664 search results for “intellectual history” in the Student website
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Yusra AbdullahiFaculty of Humanities
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Li-Fan LeeFaculty of Humanities
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Judith LeferinkFaculty of Humanities
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Anthony Coxeter
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Postma
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Athanasios StathopoulosFaculty of Humanities
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Robertus Benning
Faculty of Humanities
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Saskia Cohen-Willner -
University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protests in 1969. Students from Leiden joined the protests for greater representation, although their actions were less revolutionary than at other universities.…
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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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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in'
The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic slavery expert Karwan Fatah-Black. 'Too bad they didn’t wait for the results of the study.'
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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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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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How the Republic contributed to the French colonial empire: ‘People like you and me invested’
In the 18th century, the French colonial empire teemed with protectionist laws. Nevertheless, businessmen from the Republic played an important role in the French economy, and thus in the colonial system. PhD student Tessa de Boer explored how this came about.
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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia
The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly suppressed.’ This what historian Christiaan Harinck from the KITLV discovered in his PhD research.
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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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Nation Building, Historiography, and School History in a Multi-Cultural Context: Ethiopia’s Enigma of Our Time
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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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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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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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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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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From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age [COGLOSS x GLOBALISE]
Lecture, COGLOSS x GLOBALISE Webinar
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund AmannFaculty 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
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Erik Geleijns
Faculty of Humanities
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Bert StamkotFaculty of Humanities
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Erik Koopman
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter NieuwenhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah Moine
Faculty of Humanities
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Antoon Erftemeijer
Faculty of Humanities
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Marija Seric
Faculty of Humanities
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Xinyu DongFaculty of Humanities
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Mingran CaoFaculty of Humanities
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Borka Balogh
Faculty of Humanities
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Sophia Pekowsky
Faculty of Humanities
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Jiaxuan Huang
Faculty of Humanities
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Ranwa Alamsi
Faculty of Humanities
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Andreas HofmannFaculty of Humanities
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Irene Urrutia Schroeder
Faculty of Humanities
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Lucas Vanhevel
Faculty of Humanities
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Maha AliFaculty of Humanities
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
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Daniel Pantoja QuirozFaculty of Humanities
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Lun Jing
Faculty of Humanities
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Bamdad AminzadehgoharriziFaculty of Humanities
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Lara OffermansFaculty of Humanities