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• Sunken History Event - 8 April 2025

  PhD defence

• NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ News - 2 October 2024

  A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.

• Dominant style stifled innovation in 19th century seascapes News - 5 October 2021

  Long into the 19th century, seascapes were considered an expression of patriotism. Artists who painted in a 17th century style were valued more. This tradition stifled innovation in the genre, Cécile Bosman has concluded. She will defend her PhD thesis on 13 October.

• Jessica den Oudsten wins the eighth Uitgeverij Verloren/ Johan de Witt thesis award News - 7 April 2022

  Jessica den Oudsten won this year’s Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis award for history with her master’s thesis, entitled "The descendants of Norwegian and Danish Immigrants". The prize was awarded for the eighth time in collaboration with Elsevier Weekblad. The incentive award went to Amber…

• Lidewyde Berckmoes

• ‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands News - 24 April 2024

  In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.

• Nation Building, Historiography, and School History in a Multi-Cultural Context: Ethiopia’s Enigma of Our Time Event - 24 April 2025

  Lecture, COGLOSS lecture

• Fleeing tapestry makers picked up the thread again in Gouda News - 13 July 2023

  In the sixteenth century, many Protestants fled to the Northern Netherlands to avoid Spanish oppression in the south. This exodus included tapestry makers from Oudenaarde who eventually settled in Gouda. Professor by Special Appointment Yvonne Bleyerveld and researcher Jos Beerens have been awarded…

• Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars Event
• ‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’ News - 14 September 2023

  Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611

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  Maartje van Dijk Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.i.van.dijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Karen van Asten

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  Lotte van Hasselt Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.m.van.hasselt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272789

• Caroline Schep

  Caroline Schep is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, working on medical experiments and ethics in late-colonial Indonesia.

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  Edurne de Wilde PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.de.wilde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Anne Por

  Anne Por is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

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  Nuranisa Nuranisa PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.nuranisa@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Frank van Lunteren PhD candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  f.w.van.lunteren@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Rozemarijn Vlijm PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.vlijm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Melinda Susanto

  Melinda Susanto is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History. Her current research investigates the circulations of medical knowledge and goods between the Indian Ocean and the early modern Dutch Republic.

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  Manon Post PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.j.post@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271257

• Anna-Luna Post

  Anna-Luna Post is an NWO-Veni Research Fellow at the Institute for History. She is fascinated by how science and society are entwined, in the past and the present.

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  Muhammad Asyrafi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Neilabh Sinha PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.sinha@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Samantha Sint Nicolaas

  Samantha Sint Nicolaas is PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

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  Beryl Prenen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.b.prenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Savvas Skoufaridis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.skoufaridis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Jelmer Rotteveel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.rotteveel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Marjolein Jorna PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Willemijn Tuinstra PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.tuinstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Eline Rademakers

  Eline Rademakers is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

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  Travis Bowman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.m.b.bowman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Daan Stremmelaar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Lina Lerch PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.lerch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Caspar Dullemond PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.dullemond@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Hannah Busch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.f.busch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Mark van Koppen

  Mark van Koppen is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

• Sanâa May Swart

  Sanâa May Swart is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

• Zoltán Quittner

  Zoltán Quittner is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

• Anton van Velzen

  Anton van Velzen is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

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  Aart Ruijter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Petr Koluch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.v.koluch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Leonard Ornstein PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.s.ornstein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Celine Oldenhage PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.w.oldenhage@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Elena Dacome PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Gerda Huisman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.c.huisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Karlijn Luk

  Karlijn Luk is a PhD student at the Institute for History.

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  David Knibbe PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Paul Kalsbeek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities