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• Reading Arabic: legibility studies for the Arabic script Research output

  What is the cost of visual complexity? This dissertation sets out to determine the effect of the complexity of word formation on the legibility of Arabic and the role that vocalization plays in reading.

• The Safaitic scripts Research output

  Palaeography of an ancient nomadic writing culture

• A mosaic of scripts : Arabic script in Africa from a comparative perspective Research output

  Taught from primary school to the university level – where new courses on the globalization of the Arabic writing system have cropped up (Abdallah 2014) – the Arabic script, with all its orthographic peculiarities and multiple facets, continues to shape languages other than Arabic, their communities…

• From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script Research output

  An Ancient Egyptian System of Workmen’s Identity Marks

• Word processing in languages using non-alphabetic scripts: The cases of Japanese and Chinese Research output

  This thesis investigates the processing of words written in Japanese kanji and Chinese hànzì, i.e. logographic scripts.

• Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality Event - 11 December 2025

  Lecture, Keynote

• Remarks on Swahili manuscripts in Arabic script : layout and orthography of the Utendi wa Yusuf Research output

  This article is aimed to shed light on the Swahili-‘Ajam ī manuscripts, focusing on the major Swahili classical genre: the

• Hieroglyphs, Pseudo-Scripts and Alphabets: Their Use and Reception in Ancient Egypt and Neighbouring Regions Research output

  The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was exceptionally versatile, as becomes clear when studying its multiple uses both within Ancient Egypt and beyond its borders.

• Le tifinagh au Niger contemporain: Étude sur l’écriture indigène des Touaregs Research output

  In this dissertation a large corpus of letter signs and texts gathered during fieldwork in Niger, and to a lesser extent Mali and Burkina Faso is used to show the graphemic diversity of the traditional script of the Tuaregs, tifinagh, and to analyze the orthographic system.

• Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t News - 9 October 2023

  What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.

• Quantum theater show with Leiden script a big hit among 1600 Amsterdam children News - 3 November 2025

  Physicists from Leiden University wrote the script and ensured that every experiment in the performance was scientifically accurate. The kickoff of the major educational project of the Amsterdam Light Festival was a huge success — and there’s much more to come.

• Earliest known alphabetic word list discovered News - 5 November 2015

  A flake of limestone (ostracon) inscribed with an ancient Egyptian word list of the fifteenth century BC turns out to be the world’s oldest known abecedary. The words have been arranged according to their initial sounds, and the order followed here is one that is still known today. This discovery has…

• Medieval Book Scripts (5 ECTS) Course
• Medieval Book Scripts (5 ECTS) Course
• The History of the Arabic Script: New Discoveries and Developments Event - 26 April 2023

  Lecture, Workshop

• Blog Project 0100 One Among Zeroes |0100| Towards an Anthropology of Everyday AI in Islam

  Welcome to the |0100| blog where our team will be sharing insights from the field and contributing to the various discussions and debates around AI, Islam and scripting futures.

• Determination of surface formation energies on curved single crystals from STM images Research output

  In this thesis, we study different curved single crystals because of the diversity of surface structures across their curvature.

• Study Rooms/Spaces

  University Library, Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG, Leiden

• Café du Sud

  Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden

• All-gender toilet Herta Mohr

  Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden

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  University Library, Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG, Leiden

• Nursing mothers' room Herta Mohr

  Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden

• Non-food vending machine University Library

  University Library, Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG, Leiden

• CaféUBé

  University Library, Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG, Leiden

• Research Papyrological Institute

  Overview of the main research projects at the Leiden Papyrological Institute.

• Greek, Demotic and Coptic Papyri and Ostraca in the Leiden Papyrological Institute Research output

  This volume contains the first edition of 66 papyri and ostraca in the collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute.

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  Matthieu Schaller Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  mschaller@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278466

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• A mortuary priest Research output

  Hieratic Papyrology

• PRIME – Predicting, Interdicting and Mitigating Extremism Research project

  Research goal: To support the design of technologies (counter-measures and communication measures) for the prevention, interdiction and mitigation of lone actor extremist events (LOEEs), which are hard to anticipate, yet can be highly damaging to local and national communities and therefore must be…

• Influence of dissociation on the neural correlates of Emotional Working Memory in Borderline Personality Disorder Research project

  How do dissociative states affect the ability to suppress emotional distraction (in the context of a working memory task) in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder?

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  Sjoerd Huisman Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.m.h.huisman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275374

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  Guadalupe Cañas Herrera Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  canasherrera@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• News and events Middle Eastern Library in Leiden

  News, events, announcements, social media and more about the building of the new Middle Eastern Library in Leiden

• House of Usher Research output

  Evert Jan van Leeuwen’s entry in Auteur Press’s Devil's Advocate series provides a complete study of the aesthetic appeal of Roger Corman's influential first Poe picture House of Usher.

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  Sylvia Le Dévédec Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.e.ledevedec@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4285

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  Anouk Spelt Researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.spelt@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Klara Beslmüller PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  k.beslmuller@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Vikram Radhakrishnan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  radhakrishnan@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5737

• Basic Program 2024-2025 Research School for Medieval Studies

  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).

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  David Kühling Education and research staff member

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.kuhling@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Rüya Koçer Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.g.kocer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Simone Mulder Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.f.mulder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Thaddeus Bergé Policy officer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.m.g.berge@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Francesca Arici Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  f.arici@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4831

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  Erica Hyatt PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.l.hyatt@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Olga Ceran Postdoc

  Faculty of Law

  o.m.ceran@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Antoinette Haverhals PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.haverhals@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727