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• Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026: Explore the Roman past of the Netherlands Event - 19 June 2026

  Festival, Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026

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  Miko Flohr University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.flohr@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272753

• Pieter de la Court Building

  During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the front or backside of the building. If this is too close to the calamity, the emergency response coordinators will guide you to the car park of the Willem Einthoven Building (other side Sandifortdreef).

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  Roderick Geerts PhD candidate

  r.c.a.geerts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273500

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  Clementine Breedveld-de Voogd Professor of Civil Law/Director Moot Court

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.g.breedveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277884

• Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing News - 28 June 2021

  Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…

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  Rolph Koot Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.m.c.m.koot@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278940

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  Esther Kentin Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.kentin@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275358

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  Mark Driessen Assistant professor

  m.j.driessen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271756

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  Luuk de Ligt Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.de.ligt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272669

• Ancient Roman cuisine was varied, international and accessible to all social classes News - 5 December 2023

  Banquets for the rich, porridge for the poor and a standard diet of bread, olive oil and wine. Just a few assumptions about the Roman diet.

• Rubicon for research into Roman law: ‘We don’t know what wider society thought about law’ News - 17 May 2022

  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.

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  Rens Tacoma Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.e.tacoma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272632

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  Meehea Park Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.park@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275403

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  Ritchie Kolvers Guest

  r.h.j.kolvers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mette Léons Project Manager & Programme Coordinator Public International Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.k.c.leons@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274852

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  Jeroen van Zoolingen PhD candidate

  r.j.van.zoolingen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Willem Zwalve Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  w.j.zwalve@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277440

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  Antje Wessels Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272681

• Prof. Koen Ottenheyn (Utrecht) delivers Austrian Fund lunch talk on Roman remnants in modern central Europe News - 11 December 2025

  On Tuesday, December 9 2025, Prof. Koen Ottenheyn delivered the last Austria Centre lunch talk of 2025. Prof. Ottenheyn serves as a professor of architectural history at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and the Academic Curatorium which advises…

• Researchers crack the rules of unknown board game from the Roman period News - 10 February 2026

  Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.

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  Letizia Lo Giacco Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  l.lo.giacco@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Misha Plagis Guest researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.a.plagis@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Daniel Peat Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  d.c.peat@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009914

• Antje Wessels will investigate the world of fragments with NWO grant News - 4 October 2022

  Professor Antje Wessels has received an NWO Open Competition grant to research fragmentary texts.

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579

• Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830 News - 13 April 2021

  For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…

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  Carel Smith Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277733

• Transgressive behaviour Professor of Archaeology plausible, Court still rejects dismissal News - 22 August 2025

  It is sufficiently plausible that, during her employment, a professor of archaeology at Leiden University was guilty of prolonged transgressive and unacceptable behaviour, ‘which also at that time could be classed as unacceptable’.

• Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group News - 24 October 2022

  Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Group for the best scholarly publication in the field of Italy Studies in Dutch or Flemish academia.

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  Tom Buitelaar Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  t.j.a.buitelaar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009985

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  Joe Powderly Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.c.powderly@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009366

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  Eric De Brabandere Professor of International Dispute Settlement Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.c.p.d.c.de.brabandere@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009044

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  Bill Schabas Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  w.a.schabas@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Niels Blokker Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.m.blokker@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carsten Stahn Professor of International Criminal Law & Global Justice

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.stahn@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8008272

• Former Court of Appeal president composes music for transfer of rectorate News - 8 March 2021

  Maarten Feteris, the former president of the Court of Appeal and an alumnus of Leiden University, composed the piece ‘Intermezzo’ to mark the transfer of the rectorate during the Dies Natalis on 8 February 2021.

• Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’ News - 20 October 2025

  Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciting documents, he also discovered the biscuits from the Water & Bloem bakery and the wild flowers at the Groenesteeg cemetery.

• How successful are interest groups in court? A Kiem project finds out News - 28 April 2025

  Interest groups seem to be going to court more often to force politicians to act. How often do they do so? And how successful are they? The Kiem project ‘Litigation in the name of public interest’ is compiling a database on this.

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  Michael McCabe III PhD candidate

  m.d.mccabe.iii@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Letty ten Harkel Assistant professor

  a.t.ten.harkel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272631

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  Egbert Koops Professor of Legal History

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.koops@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277527

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  Alain Wijffels Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.a.wijffels@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Court deems unacceptable behaviour by professor likely, ruling on dismissal request postponed News - 21 November 2024

  It is sufficiently plausible that the professor from the Faculty of Archaeology exhibited the ‘inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour’ detailed in the advice of the investigating committee. That is is unless the professor provides counter-evidence. This is the conclusion of the Subdistrict Court…

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  Tobias van der Wal Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  t.b.d.van.der.wal@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276879

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  Marijke Kooijman Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.e.kooijman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275014

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  Adriaan Bedner Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.w.bedner@law.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Geert Ham PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.a.ham@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272564

• Court as a theatre: ‘There are great similarities between drama as an art form and the legal world’ News - 18 June 2021

  The Lucia de Berk case or the suicide of Slobodan Praljak at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: certain trials keep popping up in media. In her dissertation, Tessa de Zeeuw examines the cultural appeal of such cases and analyses artistic responses. ‘Artworks sometimes have…

• Daring questions in Islam