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• Farewell event for Mark Rutgers on a unique day in the university’s history News - 13 March 2025

  With the red flag flying proudly on the Academy Building (Leiden University was on strike for the first time in its history!), the farewell event for former dean Mark Rutgers was held in the Telders Auditorium. After eight years, he has passed the baton to the interim dean, Henk te Velde.

• Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘We’re at a crossroads in European history’ News - 19 February 2025

  Alumni who live and work in Brussels met on 18 February at the annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event. As well as celebrating Leiden University’s 450th anniversary, they also looked at the challenges Europe faces.

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  Matthew Frear Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.frear@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272089

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  Ruth Clemens Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.a.clemens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272165

• Ancient History Research Seminar, Student Presentations Event - 6 November 2025

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

• University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’ News - 18 January 2022

  As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’

• Warja Tolstoj wins Ted Meijer prize News - 2 February 2022

  Warja Tolstoj, alumna Art History, has been awarded the 2021 edition of the Ted Meijerprijs. Named after the former director of the KNIR (Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome), the prize is awarded yearly to the best MA/ReMa thesis or PhD in the Humanities.

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

  Lecture

• Introducing: Marlisa den Hartog News - 28 February 2017

  Marlisa den Hartog is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History since January 2017. She is working on a thesis about perceptions of sexual desire and sexual identity in Italy between 1450 and 1550.

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  Mirjam de Baar Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276416

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  Alexandra Tutwiler

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  Martijn Manders Professor by special appointment

  m.r.manders@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 31612504382

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  Göran Sundholm Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World Event
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  Frits van der Meer Professor emeritus

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  f.m.van.der.meer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?' News - 30 September 2024

  As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequently the fight against guerrillas, he became increasingly involved with the most violent aspects of colonial warfare. Per 1 September 2024 he is appointed…

• 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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  Floris Plak Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.c.k.plak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Paul Kalsbeek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Elena Dacome PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Ron Elkhuizen PhD Candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  r.elkhuizen@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Thea Hilhorst Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.d.j.m.hilhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Pieter Emmer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.c.emmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Rudi van Maanen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.c.j.van.maanen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Introducing: Stefano Bellucci News - 24 September 2014

  In August 2014 Stefano Bellucci started working as Senior Lecturer in African History at the Institute for History.

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  Sander van der Horst PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.p.van.der.horst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272372

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  Jan Wim Buisman Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Sander Tetteroo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.e.g.tetteroo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Margaretha Kleijn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.kleijn.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Hendri Schut PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.w.schut@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  P. de Groot Office Manager

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.z.de.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271954

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  Intigam Mamedov Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.mamedov@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 31715271259

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  Martijn Storms Curator

  Leiden University Libraries

  m.storms@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272855

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  Sjoerd Ramackers Research staff member

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.j.ramackers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 2709

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  Marijke Kooijman Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.e.kooijman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275014

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  Emma Sow Research staff member

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.sow@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271345

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  Ajeng Arainikasih PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Matthias Lukkes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.a.lukkes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Jamel Buhari PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.l.j.buhari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278073

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  Alisa van de Haar University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.m.van.de.haar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272179

• Comenius grant for more diverse ancient history: 'Especially in the first year of the bachelor, the impact of a project is great' News - 5 July 2024

  The History programme has been working for several years to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. With a Comenius grant, university lecturer Kim Beerden wants to take the next step.

• Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun News - 1 July 2023

  On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.

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  Christina Pasvanti Gkioka PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.pasvanti.gkioka@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group News - 24 October 2022

  Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Group for the best scholarly publication in the field of Italy Studies in Dutch or Flemish academia.

• While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way News - 27 March 2023

  Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by history student Sjors Stuurman. He compiled the results in a book he wrote for Muzee Scheveningen.

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  Toon Kerkhoff Associate professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  a.d.n.kerkhoff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009484

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  Jay Huang Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  y.c.huang@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009596

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  Johannes Müller University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272193

• the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam for a unique visit with a Leiden History MA Alum News - 1 December 2025

  On Tuesday November 25, 2025, Sarah Cramsey travelled with students from her masters seminar on 'New Approached to the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe' taught at the History Institute to Amsterdam for a unique opportunity. There, Lotte Sophie Groenendijk, an alumna of the History Research Masters…

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  Antje Wessels Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272681