328 search results for “is a history” in the Staff website
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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’
Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed PhD candidates from universities across Europe. She is already enthusiastic – both about the programme and her fellow scholars. ‘I would like to bring…
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Brand-new Ehrenfest car park at LBSP is a breath of fresh air
The new Ehrenfest multi-storey car park at the heart of the Leiden Bio Science Park was opened today by the Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of Leiden University, Martijn Ridderbos. The car park, an initiative of the University, should improve accessibility and quality of life on the campus.
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Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore appointed new Cleveringa Professor
The French political theorist Hélène Landemore has been appointed as the new Cleveringa Professor. She will deliver her inaugural lecture on 26 November.
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Hester Bijl: ‘On-campus teaching is a big step forward, so take care’
‘We’re going to see each other again on campus. We’re so pleased, but we do have to say safe.’ Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl is looking ahead to the new academic year, which begins on 6 September. No more 1.5m distancing, but we do have to take responsibility for other people’s safety.
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273854
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
e.a.nyssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
m.g.w.reichgelt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272063
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Bruno AllahissemFaculty of Humanities
b.allahissem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277392
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José María Castro IbarraFaculty of Humanities
j.m.castro.ibarra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Athanasios StathopoulosFaculty of Humanities
a.stathopoulos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009441
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Seraina RenzFaculty of Humanities
s.renz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gus Kraus
Faculty of Humanities
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Tony van der Togt
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
a.m.van.der.togt@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Anthony Coxeter
Faculty of Humanities
a.j.coxeter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8001646
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Li-Fan LeeFaculty of Humanities
l.f.lee@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ruben Eijkelenberg
Faculty of Humanities
r.i.eijkelenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Lun Jing
Faculty of Humanities
l.jing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Orson McMahon
Faculty of Humanities
o.mcmahon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Dimitris Kastritis
Faculty of Humanities
d.kastritis@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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David André Anton Cina
Faculty of Humanities
d.a.a.cina@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272027
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Federico De MussoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.de.musso@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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University introduces lay talk and it looks like this
Complex research with a generous sprinkling of jargon: PhD defences can be difficult for non-experts to follow. In the compulsory new lay talk, PhD candidates begin by explaining their dissertation in words of one syllable. And it’s not just the PhD’s family and friends who appreciate this.
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272189
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede
Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.
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Andreas HofmannFaculty of Humanities
a.hofmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277951
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Jochem van den BoogertFaculty of Humanities
j.w.p.van.den.boogert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities
s.a.raaijmakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278332
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
s.marcelline@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271443
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
e.j.g.m.huits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272648
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
r.j.baarsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Timothy de ZeeuwFaculty of Humanities
w.j.t.de.zeeuw@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273244
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Mingran CaoFaculty of Humanities
m.cao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Online discussion: Is a River Alive?
Online discussion
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Second World War victims commemorated in Hour of Remembrance
On 4 May, Leiden University remembered the victims of the Second World War from our university community. Alumni, students and present and former staff of the University came together for this Hour of Remembrance.
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Marco CinelliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.cinelli@luc.leidenuniv.nl |
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273375
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Assessors: for 25 years an essential link between students and the university
For 25 years now, each faculty has had an assessor, a student representing the interests of all the faculty’s students. Yet few students are aware of this.
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Maxine DavidFaculty of Humanities
m.e.l.david@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274118
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
i.f.d.m.r.willemars@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277160
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
h.f.westgeest@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
c.m.wood@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277177
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Pouwel van SchootenFaculty of Humanities
p.s.van.schooten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271589