801 search results for “history of science” in the Student website
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Carolien BoenderFaculty of Humanities
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Juliette RodingFaculty of Humanities
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Dennie Oude NijhuisFaculty of Humanities
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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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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Jeannette KampFaculty of Humanities
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Leo LucassenFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty 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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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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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
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Luuk de LigtFaculty of Humanities
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Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Tristan MostertFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
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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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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
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Wim BootFaculty of Humanities
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline Gräfin von CourtenFaculty of Humanities
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Jessica RoitmanFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van den DoelCollege van Bestuur
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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Christine MertensFaculty of Humanities
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Antheun JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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‘Make science communication more work and less hobby’
Young researchers met this month for the fifth Science Communication Summer School. ‘This is the first time some participants get to meet other researchers who also enjoy science communication. It’s great to see’, says Julia Cramer, one of the coordinators.
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Oran KennedyFaculty of Humanities
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Andrew ShieldFaculty of Humanities