Leiden alumnus Makoto Yoshida from Japan studied Dutch history and politics from 1996 to 1997. Now he is back in Leiden with his wife who is currently a student at the Faculty of Humanities. Some things still surprise him. 'Everyone at university uses first names, which was - and still is - unacceptable…

Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction between letters composed of minims. Assistant professor of medieval literature Krista Murchison has written an article in History Today on the hidden…

Expert in Classics Renske Janssen has been awarded a Rubicon grant. She will use the grant to conduct research at the University of Edinburgh into how Roman law was perceived by society at the time.

Book launch

In addition to texts in Arabic, the manuscript heritage of Islamic West Africa includes written attestations of local languages in Arabic script (Ajami). The Ajami writings range from brief explanatory glosses on didactic texts to historical accounts, religious and secular poems, and healing and talismanic…

Lecture, Studium Generale

This event will take be held both online and physically in Leiden. All registrees will receive a link to the online platform one day before the start of the event. Along the muddy roads and forested rivers snaking through Central Africa, rebels and soldiers, traditional authorities and civil servants,…

Join us for our April LUCDH lunchtime talk presented by Prof.dr. Hilde De Weerdt on Wednesday, 6 April 2022 at 12:00 – 13:00 (CEST). Professor De Weerdt will discuss the objectives and key aspects of two large projects ​on the social history and present-day uses of pre-twentieth-century material…

Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress

A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.

A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.

This online conference explores forms and usages of slavery as represented in textual sources from the early Islamic empire, ca. 600-1000 CE. The conference’s focus is on the regionality of the development of slavery as an institution and the lived experience of slavery in this formative period of Islam.…

What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic slavery expert Karwan Fatah-Black. 'Too bad they didn’t wait for the results of the study.'

In Harper’s Magazine, reviewer Dan Piepenbring discusses the latest book by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman. ‘Spycraft’ showcases how and why messages were ciphered in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.

How do you compare the living environment of Dutch dairy cows with that of Masai cattle in East Africa? And how can we reverse biodiversity loss? These questions are central to CurveBend, an international research consortium in which ecologist Michiel Veldhuis plays a key role.

Ambassador Hyoung Chan Choe of South Korea paid his first visit to Leiden University Nov. 22, where he was received by President Annetje Ottow and Professor of Korea Studies Remco Breuker.

This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.

The United States used threats to influence the nuclear programs of Iran, Libya and South Africa. How effective was this diplomatic coercion?

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

From ancient sites to heritage rescue, from digital sciences to the evolution of human origins: at Archaeology & Society, you will learn about the many multidisciplinary aspects of archaeological research.

In this talk, Jean-Louis van Gelder (Professor Criminology) discusses the potential of virtual reality (VR) technology for the study of crime and related behaviours. He explains how VR is uniquely suited to address problems that have traditionally plagued the field. More specifically, Jean-Louis…