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1,998 search results for “from history” in the Staff website

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  Herman Paul Academic director/ Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272757

• Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’ News - 9 August 2022

  What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.

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  Andrew Shield Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.j.shield@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272550

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  Bente de Leede PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.augusteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272763

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  Miko Flohr University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.flohr@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272753

• ‘History has long been written mainly from a male perspective’ News - 23 April 2026

  Historian Seran de Leede delved into the life of Lie Alma (1909–1990), the courageous woman from the Dutch province of Drenthe who spoke out against fascism in the 1930s and remains a source of inspiration to this day.

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  Alicia Schrikker Professor History of the Netherlands in the World

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272769

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  Catia Antunes Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.a.p.antunes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272735

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  Maartje Janse Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274167

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  Elisabeth Dieterman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.dieterman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Marcel Keurentjes External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Hans Mol Professor emeritus by special appointment of Medieval Frisian History

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Alistair Kefford Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.kefford@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009970

• Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change Event - 10 July 2026

  Conference

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  Damian Pargas Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.a.pargas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272736

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  Johan Visser PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.visser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271744

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  Hendrik den Heijer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.den.heijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 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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  Gert Oostindie Senior researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  oostindie@kitlv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Doreen Müller Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.mueller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274954

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  Claire Weeda Director of Education / University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.v.weeda@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272718

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  Kim Beerden University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.beerden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272761

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  Adam Fairclough Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Genocide: Lessons from 20th Century History Event - 8 May 2025

  Lecture, Seminar

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  Klaas Worp Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.a.worp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bernhard Rieger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.rieger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271290

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  Marieke Bloembergen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  bloembergen@kitlv.nl | 071 5272459

• From canned fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature News - 17 October 2022

  Together with students and local residents, historians Ariadne Schmidt and Alicia Schrikker researched the Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood. They will present their findings on Thursday 20 October, at a specially organised mini-festival in the neighbourhood.

• ‘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…

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  Carola Hein LDE professor Water, Ports & Historic Cities

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.m.hein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eric Storm Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.storm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272721

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  Leonor Alvarez Francés PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.alvarez.frances@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Carolien Stolte Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.m.stolte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277308

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  Robert Ross Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.ross@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Stijn Bussels Scientific Director LUCAS/Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272693

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  Maud Rijks PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Junjie Huang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.huang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lukas Milevski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.milevski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271288

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  Diederik Smit Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272705

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  Kate Brackney Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.l.brackney@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0616250644

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  Diego Salama Editor Journal Global Governance

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Soledad Valdivia Rivera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.valdivia.rivera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272947

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.duyvesteyn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009325

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  Jeroen Oosterbaan PhD candidate

  j.oosterbaan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ying Zhang Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.z.zhang.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276006

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  Anne Heyer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271121

• History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’ News - 22 March 2021

  Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on Amsterdam as a diplomatic city during the 17th and 18th centuries. For her thesis, she was awarded the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis prize…

• Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history News - 19 June 2022

  Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.

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  Fan Lin University Lecturer Chinese Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.lin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272538