294 search results for “historical” in the Staff website
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Academic Historical Museum
The University’s historical collection is housed in the Academic Historical Museum. The museum is situated in the Academy Building.
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Greek Temple of Hermopolis Magna in its Religious and Socio-Historical Context
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Laura Llorente RodriguezFaculty of Archaeology
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Brenda AssendelftFaculty of Humanities
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Eva PutriFaculty of Science
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Benjamin SuchardFaculty of Humanities
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Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre
The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.
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Adolescence: Sexual Becoming in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
On 24 and 25 April 2025, the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam — home to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) — hosted an interdisciplinary workshop organized by dr. Rafal Matuszewski, an ancient historian at the Institute for History in Leiden.
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Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague
Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague from 1600 to 1800. They are tracing crimes and offenders and shedding new light on The Hague’s Gevangenpoort (or Prison Gate). Among their many discoveries…
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Amos van BaalenFaculty of Humanities
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Olga LundyshevaFaculty of Humanities
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Maritime historians and vocational college students together create historical database
What do you do when you’re suddenly given access to a whole lot of data but don’t know how to organise and analyse it? Maritime historians in the Faculty of Humanities joined forces with vocational college (MBO) students to build a database. ‘We’re so compatible with each other.’
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Roos van OostenFaculty of Archaeology
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Paul HudsonFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sasha LubotskyFaculty of Humanities
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Pascale EskesFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.
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Ton KoopmanFaculty of Humanities
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden University’s Centre for International Relations (LUCIR) is widely regarded as an expert on civil wars and conflicts. Her new book, Rebels and Conflict Escalation,…
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’
How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
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Reunionists of Leiden Historical Debating Society celebrate 65th anniversary: 'We are more alive than ever'
Friday 4 November marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Leiden’s P.C. Hooft Historical Debating Society. Although new members have not been accepted for several decades, the society is still alive and kicking. A retrospective with former presidents Jos Hooghuis and Saskia Leupen.
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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awarded grant for workshop on adolescence and sexual maturity in historical and cross-cultural perspectives
When are you (sexually) mature? A KNAW grant will enable associate professor Rafal Matuszewski to organise an interdisciplinary workshop on this question.
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Tijmen PronkFaculty of Humanities
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Niels SchoubbenFaculty of Humanities
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Janet GrijzenhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Siavash Rafiee RadFaculty of Humanities
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Hilde GunninkFaculty of Humanities
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Debora Campos WanderleyFaculty of Humanities
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Gijsbert RuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Adrien DadoneFaculty of Humanities
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Michaël PeyrotFaculty of Humanities
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeFaculty of Humanities
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Jiang WuFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Inocêncio Joao Raul ZandamelaFaculty of Humanities
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Ian SimpsonFaculty of Archaeology
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Manuel Cabal LopezSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities