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• Academic Historical Museum

  The University’s historical collection is housed in the Academic Historical Museum. The museum is situated in the Academy Building.

• Historical implications of argument marking patterns in the Guaporé-Mamoré area Event - 27 May 2026

  Lecture, Language and the Human Past

• A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs Event - 13 May 2026

  Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People

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  Benjamin Suchard Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.d.suchard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Sealing and bookkeeping practices in Hittite Anatolia Event - 29 May 2026

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• Thijs Porck elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society News - 12 January 2021

  Thijs Porck, university lecturer of medieval English at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS).

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  Marijn van Putten Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.putten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271583

• Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery News - 1 July 2024

  Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…

• Historical continuity helped form Dutch and Belgian identities News - 11 June 2021

  Dutch people are far more law-abiding than they might like to think. And they are very different from the Belgians in that regard. The different approaches of the two governments towards the coronavirus crisis, for example, can be explained from the history of both countries since the Middle Ages. Historians…

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  Paul Hudson Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  p.f.hudson@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009330

• From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden News - 28 May 2021

  The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…

• Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery News - 4 July 2023

  In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?

• Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism News - 3 April 2025

  Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.

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  Jos Schaeken Interim Vice-dean / Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772

• Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’ News - 28 July 2022

  How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.

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  Debora Campos Wanderley

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  Evelien Walhout Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.c.walhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276412

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  Jan Wim Buisman Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum Event - 30 January 2026

  Conference

• Materiality and Historical Research Event - 20 April 2026

  Conference, Workshop

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  Gijsbert Rutten Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272112

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  Janet Grijzenhout Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.grijzenhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271470

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.j.r.zandamela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272307

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  Adrien Dadone Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.dadone@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278849

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henego@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276509

• Historical pragmatics and letter-writing practices Event - 16 April 2026

  Conference, Workshop

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272649

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  Manuel Cabal Lopez Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.cabal.lopez@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• A Historical Grammar of Phrygian Event - 24 March 2026

  PhD defence

• 
  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.e.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272243

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  Siavash Rafiee Rad Assistant Professor Persian

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.rafiee.rad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273942

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  Casper van Dijk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• 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…

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

  Lecture, Research talk

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  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

• Toward an AI Attuned to Dissent and Consensus in Historical Events: Evidence from Wikipedia Event - 12 December 2025

  Lecture

• 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

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  Rosa Maria de Lima Ribeiro PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

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  René van der Veer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  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

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  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

• 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