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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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André GerritsFaculty of Humanities
a.w.m.gerrits@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272949
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Digital skills at History
In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an innovation project in order to research which digital skills history alumni need on the labour market and how these skills can be implemented in the cu…
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Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.
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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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Andrew GawthorpeFaculty of Humanities
a.j.gawthorpe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1740
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Jos RaadscheldersFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
f.x.widiyarso@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
r.m.m.peeters@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272699
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Philip PostFaculty of Humanities
p.g.post@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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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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Forced Choices: Migration, Identity, and Belonging in the South Tyrolean Option (1939-1955)
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Asylum Claims by Minors on Grounds of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Ethnic Bias in Immigration Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Britain
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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The Complicit Politics of EU Migration Diplomacy
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2705
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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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and their Avestan parallels: Toward the reconstruction of Indo-Iranian formulae and liturgical structures
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Exhibition Books that made history
From Galileo Galilei to Albert Einstein and from Anna Maria van Schurman to Anton de Kom: only a selection of the 25 authors who's books and ideas had extraordinary historical impact, in some cases even to this day. Leiden University Libraries and the National Museum of Antiquities jointly present the…
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2737
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time
The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he combines his love for the University and poetry with autobiographical reflections. ‘With my magnifying glass I discovered yet more new details in the pr…
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Once upon a War: Truth and Subversion in Iranian War Literature
Lecture
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Sculptures provide more diverse view of University’s history
Three new initiatives will provide a more diverse view of Leiden’s academic history, literally and figuratively: a historical study on the background of students and scientists, a new book about the Academy Building, and two new sculptures of female scientists, Ewine van Dishoek, Professor of Molecular…
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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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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden'
Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester she starts her bachelor's degree.
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Sasha LubotskyFaculty of Humanities
a.m.lubotsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Newly appointed Art History professor, Minna Valjakka: 'Art teaches us more than you may think'
On 1 January Minna Valjakka was appointed Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory from a Global Perspective. Valjakka sees her appointment as 'extremely topical' because of the discussions about the decolonisation of the arts: 'Art teaches us not just about art, but also about contemporary…
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
l.alvarez.frances@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Patrick GouwUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
p.gouw@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7749
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Kai HebelFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
k.r.hebel@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9948
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Willem HeiserFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
heiser@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Michel DoortmontAfrika-Studiecentrum
m.r.doortmont@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Bastian Stillb.j.f.still@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
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Paul HoftijzerFaculty of Humanities
p.g.hoftijzer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Willem ZwalveFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
w.j.zwalve@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7440
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
g.r.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2023
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3473
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Simon WillmettsFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.d.willmetts@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Thomas MaguireFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
t.j.maguire@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities
k.l.brackney@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7212
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Cisca HoogendijkFaculty of Humanities
f.a.j.hoogendijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2906
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Maria ZisimopoulouFaculty of Humanities
m.zisimopoulou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
l.a.faber@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aad van MastrigtFaculty of Humanities
a.van.mastrigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Laurens van ApeldoornFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.c.j.van.apeldoorn@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5887
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
c.v.weeda@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2718
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Indo-Slavic lexical isoglosses and the prehistoric dispersal of Indo- Iranian
PhD defence
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1121
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Mapping historical marine life: Johannes Müller is researching the history of ecosystems
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.
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