1,070 search results for “history of russian” in the Staff website
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities
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Eefke de HaanFaculty of Humanities
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Klaas WorpFaculty of Humanities
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Junjie HuangSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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How Russia uses language as a weapon of war
According to Russian propaganda Ukrainians are Nazis and people from the West are Satanists. Egbert Fortuin thinks we should take this propaganda seriously.
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Alexander GeurdsFaculty of Archaeology
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Johan VisserFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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How gas conflicts between Ukraine and Russia were the precursor to war
The war between Ukraine and Russia is playing out not just on the battlefield but also on the geopolitical playing field of gas. Conflicts at the start of this century about this energy source were, says PhD candidate Ilia Barboutev, a precursor to today’s war.
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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Giliam de ValkFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales
Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers who like to postpone these questions, for those who like to tell a good story with their culinary contribution, or for those who simply want to know…
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Remembering and Forgetting in Two Worlds. Writing Histories of Forced Displacement and Submerged Genealogy
Lecture
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‘Little’ Stories in ‘Big’ Histories. Families, Mobility, and Identity in the Indian Ocean
Lecture
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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Marcel KeurentjesFaculty of Humanities
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3 October University: from Russian DNA to drug-related violence
In prehistoric times there was a huge wave of migration, from the steppes in Russia and Ukraine to West Europe. The newcomers’ genes began to dominate. Archaeology research in Leiden into burial mounds in the Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas of the Netherlands yielded this spectacular conclusion.…
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appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’
Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Marieke BloembergenFaculty of Humanities
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
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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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Indira HuliselanFaculty of Humanities
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Alumni Event Russian and Eurasian Studies
Alumni event
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Former lecturer Wim Timmermans appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau
Wim Timmermans, a former lecturer at Leiden Law School, has been appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded this prestigious honour, among other things, for his outstanding contributions in the field of Russian and East European law.
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Alain WijffelsFaculty of Law
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Bernhard RiegerFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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Hans JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’
The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…
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Diego SalamaFaculty of Humanities
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
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Alp YenenFaculty 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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Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities
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Introducing: Marlisa den Hartog
Marlisa den Hartog is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History since January 2017. She is working on a thesis about perceptions of sexual desire and sexual identity in Italy between 1450 and 1550.
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Eric StormFaculty 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…