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• Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member News - 17 November 2023

  Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.

• this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language News - 17 September 2024

  Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach this problem?

• The ascending arousal system and its impact on cognition Event - 6 June 2025

  PhD defence

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  Anne Sytske Keijser Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.s.keijser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272217

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  Johanneke Caspers University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272157

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  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272592

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  Marianne van Dijken Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  mdijken@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Iris Kole Content Marketer

  Administration and Central Services

  j.n.kole@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Casper Wits University Lecturer East Asia Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.wits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276006

• Functional MRI Analysis (Basics) Course

• Language that comforts: The power of communication in healthcare News - 13 November 2024

  For people who are seriously ill, an empathetic doctor can make a world of difference. Psychologist Janine Westendorp examined helpful and harmful communication in the consulting room. ‘It’s very important to stress that you are always there supporting the person, even if there’s no cure.’

• Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour News - 28 July 2015

  “Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…

• European Days of Languages Event
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  Emma Grootveld University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.m.grootveld@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272069

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  Niek Strohmaier Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.strohmaier@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277997

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  Ellen de Bruijn Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  edebruijn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273748

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  Yena Kim Guest Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  y.kim@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Liwen Meng PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.meng@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Weitao Zhang Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  w.zhang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tomomi Matsuura Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.matsuura@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anna Forlani Management/Office assistent

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.forlani@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Jenna Yeisley education and research staff member

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.yeisley@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

• Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world News - 11 August 2023

  Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…

• NWO-XS Grants for Psychology Researchers News - 19 May 2026

  Researchers Marit Ruitenberg and Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam have received NWO-XS grants for their research projects on freezing in Parkinson’s disease and the neurobiology of social anxiety. The grant supports innovative, curiosity-driven research within the social sciences and humanities.

• Manuals Help and support

  Do you want to install software yourself at your workplace? Or would you link to sync your work email with your smartphone? On this page you will find all our ICT workplace manuals, sorted by theme.

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  Arko Ghosh Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.ghosh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275123

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  Hanna Swaab Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hswaab@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274060

• Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean News - 22 January 2025

  Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 March 2025. He will succeed the present Vice-Dean, Mirjam de Baar, who will complete her second term on that date.

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  Vivian Kraaij Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  kraaij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273736

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  Nadia Garnefski Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  garnefski@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273774

• Assessment formats

  The most common assessment formats and points to consider when making your choice.

• Researchers about the labs

  Since the opening of the SSH labs in the Sylvius Building, more and more researchers are starting in the state-of-the-art lab spaces. What research are they doing, and how do they like the new facilities? Read about their experiences.

• Three projects selected for the Prof. Andrea Evers Fund for Health, Behaviour and Society News - 29 May 2026

  An independent review committee has unanimously selected three projects to receive a grant from the Prof. Andrea Evers Fund for Health, Behaviour and Society. The fund, which was launched earlier this year, supports innovative inter- and transdisciplinary research in health and well-being.

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  Enrico Odelli Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.odelli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272188

• ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe' News - 22 November 2022

  On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year.

• European Day of Languages - Taalquizine Event - 26 September 2025

  Festival

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  Lettie Dorst Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273026

• Negation in Dutch Sign Language Event - 28 May 2026

  Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series

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  Marinus van IJzendoorn

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vanijzen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272649

• Uncorking Language Event - 28 May 2025

  Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat

• Natural brain opioids help us “see the bigger picture” after rewards News - 2 October 2025

  Feeling good doesn’t just lift our mood—it also helps us stay flexible and resilient. A new study by an international team of neuroscientists shows that natural brain opioids released after rewards play a key role in broadening attention, offering fresh insights into stress, cognition, and well-bein…

• Science in the language of children’s books: Honours College students take up the challenge News - 9 October 2025

  How do you explain loss, social inequality or mental health to children without losing sight of the gravity of the subject? The new Honours course From Research to Children’s Book, taught by Annelies van Bentum, challenges students to make complex academic themes accessible through the medium of children’s…

• History and change in Sign Language Phonology Event - 15 April 2026

  Lecture

• One language = one archaeological culture? Peruvian evidence for a richer interface between language and archaeology Event - 20 March 2026

  Lecture, Language and the Human Past

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  Geert-Jan Will Affiliate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  g.j.will@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent' News - 23 October 2023

  When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…

• Sign language emergence and diachronic change Event - 5 November 2025

  Conference, Leiden-Birmingham Lectures

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  Janneke Geursen Teaching Methodologist for English

  ICLON

  j.w.geursen@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277164

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  Marion Elenbaas University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.b.elenbaas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272957