4,362 search results for “university history” in the Public website
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Shaping a Muslim State
The World of a Mid-Eighth-Century Egyptian Official
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About Leiden University - Working at Leiden University
As far back as 1575, Leiden University researchers have been leaving their mark on the world.
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University Council
The University Council is the central co-participation body of the University.
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities
Together Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam form the strategic alliance Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities.
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Healthy University
You know the feeling: you want to go to work feeling healthy and energetic, and you want to keep that positive feeling going all through the day, but it doesn’t always work out that way. That’s why Leiden University and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have set up the Healthy University programme,…
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Reframing the Diplomat. Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community
In Reframing the Diplomat Albertine Bloemendal offers a unique window onto the unofficial dimension of Cold War transatlantic relations by analyzing the diplomatic role of the Dutch Atlanticist Ernst van der Beugel as a government official and as a private diplomat.
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El almirantazgo y la armada de los Países Bajos durante los reinados de Felipe I y Carlos V
This book investigates how the rulers of the Habsburg world empire developed and implemented a central maritime policy for the Netherlands and appointed an admiral of the sea or admiral-general for that purpose.
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Life in Transition
This research investigates the impact of socioeconomic developments on the physical condition of medieval populations in Holland and Zeeland between AD 1000 and 1600 through the analysis of human skeletal remains from three archaeological sites.
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White Lies and Black Markets. Evading Metropolitan Authority in Colonial Suriname, 1650-1800
In White Lies and Black Markets, Fatah-Black offers a new account of the colonization of Suriname—one of the major European plantation colonies on the Guiana Coast—in the period between 1650-1800.
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FragmEndoscopy: Medieval fragments in early modern book spines
During the early modern period, many medieval manuscripts were cut up into strips of parchment which were reused to reinforce the bindings of newly printed books. Until recently, these reused pieces of medieval manuscripts only came to light when the early modern book binding was damaged and/or subjected…
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Book-ownership in Ottoman Sarajevo 1707-1828
Asim Zubcevic defended his thesis on 11 November 2015
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Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States: The Unification of the Burgundian Netherlands, 1380-1480
The process of unification and the character of the union are the central topics of Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States. Robert Stein mirrors continuity and modernisation in Burgundian times with the bankruptcy of the former dynasties and the decline of feudal government. The powerful towns played an…
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Peasants, Citizens and Soldiers
This book argues that the combined literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence supports the theory that early-imperial Italy had about six million inhabitants.
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The Economics of Friendship
In this doctoral dissertation (2012) the effects of the monetization of the Greek world in the 5th and 4th century on conceptions of reciprocity in friendship are analyzed.
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Brimstone, sea and sand
The historical archaeology of the Port of Sandy Point and its anchorage, St. Kitts, West Indies
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Interpersonal Forgiveness and Reconciliation: A Cultural Philology, 1575–1890
This project proceeds from the observation that since the second half of the twentieth century, forgiveness and reconciliation have become pervasive themes in western culture, both on a political level and in personal relations.
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Alverata, a present-day, European typeface with roots in the middle ages
The subject of this thesis is Alverata, a twenty-first-century typeface whose design was inspired by the shapes of Romanesque capitals such as those found in inscriptions of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
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University Elections
This year, there are elections for the student and staff sections of the University Council and the student section of all faculty councils. You decide who represents you to university management. What topics and viewpoints are important to you? By voting, you ultimately have a say in university policy.…
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The Hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire
The present volume focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its global religious appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim world in the age of pre-colonial and colonial empires.
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Leiden University Shi'i Studies Initiative (LUSSI)
Shiʿi Islam
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Sweet Tooth | Zoetekauw
The journey of sugar from east to west
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Vacancy: Full Professor of History of Art and Architecture 500-1500 (RU)
The History of Art section at Radboud University is looking for a Full Professor of History of Art and Architecture between 500-1500 CE (1,0 FTE). Apply before: May 2, 2023.
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The relation between communication and violence in the Guéra and Moyen –Chari regions (Chad) from 1940 to 2010
French title: Communication et violences dans le Guéra et le Moyen-Chari (Tchad) de 1940 à 2010. This research investigates the relationship between the introduction of new means of communication and violence experienced by the local populations in the Moyen-Chari and the Guéra regions in Chad from…
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Bernhard Rieger
Faculty of Humanities
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Ethan Mark
Faculty of Humanities
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
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Caroline Waerzeggers
Faculty of Humanities
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Jiyan Qiao
Faculty of Humanities
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Pablo Isla Monsalve
Faculty of Humanities
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Irene O'Daly
Faculty of Humanities
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Kim Beerden
Faculty of Humanities
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Giles Scott-Smith
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Indira Huliselan
Faculty of Humanities
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Roos Stolker
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jan-Bart Gewald
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Fenneke Sysling
Faculty of Humanities
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André Gerrits
Faculty of Humanities
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by special appointment of the History, Theory and Sociology of Graphic Design and Visual Culture at University of Amsterdam
Alice Twemlow has been named professor by special appointment in the Wim Crouwel chair in the History, Theory and Sociology of Graphic Design and Visual Culture at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam.
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An empire of 2000 cities: urban networks and economic integration in the Roman Empire
The central aims of this project are to establish the shapes of the various urban hierarchies existing in the provinces of the Roman Empire and (especially) to use the quantitative properties of these hierarchies to shed new light on levels of economic integration.
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Alain Wijffels
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
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Henk te Velde
Faculty of Humanities
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Tessa de Boer
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Faculty of Humanities
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University organ
The organ in the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building has been played at walk-in concerts and University celebrations since 1998.
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CFA: Summer school Global History in the 2020s, Leiden 27-29 June 2023
On 27-29 June, 2023, Leiden University's Institute for History will host a summer school on Global History in the 2020s, in collaboration with the Huizinga Institute-Research School for Cultural History, the Research School Political History, and the Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH).…
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A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)
A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) was published in July 2015, edited and translated by Adriaan van der Weel and Peter Davidson.
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Human nature and governance: soulcraft and statecraft in eleventh century China
On the 2nd of September Jiyan Qiao successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.