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• Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery News - 27 June 2024

  What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…

• ‘In Leiden you feel history is very close’ News - 17 January 2013

  Leiden alumnus Makoto Yoshida from Japan studied Dutch history and politics from 1996 to 1997. Now he is back in Leiden with his wife who is currently a student at the Faculty of Humanities. Some things still surprise him. 'Everyone at university uses first names, which was - and still is - unacceptable…

• Krista Murchison in History Today on medieval pen-twisters News - 16 February 2021

  Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction between letters composed of minims. Assistant professor of medieval literature Krista Murchison has written an article in History Today on the hidden…

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  Thomas Maguire Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  t.j.maguire@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Simon Willmetts Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.d.willmetts@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Kai Hebel Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  k.r.hebel@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009948

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  Mirjam de Bruijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278546

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  Quintijn Mauer Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  q.mauer@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276851

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  Patricio Silva Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.silva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 3113353399

• Nadine Akkerman’s 'Spycraft' in Harper’s Magazine: ‘Diverting history‘ News - 7 June 2024

  In Harper’s Magazine, reviewer Dan Piepenbring discusses the latest book by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman. ‘Spycraft’ showcases how and why messages were ciphered in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Tobias van der Wal Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  t.b.d.van.der.wal@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276879

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  Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.p.a.theunissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276480

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  Egbert Koops Professor of Legal History

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.koops@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277527

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  Dick van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.m.van.broekhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.g.a.alkemade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278052

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henego@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276509

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  Nina Jaspers PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  n.l.jaspers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• A sample of perspectives: Rick Honings sought and found new perspectives on Indonesia News - 30 September 2025

  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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  Havar Solheim Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.a.s.solheim@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275342

• Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too News - 30 November 2023

  Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.

• Curator of the National Museum Marion Anker: ‘History can cause friction' News - 17 March 2022

  Marion Anker is a junior curator at the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands. She studied History in Leiden and Amsterdam. Together with her team, she organised the controversial exhibition ‘Revolusi! Indonesië onafhankelijk!’ What did studying History teach her?

• Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year News - 19 December 2024

  Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books

• Berkhoff appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Focus on Ukrainian history a milestone’ News - 24 September 2025

  As of 1 September , Karel Berkhoff has been appointed professor by special appointment in Ukrainian History. In this position, made possible in part by the KNAW, he will focus primarily on dark moments in recent Ukrainian history: the persecutions that have taken place in the first half of the twentieth…

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  Philippe Buc Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.buc@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272707

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  Anahita Arian Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.arian@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lieke Smits Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.a.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Laurie Kalb Cosmo Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.k.cosmo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272249

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.i.van.ling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009137

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  e.e.rodriguez.estrada@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kees Verduin Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria van der Schaar Senior researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.van.der.schaar@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Robert Pitt External PhD/ guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.k.pitt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Keuzegids Masters 2025: History and Classics and Ancient Civilizations score well above average News - 31 March 2025

  Two Humanities research masters and one master’s programme score well above average in the Keuzegids Masters: the research master History, the master and research master Classics and Ancient Civilizations.

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  Miel Groten Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.groten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271596

• New history of Leiden presented to the mayor: ‘Always been an incredibly diverse city’ News - 15 December 2025

  Professor Ariadne Schmidt and Associate Professor Arie van Steensel (University of Groningen) have produced A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Leiden, the first English-language history of Leiden. Mayor Peter Heijkoop received the first copy.

• Jeroen Duindam appointed new academic director of the Institute for History News - 1 October 2021

  The Institute for History has a new academic director. Professor of Early Modern History Jeroen Duindam will take on this role from 1 September. ‘You can only do this job properly if you make time for it.’

• Fanny Wonu Veys: ‘I want to introduce students to the art history of Oceania’ News - 22 October 2024

  Fanny Wonu Veys was appointed Professor of Art and Material Culture of Oceania on 1 August. Time for an introduction.

• A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ News - 14 March 2024

  The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying in Rabat.

• Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’ News - 24 June 2025

  When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical novel one day. Thirty years later, Gooilust, about Louise Blaauw-Six, has now been published.

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  Wouter van Beek

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276641

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  Khizar Jawad Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.jawad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272709

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  Carolina Lenarduzzi Visiting Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.m.lenarduzzi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Wim Blockmans Professor Emeritus of

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.p.blockmans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Tamsin Prideaux Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.t.d.prideaux@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272663

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  Daniele Paolini Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.p.paolini@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272623

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  Martijn Treur Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Brianne Wesolowski Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.m.wesolowski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271301

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  André Knulst Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.g.knulst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272723

• Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences News - 12 July 2021

  Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…