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• NWO funding for history research into Siva Religion in Asia News - 6 July 2015

  Professor Peter Bisschop, lecturer in Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia, has been awarded a grant by the NWO Free Competition to fund his research into the rapid growth of Saivism in the sixth and seventh centuries in South and Southeast Asia. The research project, entitled ‘From Universe…

• La llamada del pasado: claves de la teoría de la historia Research output

  A Spanish translation of Herman Paul’s 'Key Issues in Historical Theory' has appeared under the title 'La llamada del pasado: claves de la teoría de la historia'.

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  Femme Gaastra Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Raymond Fagel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marieke Bloembergen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Research Assessment 2018 Institute for History

  To safeguard the quality of research within Leiden University, a committee of external experts evaluates the University’s institutes once every six years according to the Standard Evaluation Protocol which is drawn up by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Royal Netherlands…

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  Edmund Amann Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Being a Slave: Histories and Legacies of European Slavery in the Indian Ocean Research output

  Being a Slave brings together scholars and writers who try to come to terms with the histories and legacies of European slavery in the Indian Ocean.

• The Skandapurāṇa Project Research project

  Uniting an international consortium of scholars, the Skandapurāṇa Project comprises a team of researchers working in fields across the Humanities. We are creating a critical edition of a foundational work of purāṇic literature and, in doing so, tracing the dynamics of a textual tradition to better understand…

• Wetland Farming in the area to the south of the Meuse estuary during the Iron age and Roman period Research output

  An environmental and palaeo-economic reconstruction.

• Black Material Culture and the Development of a Consumer Society in South Africa, 1800-2020 Research output

  This book is the first systematic analysis of the changes in the use of goods and services by households of Black South Africans since the early nineteenth century.

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  Luuk de Ligt Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Mapping historical marine life: Johannes Müller is researching the history of ecosystems News - 27 June 2024

  The underwater world around present-day Indonesia has changed greatly in recent centuries as a result of human activity. University lecturer Johannes Müller has been awarded an NWO XS grant to map the history of the Indonesian ecosystems.

• Anatomical Collections as Public History Research project

  The third project, worked on by dr. Rina Knoeff, is a synthesising project directed at studying the Leiden anatomical collections as important parts of ‘public history’. It will use the results of the other projects in order to analyse anatomical collections (their focus, significant silences, audiences,…

• De verzamelwoede van Martinus van Marum (1750-1837) en de ouderdom van de aarde Research output

  Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

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  Cecilia-Louise von Ilsemann PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karen Smith University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Maps That Made History: 1000 Years of World History in 100 Old Maps Research output

  1000 Years of World History in 100 Old Maps.

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  Mariana Françozo Associate Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
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  Ben Schoenmaker Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

• Peace Histories Seminar Series 2025-2026 Event
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  Dario Fazzi Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• John Ash and the Rise of the Children's Grammar Research output

  Making extensive use of primary source materials this study contributes to existing scholarship in the field of eighteenth-century grammars and grammarians by providing an in-depth study of Ash’s Grammatical Institutes and its influence on other popular grammars for children.

• Global Histories of Knowledge 2025 - 2026 Event
• governance, and tradition during cycles of war and displacement in South Sudan and Uganda (2014-2019) Research output

  On 1 June 2022, Bruno Braak defended his thesis entitled 'Overcoming ruptures: Zande identity, governance, and tradition during cycles of war and displacement in South Sudan and Uganda (2014-2019).' The doctoral research was supervised by Prof.dr. J.M. Otto, Dr.ir. C.I.M. Jacobs, and Dr. C. Leonardi…

• Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026 Event
• Early Modern and Modern European History

  The Leiden Institute of History approaches early modern and modern European history from comparative and transnational perspectives.

• Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History Event - 8 June 2026

  Lecture

• New podcasts on Islam in South and Southeast Asia News - 5 February 2025

  As part of the final project for the Islam in South and Southeast Asia course (taught by Dr Verena Meyer), students were tasked with creating podcasts that delve into significant cultural and historical topics related to the region. Two students, Roma Bhiekhemsing and Shaneeva Bean, have chosen to share…

• Catholic Identity and the Revolt of the Netherlands, 1520-1635 Research output

  Mining the unusually rich diaries, memoirs, and poems written by Netherlandish Catholics, Judith Pollmann explores how Catholic believers experienced religious and political turmoil in the generations between Erasmus and Rubens.

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  Roos Stolker Dual PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Perpetuating Bhutan Highland Heritages Research project

  This 4-year research project focuses on vernacular and unacknowledged heritages of the highlands of Bhutan. It seeks to make a major contribution to the preservation of these heritages, to create a cultural resource for current and future generations.

• Ancient History: Empires, Societies and Cultures (MA)

  This programme explores Graeco-Roman political, social, and cultural dynamics, focusing on empire development and its societal impact. It shows how imperial rule shaped cultures, religions, and identities, using inscriptions, papyri, coins, and archaeology to highlight perspectives beyond elite sour…

• Centre for Islamic Thought and History

  Welcome to the Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History. The initiatives and projects undertaken here are under the auspices of the Leiden University Centre for Intercultural Philosophy. As a centre, we aim to promote the study of Arabic and Islamic thought and history, in all its different…

• Teaching History and Civics (MA)

• Careers: The Work-lIfe Experiences of Women Employed by Japanese and South Korean Firms Research output

  On Wednesday 14 February 2024 Yorum Beekman successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Civic Continuities in an Age of Revolutionary Change, c.1750–1850 Research output

  This open access book explores the role of continuity in political processes and practices during the Age of Revolutions.

• Africa The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Party, State, Revolution. Critical Reflections on Zizek's Political Philosophy Research output

  Slavoj Žižek is one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the left. His central claim holds that “today, it is more crucial than ever to continue to question the very foundations of capitalism as a global system”.

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  Matthew Broad Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• PhD Programme Institute for History

  PhD Programme of the Institute for History

• Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound News - 21 June 2022

  The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a change in South Korea’s approach to the compound.

• Formalizations après la lettre. Studies in Medieval Logic and Semantics Research output

  This thesis attempts to establish a dialogue between the modern and the medieval traditions in logic, by means of ‘translations’ of the medieval logical theories into the modern framework of symbolic logic, i.e. formalizations.

• History: Governance of Migration and Diversity Governance of Migration and Diversity (History) (MA)

  MA History: Governance of Migration and Diversity specialisation at Leiden University

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  Kate Brackney Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Governance of Migration and Diversity (History) (MA)

  MA History specialisation Governance of Migration and Diversity at Leiden University

• Sacrifice and Social Imaginary in Hellenistic Kos Event - 16 April 2026

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

• Language diversity, its genesis, history and cognitive base Research project

  The project aims at highlighting and strengthening Dutch research into the diversity of the world’s languages from a historic and a cognitive perspective.