1,070 search results for “histories” in the Staff website
- Histories Connected
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Historians’ Days 2026 'Future of history'
Conference
- Potluck Spring Dinner & Leiden University History Tour
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Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026: Explore the Roman past of the Netherlands
Festival, Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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A Colonial and Material History of Astrophotography at Leiden Observatory, 1918-1960
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Nina WittemanFaculty of Humanities
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
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Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Bianca Angelien ClaveriaFaculty of Humanities
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der SteenLeiden University Libraries
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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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…
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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.
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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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…
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Writing history together in the Transvaal
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…
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Rebekka GrossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Executive Board visits Institute for History: ‘History helps us make sense of the present’
Each research institute has its own dynamic. The Executive Board is visiting our institutes to find out what they are up to. On 24 June, it was the turn of the Institute for History. ‘History helps us make sense the present, whether through family stories, local issues or world politics.’
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Marcel KeurentjesFaculty of Humanities
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Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize
Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his article “Occupation, Family, and Inheritance in Fourteenth-Century Barcelona: A Socio-Economic Profile of One of Europe’s Earliest Investing Publics.”
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University history complete: Otterspeer presents fourth volume
At the Dies Natalis Willem Otterspeer, Professor Emeritus of University History, presented the fourth and final volume of Groepsportret met Dame, his series on the history of Leiden University. De 'Strategie van de Aanpassing' covers the period 1876-1975. Otterspeer talked about his book in a podcast…
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Call for Papers: Peace Movements - A Global History
From the First World War until the height of the Cold War, actors from the decolonizing world sought to build connections with international peace movements. These efforts produced new networks and practices of solidarity while also exposing tensions over the centrality of decolonization in global struggles…
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So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’
Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?
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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.
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Sculptures provide more diverse view of University’s history
Three new initiatives will provide a more diverse view of Leiden’s academic history, literally and figuratively: a historical study on the background of students and scientists, a new book about the Academy Building, and two new sculptures of female scientists, Ewine van Dishoek, Professor of Molecular…
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Junjie HuangFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences