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• entanglement of online and offline networks in times of conflict in Africa Event - 20 November 2025

  Conference, 2-day Workshop

• PhD candidate reveals link between North Korea and southern Africa News - 7 March 2022

  North Korea is generally thought to be an isolated country. But, according to PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog from Leiden’s African Studies Centre, the opposite is in fact the case. North Korea actually has strong alliances with countries in southern Africa. Van der Hoog is trying to shed more light…

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  Coen van 't Veer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.b.van.t.veer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments News - 29 September 2025

  Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.

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  Jeffrey Fynn-Paul University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.fynn-paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9191

• Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation' News - 14 May 2024

  Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.

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  Luuk de Ligt Professor of Ancient History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.de.ligt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2669

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  Fenneke Sysling Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2737

• Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale News - 6 February 2024

  The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023 is Rachel Dubale, a graduate from the Research Master in African Studies at Leiden University, with her thesis “They think we can eat the condominium”. Chronicles of Economic, Social and Political Practices in Addis Ababa’s Condominiums.

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  Ben Schoenmaker Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.schoenmaker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Netflix hit a metaphor for South Korea: ‘You have to achieve’ News - 11 October 2021

  South Korean smash hit Squid Game is on track to becoming the most successful Netflix production ever. The series is number one in over 90 countries. Professor and Korea expert Remco Breuker can see why South Korean pop culture is becoming so popular, also outside Asia.

• European integration and the United States: Have we reached the end of the "Cold War aberration"? Event - 14 November 2025

  Lecture, European Union Seminar / CHEI Seminar

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  Christine Mertens PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.m.m.mertens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Photo Report Cluster South News - 15 January 2024

  The renovation of the South Cluster has been in full swing over the recent period. As the completion date approaches, no later than 1 April, we're excited to provide you with a glimpse of the current state of the building.

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  Gul-i-Hina van der Zwan Postdoc / guest

  International Institute Asian Studies

  g.shahzad@iias.nl | 071 5272727

• Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum News - 27 March 2023

  Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.

• Stephen Ellis Debate on the role of African philosophy in peace and security Event - 4 December 2025

  Debate

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History April 2026 Event - 17 April 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History November 2025 Event - 21 November 2025

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History February 2026 Event - 13 February 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History May 2026 Event - 22 May 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History March 2026 Event - 13 March 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: 'Trump's Greenland plan ignores a history of segregation' News - 22 May 2025

  University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe discusses on The Conversation how Trump's Greenland proposal overlooks the historical discrimination faced by Indigenous Alaskans.

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  Leo Lucassen Professor of Global Labour and Migration History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.a.c.j.lucassen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2724

• NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ News - 2 October 2024

  A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.

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  Kees Verduin Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.j.verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  e.e.rodriguez.estrada@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Wim Willems Professor emeritus of Social History

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.h.willems@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Wouter van Beek

  African Studies Centre

  w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6641

• Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam News - 18 November 2021

  From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…

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  Dario Fazzi Professor by special appointment Transatlantic Environmental History

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.fazzi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272704

• Ideophones in Brazilian Portuguese: focusing on Afro-diasporic contexts in Brazil Event - 28 November 2025

  Lecture, This Time for Africa! series

• Cleveringa lectures: how the Polish government is distorting the history of the Holocaust News - 26 November 2021

  In Poland the commemoration of acts of resistance is being misused to distort the history of the Holocaust. That is what Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski said in his inaugural lecture on 26 November. In her lecture, the second Cleveringa Professor, Barbara Engelking, pointed to the often indifferent…

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.g.a.alkemade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278052

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  Antje Wessels Professor of Latin Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2681

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  Alexander Geurds Professor Archaeology of Middle America

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.geurds@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272206

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  Akinyinka Akinyoade Lecturer

  African Studies Centre

  a.akinyoade@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6701

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  Wim van den Doel Dean LDE / Professor Contemporary History

  Executive Board

  h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272922

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  Maarja Seire PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.seire@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271707

• ‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’ News - 23 March 2023

  In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But the most interesting players come from the ‘Global South’, Professor Alanna O'Malley and her team argue in a podcast.

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  Jessica Roitman Strategic Advisor Research Policy

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.v.roitman@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.e.van.der.boom@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2762

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  Paul van Trigt Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.w.van.trigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271349

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  Glenn Aguilar Hernandez Postdoc / lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  g.a.aguilar.hernandez@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5557

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  Harry Stroomer Professor emeritus of Afroasiatic Languages

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.stroomer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

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  Edmund Amann Professor of Brazilian Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.amann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1007

• Call for chapters: Sustainable development in Africa Announcement - 17 September 2025

  Research

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  Robert Stein Senior University Lecturer in Medieval History

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.stein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2712

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  Elisabeth Dieterman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.dieterman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Doreen Müller Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.mueller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274954