930 search results for “boer history” in the Student website
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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(In)equalizers - Social and Economic Histories of Inequality(ies) and Difference(s), 1500-2000
Conference, Workshop
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Leiden Papyri and the Economic History of the Early Medieval Islamic World
Lecture, Studium Generale
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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A sample of perspectives: Rick Honings sought and found new perspectives on Indonesia
Anyone who wanted to get an impression of the Dutch East Indies between 1800 and 1945 quickly turned to travel literature. Large groups of readers devoured non-fiction accounts of the island empire on the other side of the world – and were given a one-sided picture. Most of the sources that reached…
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Cleveringa Lecture: ‘I’m deeply ashamed of this orchestrated asylum crisis’
The rule of law is crumbling in the Netherlands, lawyer Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You warned in her Cleveringa Lecture.
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede
Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.
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From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age [COGLOSS x GLOBALISE]
Lecture, COGLOSS x GLOBALISE Webinar
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Memories of Cinema-Going in Postwar Japan: An Ethno-history
Lecture
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272189
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Edmund AmannFaculty of Humanities
e.amann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271007
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Vein Men / Vein Women? Bloodletting Diagrams, Medical Practice and Gender in Later Medieval Europe
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Symposium ‘Diversity and Inclusion in the Police’ a success: ‘It requires vision and expertise’
At the symposium ‘Diversity and Inclusion in the Police: from Aspiration to Reality’, the central question was how organisations can truly embody diversity and inclusion. The high level of interest (it was fully booked in no time) demonstrates that the topic is pressing—both in academia and in pract…
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Religious Studies students "learn with the city": bridging the gap between religion and society
Three students in Elpine de Boer’s class “Practicing Religious Studies” have been working together on a “Leren met de Stad” (“Learning with the City”) project with community centre Morschwijck, located in Leiden. The students were asked by the organization Incluzio to investigate to which extent cultural…
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Nicolien Mizee new writer in residence at Leiden University
Writer and columnist Nicolien Mizee will be Leiden University’s new writer in residence from autumn 2023.
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Job opportunity: Faculty member of the Leiden University Student platform (LUS) 2025-2026
Organisation
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Arjan Louwen wins LUS Teaching Prize: 'He stands out for his passion and dedication'
During the ceremony of the Opening of the Academic Year, University Lecturer Arjan Louwen has won Leiden University's prestigious LUS Teaching Award. The prize, awarded annually by the Leiden University Student Platform (LUS), honours lecturers who excel in their teaching. For Louwen, the nomination…
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Governance, and the Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994
Lecture
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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.
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Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last)
The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying
Over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortus botanicus reveals the similarities and differences in 450 years of student life.
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How gas conflicts between Ukraine and Russia were the precursor to war
The war between Ukraine and Russia is playing out not just on the battlefield but also on the geopolitical playing field of gas. Conflicts at the start of this century about this energy source were, says PhD candidate Ilia Barboutev, a precursor to today’s war.
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The usefulness of science: ‘Room for exchanging questions, values and ideas'
Is scientific research useful? In his dissertation, Jorrit Smit argues that in order to answer this question one should not look at, for example, prominent scholars or influential organisations, but at places where knowledge exchange and co-creation take place. Promotion 6 May.
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The Art of Cold War Globalism: A Visual History of Post-Migration and Minority Alliances after 1945
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Margaretha SmolenaarsFaculty of Humanities
m.smolenaars@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Erik Geleijns
Faculty of Humanities
e.geleijns@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bert StamkotFaculty of Humanities
r.stamkot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Erik Koopman
Faculty of Humanities
e.k.koopman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Peter NieuwenhuizenFaculty of Humanities
p.i.nieuwenhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sarah Moine
Faculty of Humanities
s.m.m.moine@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Antoon Erftemeijer
Faculty of Humanities
a.f.w.erftemeijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marija Seric
Faculty of Humanities
m.seric@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Borka Balogh
Faculty of Humanities
b.e.balogh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277627
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Jiaxuan Huang
Faculty of Humanities
j.huang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Xinyu DongFaculty of Humanities
x.dong.5@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sophia Pekowsky
Faculty of Humanities
s.m.pekowsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273940
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Mingran CaoFaculty of Humanities
m.cao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ranwa Alamsi
Faculty of Humanities
r.m.m.alamsi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Andreas HofmannFaculty of Humanities
a.hofmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277951
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Eva DrommelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.r.drommel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277239
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Irene Urrutia Schroeder
Faculty of Humanities
i.x.urrutia.schroeder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lucas Vanhevel
Faculty of Humanities
l.vanhevel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Maha AliFaculty of Humanities
m.ali@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
e.j.g.m.huits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272648
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Bamdad AminzadehgoharriziFaculty of Humanities
b.aminzadehgoharrizi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lara OffermansFaculty of Humanities
l.offermans@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
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Lun Jing
Faculty of Humanities
l.jing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Daniel Pantoja QuirozFaculty of Humanities
d.pantoja.quiroz@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727