1,619 search results for “university history” in the Staff website
-
History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’
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…
-
Hans JanssenFaculty of Humanities
h.l.janssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2682
-
Chie AritaFaculty of Humanities
c.arita@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
-
Berry DongelmansFaculty of Humanities
b.p.m.dongelmans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
-
Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
a.tsujita@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
-
Thato MaganoFaculty of Humanities
s.t.magano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities
h.j.den.heijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
-
Soledad Valdivia RiveraFaculty of Humanities
s.valdivia.rivera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2947
-
Jeroen OosterbaanFaculteit Archeologie
j.oosterbaan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Zhengshan JiaoFaculty of Humanities
z.jiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Jacobine MelisFaculteit Archeologie
j.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Manfred HorstmanshoffFaculty of Humanities
h.f.j.horstmanshoff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2166
-
Suzan ten HeuwFaculty of Humanities
e.s.ten.heuw@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2031
-
Nadia BourasFaculty of Humanities
n.bouras@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2088
-
Carola HeinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.m.hein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Diego SalamaFaculty of Humanities
d.salama@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
-
Shenghao YueFaculty of Humanities
s.yue@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Rachel SchatsFaculteit Archeologie
r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1925
-
Marieke BloembergenFaculty of Humanities
m.bloembergen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2459
-
Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
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.
-
NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
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.
-
William Michael SchmidliFaculty of Humanities
w.m.schmidli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2341
-
Mahmood KooriadathodiFaculty of Humanities
m.kooriadathodi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Alain WijffelsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.a.wijffels@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
l.milevski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1288
-
Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
h.te.velde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2697
-
Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
b.j.m.caers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8010
-
Tessa de BoerFaculty of Humanities
t.w.m.de.boer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
-
Digital skills at History
In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an innovation project in order to research which digital skills history alumni need on the labour market and how these skills can be implemented in the cu…
-
Exhibition Books that made history
From Galileo Galilei to Albert Einstein and from Anna Maria van Schurman to Anton de Kom: only a selection of the 25 authors who's books and ideas had extraordinary historical impact, in some cases even to this day. Leiden University Libraries and the National Museum of Antiquities jointly present the…
-
New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
-
Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.
-
Fan LinFaculty of Humanities
f.lin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2538
-
Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2579
-
Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculteit Archeologie
m.francozo@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2437
-
Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
-
Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
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.
-
Book ‘De Glazen Toren’: ‘The balance isn't quite right anymore’
Writing a book on the recent history of Leiden University in corona times. For educational and policy historian Pieter Slaman (34), this has meant working in the attic of his parents’ house while they looked after his daughter, along with numerous online conversations and very few, if any, visits to…
-
Radhika GuptaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.gupta@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
-
Newly appointed Art History professor, Minna Valjakka: 'Art teaches us more than you may think'
On 1 January Minna Valjakka was appointed Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory from a Global Perspective. Valjakka sees her appointment as 'extremely topical' because of the discussions about the decolonisation of the arts: 'Art teaches us not just about art, but also about contemporary…
-
Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
-
Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
r.p.fagel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2730
-
Alex TutwilerFaculteit Archeologie
a.a.tutwiler@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
f.x.widiyarso@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
-
Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1121
-
Jos RaadscheldersFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
-
Surya SuryadiFaculty of Humanities
s.suryadi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2414
-
Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden'
Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester she starts her bachelor's degree.