1,289 search results for “nature american history” in the Student website
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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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Materiality, Religion and the Senses
Lecture, L*CeSAR Workshop
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Camilla MarracciniFaculty of Humanities
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Peter KopICLON
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Maja VodopivecFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Michiel HooykaasFaculty of Science
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Nicola ThomeFaculty of Science
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Martin KroonFaculty of Humanities
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Flor Miriam Plaza del ArcoFaculty of Science
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Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman in Wijnhaven: 'American men have real problems'
In a packed lecture hall at Wijnhaven, Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman succinctly summed up the essence of his argument on Wednesday 17 September: ‘Running a good society is hard’. His lecture held up a mirror to economists and policymakers.
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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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Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last)
The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden archaeologists play a role in repatriating Central and South American heritage
On 3 September 2025, more than 30 archaeological objects were returned to Peru, Panama and Costa Rica. The objects come from a private collection belonging to the descendants of physician and amateur archaeologist Dr Hans Feriz. In her will, his daughter stipulated that the objects collected by her…
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Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
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Roos StolkerFaculty of Humanities
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André GerritsFaculty of Humanities
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
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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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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrican Studies Centre
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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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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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
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Alexander van OudenhovenFaculty of Science
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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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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Library
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Michel DoortmontAfrican Studies Centre
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Bastian Still -
Willem ZwalveFaculty of Law
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Simon WillmettsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Thomas MaguireFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Cisca HoogendijkFaculty of Humanities
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Maria ZisimopoulouFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrican Studies Centre
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Laurens van ApeldoornFaculty of Law
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Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
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Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues wins KHMW Brouwer Thesis Prize for History
Master's student Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues is the winner of the KHMW Brewer Thesis Prize for History. He was awarded the prize for his research on donatism.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: 'Trump's Greenland plan ignores a history of segregation'
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe discusses on The Conversation how Trump's Greenland proposal overlooks the historical discrimination faced by Indigenous Alaskans.
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Gabriel InzaurraldeFaculty of Humanities
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Meng LiFaculty of Science
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Rita de Sousa e SilvaFaculty of Science
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Daniëlla Dam-de JongFaculty of Law
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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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Jacky NieuwboerFaculty of Law
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation