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  Nico Kaptein Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.j.g.kaptein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sybille Lammes Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.lammes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272754

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  Peter Rodrigues Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  p.r.rodrigues@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bart Schermer Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  b.w.schermer@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

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  Paul Cliteur Professor Emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  p.b.cliteur@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bastiaan Rijpkema Scientific Director / Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  b.r.rijpkema@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277229

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  Alain Wijffels Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Harry Fokkens Professor emeritus

  h.fokkens@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  André van der Laan Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.m.van.der.laan@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerrit-Jan Zwenne Professor Law and Digital technologies

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  g.j.zwenne@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

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  Marie Kolbenstetter

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  Femke Reidsma

• ‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models News - 24 January 2025

  What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’

• Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history News - 24 November 2022

  It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…

• War in the Middle East: What are the implications? News - 3 March 2026

  The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.

• 'Language is part of your identity’ News - 17 March 2025

  Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’

• Niels van Willigen starts as Professor by Special Appointment in Strategic Studies News - 9 April 2026

  Starting April 2026, Niels van Willigen will join the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences as Professor by Special Appointment in Strategic Studies. This appointment was made possible by the Atlantische Commissie, which established this chair…

• and Global Imagination in the first Islamic Description of the New World (Tarih-i Hind-i Garbī / History of the West Indies), 16th-20th centuries Event - 14 April 2026

  Lecture, Global Questions Seminar

• Kremlin's Control and Suppression Strategies: The evolution of the relationship between violence and disinformation between 2000 – 2021 Event - 19 May 2026

  Lecture

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  Frans Willem Korsten Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’ News - 12 December 2025

  In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.

• How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia? News - 15 July 2024

  Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…

• Veni for Verena Meyer: 'Not every religious manuscript is meant to be digitised' News - 26 August 2025

  Now that it is becoming increasingly easy to digitise texts, it seems almost obvious to do that with everything that has ever been written. University lecturer Verena Meyer thinks that is too simplistic. ‘We need to look more closely at the political and cultural effects of digitisation.’

• ChatGPT has left-wing bias in Stemwijzer voting advice application News - 8 March 2023

  The AI chatbot ChatGPT has a clear left-liberal bias when filling in the Stemwijzer voting advice application. This was discovered by master's student Merel van den Broek during an assignment for the Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing course.

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  Vincent Niochet PhD candidate

  v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mohammed Raiz Shaffique PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.r.shaffique@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jos Schaeken Interim Vice-dean / Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772

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  Susanna de Beer Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.t.m.de.beer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272671

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  Gelijn Molier Associate Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  g.molier@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277592

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  Christina Pasvanti Gkioka PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.pasvanti.gkioka@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Andrew Sorensen Postdoc/ Guest

  a.c.sorensen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Johannes Müller University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272193

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  Nina van Capelleveen Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.u.van.capelleveen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277607

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  Carlotta Rigotti Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.rigotti@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

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  Marie Schwed Shenker PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.schwed.shenker@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jelle Bruning University Lecturer Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271396

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  Thomas Fossen University Lecturer Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.fossen@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275244

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  Henning Lahmann Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.c.lahmann@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

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  Gavin Robinson Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  g.l.robinson@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chloe Gros Postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.n.gros@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Joost Broekens Associate professor

  d.j.broekens@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277139

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  Arie-Jan Kwak Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.j.kwak@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278950

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  Nathal Dessing University Lecturer Anthropology of Religion

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.m.dessing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271690

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  Victor Klinkenberg Guest Researcher

  m.v.klinkenberg.3@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jacqueline Vel Affliated researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tsolin Nalbantian Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.nalbantian@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272985

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  Karolina Pomorska Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275180

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  Herman Siemens Senior University Lecturer History of Modern Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.w.siemens@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277040

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  Bruno Verbeek Senior University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.verbeek@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272030

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  Raymond Fagel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.p.fagel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272730