In the media
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Looi van Kessel on The Conversation: ‘Their passing is a reminder of the fragility of queer lives’14 January 2025Assistant professor Looi van Kessel writes in The Conversation about the passing of drag performer The Vivienne, reflecting on their significance for ...
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Eric Storm's book Nationalism in Wall Street Journal: "The conventional understanding of the nation does not reflect reality"19 December 2024The Wall Street Journal reviews historian Eric Storm's new book 'Nationalism: A World History', which examines the complex history and development of ...
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Daniel Schade in The Washington Post: 'Schengen hasn't been fully functioning as intended since 2015'19 December 2024More European countries are introducing border controls, clashing with the ideal of free movement within Europe. Daniel Schade, Assistant Professor of...
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year19 December 2024Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books
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The Washington Post review of Eric Storm’s Nationalism: ‘Grand scale history’18 November 2024
The Washington Post reviews Nationalism by university lecturer Eric Storm. In this book, Storm explores how nation-states became the dominant politica...
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Nadine Akkerman discusses Spycraft on BBC and History Extra Podcasts28 August 2024Nadine Akkerman recently appeared as a guest on a BBC podcast and the History Extra podcast to discuss her book Spycraft. In these interviews, she del...
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Nadine Akkerman’s Spycraft reviewed in several publications23 August 2024Nadine Akkerman's book Spycraft, which she co-wrote with historian of science Pete Langman, has garnered top publications, with reviews featured in Th...
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Nivja de Jong in AP: 'Students will not get the education they deserve'09 July 2024Nivja de Jong, languages professor at Leiden University, warns about the impact of proposed education budget cuts by the new Dutch government.
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Nadine Akkerman’s 'Spycraft' in Harper’s Magazine: ‘Diverting history‘07 June 2024
In Harper’s Magazine, reviewer Dan Piepenbring discusses the latest book by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman. ‘Spycraft’ showcases how and w...
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Bert van den Berg on The Conversation: "Ancient scroll reveals new story of Plato’s death"04 June 2024University Lecturer Bert van Den Berg shares about the recent research by The Greek Philosophical Schools project in Italy. The research sheds new lig...
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Miko Flohr in BBC documentary about Pompeii23 April 2024University lecturer Miko Flohr talks in a new BBC documentary about how people responded to the eruption of 79, and on whether or not they were excava...
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Andrew Gawthorpe in the Financial Times about the Republican primaries01 February 2024University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe is quoted in a Financial Times article on the Republican primaries.
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Liselore Tissen in Leiden Global on ‘bridging the gap between technology and the humanities’23 November 2023External PhD Candidate Liselore Tissen was interviewed by Leiden Global about her work, in which she uses 3D printing. Recently she made a copy of a d...
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Caspar Jacobs, Marta Bielinska Winners of Du Châtelet Prize 2023The winners are Marta Bielinska and Caspar Jacobs for their paper “A Philosophical Introduction to Hidden Symmetries in Physics.” 08 November 2023The Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics is awarded annually for previously unpublished work in philosophy of physics by a graduate student or j...
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Adriaan van der Weel in multiple media on the Ljubljana Manifesto19 October 2023Professor Emeritus by special appointment Adriaan van der Weel has co-authored a manifesto on the importance of higher-reading.