgelt Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.w.reichgelt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272063

• Works on the east side of the Gorlaeus Building Announcement - 16 September 2025

  Facility

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  Vineet Thakur Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.thakur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1256

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  Peter Akkermans Emeritus hoogleraar Near Eastern Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

  p.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tingting Hui Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.hui@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7225

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  Robert Stein Senior University Lecturer in Medieval History

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.stein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2712

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  Alexander Geurds Professor Archaeology of Middle America

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.geurds@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272206

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  Ody Dwicahyo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.dwicahyo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

• 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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  Andrew Shield University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.j.shield@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2550

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.e.van.der.boom@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2762

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  Nira Wickramasinghe Professor of Modern South Asian Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.k.wickramasinghe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2982

• Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections Event - 16 May 2024

  Workshop

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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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  Maud Rijks PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.rijks@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273516

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  Elisabeth Dieterman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.dieterman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Remco Breuker Professor of Korean Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.e.breuker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2921

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  Michiel van Groesen Professor Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2765

• 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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  Martijn van Ette PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.ette@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2713

• Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History News - 3 November 2022

  Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.

• 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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  Claire Vergerio Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.vergerio@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anahita Arian Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.arian@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Göran Sundholm Professor emeritus Philosophy of Mathematics and of Logic

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.g.sundholm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maarja Seire PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Geke Burger Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.burger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272339

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor of International Studies and Global History

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.g.b.m.duijvesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9325

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  Gabrielle van den Berg Academic director LIAS / professor Cultural History of Iran and Central Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.r.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272023