1,523 search results for “board history” in the Student website
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Sarah de Rijcke appointed Rector Magnificus of Leiden University
Professor Sarah de Rijcke will become the new Rector Magnificus on the Executive Board of Leiden University on 15 January 2026. She will succeed Professor Hester Bijl, who will become Rector Magnificus at Delft University of Technology.
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Sander van der HorstFaculty of Humanities
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Matthias LukkesFaculty of Humanities
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Pam de GrootFaculty of Humanities
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Jessie van StraatenFaculty of Humanities
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Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe
Faculty of Humanities
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Sophie Rose
Faculty of Humanities
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Hendri Schut
Faculty of Humanities
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Sander Tetteroo
Faculty of Humanities
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Simon Kemper
Faculty of Humanities
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Intigam MamedovFaculty of Humanities
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Marijke KooijmanFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn StormsLeiden University Libraries
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Dennis Worst
Faculty of Humanities
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Ajeng Arainikasih
Faculty of Humanities
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Juliette Staüdt
Faculty of Humanities
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Patricia KretFaculty of Humanities
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Sjoerd RamackersFaculty of Humanities
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Emma SowFaculty of Humanities
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Jamel BuhariFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?'
As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequently the fight against guerrillas, he became increasingly involved with the most violent aspects of colonial warfare. Per 1 September 2024 he is appointed…
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected on this at a symposium on Friday 26 May.
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Symposium about Rein Dool painting and University exhibition policy
At a symposium on 26 May, experts, staff and students from Leiden University will discuss what should happen with Rein Dool’s painting in the Academy Building and what the guidelines for the University’s exhibition policy should be. These issues will be explored from diverse perspectives during the…
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Leiden University publishes the titles of seven tainted scientific articles
In a supplementary decision on 17 May 2022, the Executive Board of Leiden University has concluded that it will publish the titles of seven articles in which there is evidence of malpractice. This concerns a former staff member of the Institute of Psychology. The Executive Board considers it to be in…
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way
Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by history student Sjors Stuurman. He compiled the results in a book he wrote for Muzee Scheveningen.
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Leiden’s slavery past laid bare
The Mapping Slavery project will place markers that tell the story of Leiden’s slavery past. Why is this important and what does it mean for today’s society? Before the markers are placed, a panel came together on 24 March to discuss the slavery past of not only the city but the University too.
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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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Kerstin Winking
Faculty of Humanities
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Dennis Bos
Faculty of Humanities
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Mehmet KentelFaculty of Humanities
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn van EtteFaculty of Humanities
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Kevin Horbach
Faculty of Humanities
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Julian Grob
Faculty of Humanities
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Jasper Krijns
Faculty of Humanities
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Matthijs OliemanFaculty of Humanities
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Rebecca WensmaFaculty of Humanities
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Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl on Palestine event: ‘Let’s have an academic debate with room for different perspectives’
There’s been a lot of commotion about the ‘Apartheid in Israel’ panel discussion being cancelled. The organisers, Students for Palestine, wanted to hold this at Leiden University’s Wijnhaven building in The Hague on 21 March. The Executive Board would only allow the event to go ahead if guarantees…
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Luc Sels new President of Leiden University
As of 1 November 2025, Professor Luc Sels will assume the role of President of Leiden University’s Executive Board.
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Mette KamerichFaculty of Humanities
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Anouk RoggemaFaculty of Archaeology