789 search results for “university history” in the Student website
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter SlamanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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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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Paul KloegLeiden University Library
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Library
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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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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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
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Eileen van der BurghFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Dennie Oude NijhuisFaculty of Humanities
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Nina WittemanFaculty of Humanities
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Odile HoogzaadLeiden University Library
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
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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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Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
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John KegelAfrican Studies Centre
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Luuk de LigtFaculty of Humanities
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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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Turaj AtabakiFaculty of Humanities
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Christine MertensFaculty of Humanities
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
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Marlou SchroverFaculty of Humanities
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
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Bianca Angelien ClaveriaFaculty of Humanities
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Wim BootFaculty of Humanities
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Leo LucassenFaculty of Humanities
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Geke BurgerFaculty of Humanities
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Mariëtte KeukenLeiden University Library
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van den DoelExecutive Board