When we think of the history of Dutch slavery, the areas that spring to mind are primarily the Antilles and Suriname. However, until the end of the eighteenth century there were also Dutch plantation colonies in neighbouring Guyana. Bram Hoonhout’s book ‘Borderless Empire’ describes this forgotten h…

The nominees for the IRO Thesis Prize 2025 and the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg-prijs 2025. Who authored the best thesis in Leiden University’s bachelor’s programme in Political Science?

This is a good time for it to happen, in the opinion of Professor of Fatherlands History, Henk te Velde. The abdication of Queen Beatrix is a good starting point for celebrating 200 years of the Dutch monarchy, in 2013. Te Velde is a member of the National Committee for 200 Years of Monarchy: 'By standing…

In 2025, our colleagues from the Institute of Psychology once again made a strong presence in the media. From (inter)national newspapers to podcasts, discover where they shared their expertise in the media this year.

Lecture

Having mostly ignored the gains Dutch traders, investors and firms attained from serving the French, English and Iberian empires, debate in the Netherlands now demands a re-evaluation of Dutch colonial responsibilities. By recovering knowledge of these gains, this project will measure the wealth obtained…

Gemeente Oss, Universiteit Leiden, Stichting Metaaltijdenonderzoek NL en Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed nodigen je uit in Oss. Het congres ‘Grootschalig Archeologisch Landschapsonderzoek – Verleden en Toekomst´ sluit het jubileumjaar ‘50 jaar Archeologie Oss’ af. Vijftig jaar geleden werd een…

Prof.dr. K.J. Batenburg dr. D.M. Pelt dr. T. van Leeuwen Summary Radiografie is een belangrijke techniek om de binnenkant van voorwerpen te kunnen analyseren, met bekende toepassingen bij bagagecontroles op luchthavens en diagnostiek in ziekenhuizen. Ook in de industrie is röntgenbeeldvorming onmisbaar,…

Annelous Stiggelbout will discuss Sanmao’s Story of the Sahara (撒哈拉的故事) and the powerful sense of exploration that permeates her work. Silvia Marijnissen will present the diversity of Taiwanese poetry, based on her translations of Hsia Yu and Chen Yuhong among others. Lloyd Haft will introduce the metaphysical…

This is an incomplete list of scientific publications by students and staff of the Creative Intelligence & Technology MSc programme.

Inaugural lecture

Prof.dr. G.J. Oostindie Prof.dr. J. de Jong dr. F.E. Guadeloupe Summary Wat is 'het nieuws' en hoe verschilt het van 'nieuws'? Het eerste spreekt tot journalistiek en institutionele nieuwspraktijken, het laatste tot machtsverhoudingen, diversiteit van nieuwsmedia en een erkenning van meerdere publieken…

The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…

The world is full of wars, and no war is without its dead. What happens to the bodies of fatal casualties of armed conflict? The winner of the faculty Jongbloed Thesis Prize 2015 is Welmoet Wels (Public International Law). Her thesis Dead body management in armed conflict: paradoxes in trying to do…

The ‘Contagious!’ exhibition was set to open at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in April but had to be postponed because of the corona crisis. The museum hasn’t been twiddling its thumbs in the meantime. The exhibition will now open on 16 July, and the corona crisis has a major role.

Symposium

This research project, that started in September 2008, aims to explore how personal and public memories of the Dutch Revolt in the seventeenth century evolved and interacted to create new political and cultural identities for the societies that eventually were to become the kingdoms of the Netherlands…

Lecture, Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk

Migration is nothing new. A lot of people immigrated to the United States after it was ‘rediscovered’. The Netherlands also colonised a part of the New World and gave it the name New Netherland. Pepijn Doornenbal, a master’s student History, conducts research in the United States about how different…

Many of our staff and students have won an award, received a grant, obtained an academic fellowship for their quality or have been socially engaged due to their specific expertise. See below for an overview per year.

The Campus The Hague event 'Meet the employer' will take place again this fall, sign up soon! This event is organized by the faculties of Governance and Global Affairs, Humanities and Social Sciences. During the day you get to meet interesting companies and organizations, such as KPMG, Commit Global, Europese…

Lecture

Below thesis archives will be moved shortly (work in progress) to the Leiden Repository. Once this is done, theses submitted by MI students (from 2008 onwards) can be accessed via the Repository and will be removed from this site.