1,664 search results for “komen history” in the Public website
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen van ReulerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
- Peace Histories Seminar Series 2024-2025
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025
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Helen Westgeest Teaching Fellow at the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy
In October 2014, Leiden University established the ‘Leiden University Teachers’ Academy’. Helen Westgeest, who lectures in the BA and MA Art History and MA Media Studies, was put forward by the Faculty of Humanities for appointment in the so-called ‘LTA’.
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Rare medieval bookmark found in Leiden University Library
A rare medieval bookmark emerged in Leiden University Library. Book historian Erik Kwakkel found the disk in an archive of manuscript descriptions called the Bibliotheca Neerlandica Manuscripta. It was likely put their in the early twentieth century by Willem de Vreese, who made the descriptions. The…
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2024 - 2025
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Stephanie Noach wins Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize
Assistant professor Stephanie Noach has won the Dissertation Prize of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. She is receiving this prestigious prize for her research on darkness in contemporary art from Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti were unable to reap benefits from this. PhD candidate Anita van der Hulst researched why so few Roma and Sinti went on to higher education. PhD defence on…
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The impact of the slave trade on the Dutch economy
To what extent did the Netherlands grow rich from the Transatlantic slave trade? In his dissertation 'Walcherse Ketens', Gerhard de Kok looks at Vlissingen and Middelburg, the most important slave trade cities in the Netherlands during the second half of the 18th century. It turns out that, although…
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Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden
Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.
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In 450 days... 450 years of Leiden University!
In exactly 450 days’ time, on 8 February 2025, it is the university’s 450th anniversary. We are going to celebrate this with our students, staff, alumni and friends. In the run-up to the anniversary, we are compiling our top 450: Who or what is your favourite?
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Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History
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The Roman empire and world history
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Why have murals been used in social and political movements?
Take a walk through any city, and you are likely to come across a brightly coloured mural. Although these paintings often seem to serve solely as a backdrop for Instagram snapshots, art history professor Minna Valjakka says there are rich traditions and intricate histories that uncover more critical…
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.
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Maria Voltsichina
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Brian ShaevFaculty of Humanities
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Henrike VellingaFaculty of Humanities
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Merayo MontesFaculty of Humanities
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Kamila SmagulovaFaculty of Humanities
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Jocelyn López Caihuán
Faculty of Humanities
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Hannelore BraekenFaculty of Humanities
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Cigdem Billur-Ada
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Andreas HofmannFaculty of Humanities
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Eric Jorink: 'We want to map the tradition of observations'
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded a grant of 750,000 euros to the 'Visualising the Unknown in 17th-century Science and Society' project. Researchers will reconstruct how seventeenth-century scientists recorded and shared their groundbreaking microscopic discoveries. We…
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Ruchama Noorda Doctoral Degree
PhDArts candidate Ruchama Noorda will graduate on Wednesday 9 December 2015
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Pilgrim Year: a commemoration rather than a celebration
Myths abound about the Pilgrims, the group of religious refugees from England who set sail for America in 1620. Did they really live in peace with the indigenous peoples of America? In an international conference, historians from Leiden will seek to draw attention to the more negative effects of the…
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Theresa St John
Faculty of Humanities
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Cristian Saavedra Bastía
Faculty of Humanities
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Ody DwicahyoFaculty of Humanities
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Sil DoumaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tomás Díaz
Faculty of Humanities
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Nestor Marin Bravo
Faculty of Humanities
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Daphne EngelFaculty of Humanities
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Carla Cisternas GuaschFaculty of Humanities
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
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Harold van der Kraan
Faculty of Humanities
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Nadia Rojas
Faculty of Humanities
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Richard GriffithsFaculty of Humanities