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.’

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.'

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…

An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.

Those who apply for asylum at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) are often asked about their main reason for migration. This process puts asylum seekers in a specific category, while their experiences are often much more complex and multifaceted. With his research on queer migration, PhD…

A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.

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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.

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.

Tim Meijers Education Director and a University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.

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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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.

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.

Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña is University Lecturer Development Studies at the Institute for History.

Edmund Amann is Professor of Brazilian Studies at Leiden University and Visiting Professor at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Previously he was Reader in Development Economics at the University of Manchester and a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

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…

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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I am professor in electron cryotomography and bacterial chemotaxis. I am interested in understanding how microbes sense and respond to their environment. In order to gain insight into the structure and function of the molecular complexes involved in these behaviors, my lab uses electron cryotomography…

Leiden University is well known for its student associations, which provide a great way for you to get to know your fellow students. As well as parties and social events, student associations also offer excellent sporting and cultural opportunities.

I am a PhD candidate at Leiden University supported by a CSC scholarship, working on an individual research project in Buddhist art history. My work explores the sensory history of Buddhist art with particular attention to affect theory, visual and narrative rhetorics, and the localisation of iconography.…

I am a PhD researcher working within the CARECENTURY project, where I explore the history of care in Central Eastern Europe. My research focuses on socialist Hungarian childcare practices and examines how communist ideology shaped perceptions of appropriate child-rearing and motherhood. Previously,…

I am a PhD Candidate in the CARECENTURY project, studying how how material objects related to childcare, such as textiles, midwifery tools, and toys were informed by shifting socio-political dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century. My research focuses on gender, reproduction, and…

Jiaxuan Huang is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Ranwa Alamsi is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Area Studies.

Andreas Hofmann is a Lecturer in European Union Studies at Leiden University. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Cologne. Before joining the European Union Studies team in Leiden, he worked at the University of Gothenburg and the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science…

Irene Urrutia Schroeder is an external PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Lucas Vanhevel is an external PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Maha Ali is a doctoral researcher exploring the role of Asian states at the United Nations, within the European Research Council (ERC) funded project -

Dr. Lieske Huits is a university lecturer at the Centre for Arts in Society.

Daniel Pantoja is a visiting PhD candidate at the Insitute for Philosophy.

Lara Offermans is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Area Studies.

Reynier Pet is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Philosophy.

Albert Logtenberg is an assistant professor at ICLON.

Marion Elenbaas is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Hein Drop is an external PhD candidate / guest at the Institute for History.

Mily Crevels is a guest researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Timothy de Zeeuw is lecturer and PhD candidate at International Studies and PhD candidate at LIAS.

Reinier Baarsen is Professor by special appointment of History of the Decorative Arts at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.