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Eric Storm in Spanish media
Following the Spanish translation of his book Nationalism, associate professor Eric Storm was interviewed by El Periódico and Crónica Global. Several other media outlets have also published reviews of his book.
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Sam Botan
Samatar (Sam) Ahmed Botan is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.
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Hilde Woker
Hilde Woker is an Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden Law School. Her specialisation is the law of the sea, with a particular focus on the law-science interface and the continental shelf. She is the course coordinator for the…
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Jan Sleutels
Jan Sleutels is a Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’
When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical novel one day. Thirty years later, Gooilust, about Louise Blaauw-Six, has now been published.
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The usefulness of science: ‘Room for exchanging questions, values and ideas'
Is scientific research useful? In his dissertation, Jorrit Smit argues that in order to answer this question one should not look at, for example, prominent scholars or influential organisations, but at places where knowledge exchange and co-creation take place. Promotion 6 May.
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Sara Polak
Sara Polak is a University Lecturer in American Studies and Modern English Literature at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. She is PI of the ERC Project Worlding America: How Play Shaped the United States from New Media to Politics, 1503-2028.
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Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences
Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…
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Casper Wits
Casper Wits is a University Lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies. His research focuses on postwar diplomatic and international history in East Asia, with a special interest in the development of Chinese and Japanse foreign policy and Sino-Japanese relations in this period. He also takes an interest…
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Beatrice de Graaf in Huizinga Lecture: ‘History is necessary in times of crisis’
Professor Beatrice de Graaf held the 53rd Huizinga Lecture on Thursday 12 December. In front of a a sold-out Stadsgehoorzaal, she spoke about how history can be used in times of crisis to give meaning to the situation.
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‘War with Russia more likely now Trump has spurned Europe’
Europe’s security suddenly looks uncertain now President Trump has started negotiations with Putin. What does this mean for the Netherlands? What do we need to do?
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André Knulst
André Knulst is a Lecturer at the institute for History.
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Carolina Lenarduzzi
Carolina Lenarduzzi is a visiting staff member at the Institute for History.
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Wim BlockmansFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah Cramsey
I am the Special Chair for Central European Studies, Assistant Professor of Judaism & Diaspora Studies and Director of the Austria Centre Leiden. From 2025-2030, I am the Principal Investigator of “A Century of Care: Invisible Work and Early Childcare in central and eastern Europe, 1905-2004” or CARECENTURY,…
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Shiru Lim
Shiru Lim is assistant professor at the Institute for History.
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Amadou Adamou
Amadou Adamou is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Vera Scepanovic -
Matthew Sung - Ahab Bdaiwi
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Martine Bruil
Martine Bruil is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.
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Ukrainian Nation-Building in the Past and the Present
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Mariken Teeuwen
As a researcher at Huygens Institute I specialize in intellectual history of the Middle Ages and manuscript studies. I combine these disciplines with an avid enthusiasm for and interest in digital humanities approaches. It is my firm belief that students profit from a good introduction in digital sk…
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Terence Renaud
Terence Renaud is a lecturer at the Institute for History. He specializes in the history of modern Europe and international social movements.
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Victoria Nyst
Victoria Nyst is associate professor linguistics whose research interests include historical sign language studies, sign language documentation & description, sign language technology, lexicography, linguistic iconicity, and the gesture-sign language interface. She also works with the Africa Studies…
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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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Martijn van Ette
Martijn van Ette is a PhD-candidate at Leiden's Institute for History. Being part of Dr. Andrew Gawthorpe's NWO-funded project that focusses on American foreign policy and (il)liberalism, he focuses on Southeast Asia and the perceptions that shaped America's strategic interpretations of the region.
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Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'
A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…
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Karel Berkhoff
Karel Berkhoff is Professor by Special Appointment of the History of Ukraine in the twentieth century at the Institute for History.
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Geert Ham
Geert Ham is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Julius van der Poel
Julius van der Poel is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for History.
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Saskia Jaszoltowski
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Ton van Haaften
Ton van Haaften is professor emeritus at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics and Dean of the Honours Academy.
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’
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Over a third of Leiden’s professors are women, just above national level
The proportion of female professors at Dutch universities is increasing, but at a modest rate. At 34.2%, Leiden University is in the top three. These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor for 2025.
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Peter Pels - Zane Kripe