This course uses the lives, ideals and achievements of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt to create the idea of a Rooseveltian century. It is an invitation to think critically and historically, and it wants to give you a glimpse of what it means to be a historian at work.

Bas von Benda-Beckman was als gastonderzoeker verbonden aan de Campus Den Haag. Hij promoveerde op A German catastrophe. German historians and the Allied bombings, 1945-2010.

The research group Politics, Culture and National Identities 1789-present investigates a wide range of national political cultures in Europe and the Americas in the 19th and 20th centuries. Instead of only analyzing high politics (the acts of governments and political parties), the research group focuses…

The basic program comprises a total of twelve courses organized by the Research School, that have been purpose-developed for training and support of PhD students and Research MA students who specialize in Medieval Studies (history, art history, and literary history, in particular).

In her new book, Dr Claire Weeda, cultural historian at Leiden University, investigates how racial stereotypes were created and used in the European Middle Ages (900-1250).

The University of Reading will host an online workshop on 27 April 2021. It is aimed at early career and postgraduate research historians focusing on the area of medieval finance. The deadline for submissions is: 19 February 2021.

The American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain (AARHMS) is organizing a panel at the 2023 International Medieval Congress in Leeds entitled "Relics and Reliquaries in Iberia, c. 1000-1400: Stories, Places, and Identities". Papers on any topic regarding the cult of saints, their material…

This Panel at the Historians of Netherlandish Art Conference (Amsterdam, 2-5 June 2021) aims to explore how early modern individuals and groups branded themselves through their heraldic presentation on contemporary social media and materials. Although this call for papers focuses on the period 1500-1800,…

The Belgian-Dutch Bookbindings Society and the Consortium for European Research Libraries cordially invite anyone with an interest in bookbindings to attend.

The NWO-funded Vidi project “American foreign policy and liberalism” challenges the idea that the United States has created and sustained a “liberal international order” since World War II. It instead explores the ways in which illiberal ideologies – such as those underpinning racial hierarchy at home…

Deze colleges zijn in het Engels, u kunt vragen stellen en reageren in het Nederlands.

Er worden veel goede afstudeerscripties geschreven door de studenten die hun Leidse geschiedenisopleiding ermee afronden. Alleen de allerbeste scripties worden voorgedragen voor de Fruinprijs: de jaarlijkse prijs voor de beste onderzoeksmaster-, master- of Europaeumscriptie van de Opleiding Geschied…

Het College van Bestuur heeft Herman Paul (Instituut voor Geschiedenis) per 1 januari 2019 benoemd tot hoogleraar Geschiedenis van de geesteswetenschappen.

Call for Papers: Yearbook for Dutch Book History 33 (2026). Deadline 1 April 2025.

On 4 and 5 November 2021 an ICOG-workshop will be held on the cognitive turn in history. It is possible to attend this workshop online. The participants of the workshop are cultural and intellectual historians of the pre-modern periods and/or of the historiography of academia from a long-term perspective,…

Contacts between English and Dutch speakers had a profound impact on the literary landscape and book culture of England and the Low Countries. This conference crosses conventional chronological, linguistic, geographical and disciplinary boundaries to explore the cultural history of relations between…

Suzan Verberne is nominated by the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) to be granted the C.J. Kok Public Award, also known as the award for the ‘Discoverer of the Year’.

Op 9 juni jl. vond in de rechtenfaculteitskamer van het Leidse Academiegebouw een workshop plaats over tradities en aanpalende concepten, zoals politieke cultuur, spelregels en constitutionele conventies. Tijdens de bijeenkomst presenteerden en bediscussieerden juristen, historici, politicologen en…

The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…

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Debat, LeidenGlobal Annual Event

Van wie is de universiteit? Professor Stefan Collini stelt deze vraag centraal tijdens de opening van het academisch jaar in Leiden op 31 augustus. De gastspreker is hoogleraar Intellectual History and English Literature aan de University of Cambridge. De dag na de opening gaat hij in debat met Leidse…

In de klassieke oudheid zou dansen een eerbetoon aan de goden zijn. Maar in Griekenland dansten ook de goden lustig. Ter ere van wie dan, vraagt dr. Frits Naerebout zich af. Hij organiseert van 23 tot 26 oktober een conferentie over de dans in de oudheid.

Faculty Lecture

Hoe positioneerde onze academische gemeenschap zich ten opzichte van een systeem dat mensen van hun vrijheid beroofde? Welke rol heeft de universiteit als onderwijsinstelling ingenomen ten opzichte van kolonialisme en het slavernijsysteem? Hoe kunnen wij het beste omgaan met onze bijzondere collecti…

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