Claudia Moreira Calzadilla and Nina Witteman are both enrolled in the Europe 1000 – 1800 master’s program at the University of Leiden. Nina, with a focus on cultural and social history, explored the taboo on cannibalism in the late medieval Low Countries in her bachelor's thesis. She now delves into the medieval cultural perception of insects and vermin. Claudia completed her history bachelor's with a paper on socio-politically active British elite women and their influence, patronage, and writing in the eighteenth century. Both are currently part of the Research Traineeship Program 'Draining the Swamp: Wetlands, Insects, and Landscape Transformation in Europe, 1300-1600,' under the guidance of Dr. Claire Weeda and Dr. Johannes Müller.