I am a historian of political history working on the impact of colonialism on Dutch and British political practice. Whereas most political historians deal with change and innovation, I am interested in how the political elite (re)claimed power after experiencing disruption. I cross historiographical…

Bianca Angelien Claveria is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, and a member of Dr. Fenneke Sysling's ERC Starting Grant project COMET: Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia.

The Administration and Central Services department supports the Executive Board (CvB) in managing Leiden University. The service units performs tasks on behalf of administrative units (CvB, faculties). There are nine service units: Administrative Shared Service Centre (ASSC) ICT Shared Service…

Dennie Oude Nijhuis is University Lecturer at the Institute for History.

Steven Lauritano is an art and architectural historian, and assistant professor at Leiden University. His research examines the intersection of architecture and antiquarianism, the history of architectural preservation, and the exchanges that have animated architectural-history-writing and design. Before…

Esther Zwinkels is an external PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Manon van der Heijden is Professor of Comparative Urban History at the Institute for History.

Herman Paul is Professor of the History of the Humanities. He currently serves a three-year term (2025–8) as academic director of the Leiden University Institute for History. In 2024, he was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Maartje Janse is associate professor at the Institute for History.

Pablo Isla Monsalve is university lecturer at the Institute for History.

Louis Sicking lectures medieval and early modern history at the Leiden University Institute for History and is Aemilius Papinianus professor of History of Public International Law, at VU University Amsterdam.

Joost Augusteijn is Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for History and Programme Chair of the BA International Studies and the Joint MA European Politics and Society.

John's research focuses on the history of colonial concessionary companies in sub-Saharan Africa between roughly 1880-1960.

Jacqueline Hylkema is Assistant Professor of Cultural History at Leiden University College and Senior Scaliger Fellow at Leiden University Libraries’ Scaliger Institute. Her research focuses on forgery in early modern print culture, particularly in the Dutch Republic and Britain. Hylkema is currently…

Ben Schoenmaker was Professor by special appointment of Military History from 2012 to 2024, on behalf of the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Ahmet Serdar Günaydin is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. His research focuses on the United Nations special political missions and their approaches towards fostering national dialogues and policy reforms. He explores the multilateral diplomatic efforts…

Ann Marie Wilson is Assistant Professor of History at Leiden University College. She received her BA from the University of Michigan’s Residential College, her MA from San Francisco State University, and her PhD from Harvard University. At LUC she teaches courses in historical methods and environmental…

Catia Antunes is a Professor of History of Global Economic Networks at the institute for History.

Jos Gommans is a historian with expertise on the early modern history of South Asia in its global interactions with the outside world of Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the European colonial empires.

Raymond Fagel is university lecturer at the Institute for History.

André Gerrits is Professor Emeritus of International Studies and Global Politics.

Camilla Marraccini is is a guest PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Akiko Tsujita is PhD candidate at LIAS

Alistair Kefford is a historian and urbanist. He is a specialist in the development of cities and society in the modern era. His current research focuses on the rise of real estate development and its far-reaching impacts on cities and citizens all over the world. He is chair of Leiden's Urban Studies…

Pieter Slaman is Leiden University's university historian, with support of the A.E. Cohen Foundation. He is also a specialist in the history of education. His book ‘De glazen Toren. De Leidse Universiteit 1970-2020’ covered the institutional and cultural developments at Leiden university since the 1…

Rafał Matuszewski is an assistant professor at the Institute for History.

Michael Kowalski is parttime Special Professor of Applied Ethics in Intelligence and Security. This special professorship is endowed by the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV).

Interested? Would you like to know more about this master's programme? Please visit the website for prospective students. Specialisations Ancient History Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence Colonial and Global History Europe 1000-1800 Political Culture and National Identities Website for enrolled…

Yih-Jye Hwang (PhD, Aberystwyth) is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Leiden University. His research focuses on culture and identity politics in East Asia, East Asian approaches to human security, China’s strategic and just war thinking, post-Western IR, post-structuralism, and theories…

Joachim A. Koops is Chair of Security. His research focuses on Global Security Governance and the European Union’s foreign and security policies, the role of the United Nations, European Union, NATO (and their inter-organisational relations) in peace and security as well as crisis management, peacekeeping,…