In the media
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Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history' 14 October 2025A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asi...
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Svetlana Kharchenkova on The Diplomat about decreased number of U.S. books in China 23 September 2025The number of books by U.S. authors released in China has drastically decreased in recent years. Assistant professor Svetlana Kharchenkova wrote an ar...
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Vincent Chang in various media outlets on Chinese commemoration of World War II 23 September 2025Assistant professor Vincent Chang spoke in various media outlets about the Chinese commemoration of World War II.
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Benoit Pols on European Lawblog: ‘The EU is reluctant to link trade to migration enforcement’ 10 July 2025Why doesn’t the EU use market power to enforce migration readmission? Student Benoit Pols explains on the European Lawblog why trade sanctions remain ...
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Colleagues on The Conversation 03 July 2025Over the past year, twelve articles by Leiden humanities scholars have been published on The Conversation, an English-language platform that translate...
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Research by Willemijn Waal in various media 13 May 2025Research by Assistant Professor Willemijn Waal has gained attention from various media outlets. Waal investigates, among other things, whether the Gre...
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Henk Schulte Nordholt on BBC News Indonesia: 'Nyepi is about giving nature a moment to rest' 15 April 2025Emeritus professor Henk Schulte Nordholt of Leiden University discusses in BBC News Indonesia the unique traditions of Desa Tenganan Pegringsingan dur...
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Rogier Creemers in The Economist: 'Corruption is as much an issue as incompetence' 15 April 2025Assistant professor Rogier Creemers of Leiden University discusses in The Economist the vulnerabilities in China’s handling of personal data.
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Rogier Creemers in Times Higher Education: 'Chinese companies are expected to support national goals' 27 March 2025Assistant professor Rogier Creemers discusses in Times Higher Education how China’s universities and companies collaborate to advance AI.
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year 19 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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Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation 09 December 2024Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalis...
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The Washington Post review of Eric Storm’s Nationalism: ‘Grand scale history’ 18 November 2024The 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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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 Pompeii 23 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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Acquisition of early African photographs by explorer and photography pioneer Alexine Tinne 15 February 2024Over 160 years ago, the Hague-based photography pioneer and traveler Alexine Tinne (1835-1869) captured current South Sudan and its inhabitants on fil...