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• Introducing: prof. Scott Nelson News - 14 March 2016

  Introducing prof. Scott Nelson, the Legum Professor of the Social Sciences at William and Mary, and on the spring exchange at the University of Leiden.

• Eric Storm on The Conversation: ‘Imperial tendencies are resurfacing around the world’ News - 26 February 2025

  Associate professor Eric Storm discusses the return of imperial ambitions in global politics on The Conversation. He argues that leaders like Putin, Xi, and Trump challenge the post-WWII international order.

• NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from? News - 28 June 2022

  Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a grant from NIAS to map their origins.

• Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’ News - 15 April 2023

  After a detour via the ANWB in Munich, alumna Manon Schouten works as a history teacher at two schools. ‘It's so rewarding to see the material resonate with students.’

• Not Rifles but Books: FEC’s Book Programs (1954–1991) Event - 18 September 2025

  Lecture, CHEI Seminar

• Materiality, Religion and the Environment Event - 19 March 2026

  Conference, L*CeSAR Research Workshop

• 
  Jan Abbink Professor emeritus

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Mark Rutgers Chair of the Board ASCL

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.r.rutgers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0611719340

• 
  Ellen van Reuler Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.a.h.e.van.reuler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275077

• From chants to a voice: how young workers organised News - 13 April 2026

  ‘All the groceries, but not a fig for young workers’, read a banner during the occupation of Ahold’s headquarters in 1981. ‘For a long time, young workers were not taken seriously, but they managed to put themselves on the map’, says historian Rosa Kösters.

• Global Histories of Knowledge 2025 - 2026 Event
• 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…

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
• Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025 Event
• Peace Histories Seminar Series 2024-2025 Event
• Peace Histories Seminar Series 2025-2026 Event
• Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026 Event
• Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024 Event
• Global Histories of Knowledge 2024 - 2025 Event
• 
  Maria Voltsichina PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.voltsichina@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality Event - 11 December 2025

  Lecture, Keynote

• 
  Maarten Jansen Professor emeritus

  m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Marie-leen Ryckaert Dual PhD candidate/guest

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  m.l.e.ryckaert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589

• European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025 Event - 26 March 2025

  Conference

• 
  Cigdem Billur-Ada

• 
  Gijs Dreijer Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.p.dreijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Pablo Merayo Montes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.merayo.montes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Hannelore Braeken PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.braeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271348

• Student Johan collaborated on three books: ‘1572 was not a celebration of tolerance’ News - 12 April 2022

  This year marks the 450th anniversary of the Capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen (lit. ‘Sea Beggars’) and therefore the birth of the Netherlands. Student Johan Visser is contributing to no fewer than three books about the extraordinary year of 1572.

• CRG Seminar: The Economic Community of West African States at fifty: Edward Blyden and the road towards a people centered regional body Event - 19 November 2025

  Lecture

• 
  Sil Douma PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.j.douma@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Felix Bosch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.r.bosch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Harold van der Kraan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.van.der.kraan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Richard Griffiths Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.t.griffiths@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009938

• 
  Mahdis Mirzadeh PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.m.mirzadeh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Ysbrand Lamers PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.h.lamers@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

• 
  Eline Rademakers PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.rademakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Saskia van Anen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.van.anen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Tim Lubbers PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  t.lubbers@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274727

• 
  Marinus van Hekken

• 
  Christiaan van Beek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.h.van.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Sarah Cramsey Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278825

• Alistair Kefford on French television on the future of European cities News - 19 June 2023

  What does the retail crisis mean for the future of Europe's urban centres? Assistant professor Alistair Kefford answers this very question in the French television programme 27.

• Why have murals been used in social and political movements? News - 4 October 2022

  Take a walk through any city, and you are likely to come across a brightly coloured mural. Although these paintings often seem to serve solely as a backdrop for Instagram snapshots, art history professor Minna Valjakka says there are rich traditions and intricate histories that uncover more critical…

• Sacrifice and Social Imaginary in Hellenistic Kos Event - 16 April 2026

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

• Henk te Velde on ABC Nightlife about Queen Wilhelmina News - 19 May 2022

  82 years ago Queen Wilhelmina fled to England. Henk te Velde tells about her on the Australian radio show 'Nightlife'.

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event - 7 February 2025

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Scaling Up Book History: A Computational Investigation of 18th-Century Book Ornaments from Manual Catalogues to Automated Discovery Event - 14 October 2025

  Lecture

• Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’ News - 18 March 2022

  How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.