1,801 search results for “histories” in the Student website
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van den DoelAdministration and Central Services
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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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Lennart BesFaculty of Humanities
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew ShieldFaculty of Humanities
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Elisabeth DietermanFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter SlamanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Rebekka GrossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Lionel LaborieFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der BoomFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Paul KloegLeiden University Libraries
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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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History MOOC 'The Rooseveltian Century' returns
Prof. Giles Scott-Smith has made the first History MOOC (Massive Online Open-Access Course) produced by Leiden University. The MOOC 'The Rooseveltian Century', which covers the influence of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt through the 20th century, is now online at Coursera. The successful MOOC…
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick DassenFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Marcel KeurentjesFaculty of Humanities
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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Maarja SeireFaculty of Humanities
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Self-Determination in Very Small Places
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Johan VisserFaculty 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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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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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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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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History of crime comes to life
For many people, five o’clock signals the end of their working day. But not for the motivated students of the Honours College Law. With some drinks and snacks, they keep going well into the evening. This time, they met for the festive conclusion of a course which brought the history of Dutch crime to…
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Klaas WorpFaculty of Humanities
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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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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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Erik OdegardFaculty of Humanities
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
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Eefke de HaanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
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Junjie HuangFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Giliam de ValkFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
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Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’
The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…
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Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities