815 search results for “history internal” in the Staff website
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Gabriel Veppo de LimaFaculty of Humanities
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Harold van der Kraan
Faculty of Humanities
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Marinus van Hekken
Faculty of Humanities
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Richard GriffithsFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Simcha Jong Kon ChinFaculty of Science
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
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Lucinda Truijers-JansenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Renée JoosseFaculty of Humanities
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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Merel Vesseur-van LeeuwenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn NouwenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore appointed new Cleveringa Professor
The French political theorist Hélène Landemore has been appointed as the new Cleveringa Professor. She will deliver her inaugural lecture on 26 November.
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Heino van RijnberkFaculty of Humanities
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
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Amadou Adamou
Faculty of Humanities
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
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Leonardo Arias AlvisFaculty of Humanities
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Xuan Dong
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen Kurpershoek
Faculty of Humanities
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Seraina RenzFaculty of Humanities
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Marcin RabizaFaculty of Humanities
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Dimitris Kastritis
Faculty of Humanities
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Koen van der LijnFaculty of Humanities
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Li-Fan LeeFaculty of Humanities
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Peter Postma
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Judith Leferink
Faculty of Humanities
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Saskia Cohen-Willner -
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.’
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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A university in times of corona: one year on
It is exactly one year ago that the university had to close, bang in the middle of the academic year. Suddenly, on that third Monday in March, we found ourselves at home, working and studying online – many of us from that cramped attic or student room. The momentous coronavirus year in pictures.
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago
An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.
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University introduces lay talk and it looks like this
Complex research with a generous sprinkling of jargon: PhD defences can be difficult for non-experts to follow. In the compulsory new lay talk, PhD candidates begin by explaining their dissertation in words of one syllable. And it’s not just the PhD’s family and friends who appreciate this.
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International Criminal Justice: Utopia or Reality?
Lecture, 5th Owada Chair Symposium
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War
In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britain. ‘Soldier of Orange’ is the most famous, but who were the other ‘England voyagers’ or Engelandvaarders as they are known?
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.
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Leiden University in The Hague praised by L’Express as one of Europe’s ‘schools of power’
Leiden University is featured by French magazine L’Express as one of Europe’s leading ‘schools of power’, highlighting its Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs in The Hague and its role in training future leaders in politics, diplomacy, and securi…
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Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC)
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD
A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition at Oude UB takes you to the ritual yet idiosyncratic world of PhD ceremonies.
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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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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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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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Margaretha Smolenaars
Faculty of Humanities