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• Extra funding for five experimental and innovative research projects News - 4 July 2025

  Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The researchers have up to five years to work on a promising idea.

• MIRD Students visit international organisations in The Hague News - 9 September 2025

  Students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy visited the OPCW and ICJ in The Hague, gaining insights into key international organisations.

• ‘Louisiana wanted to restart the transatlantic slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century’ News - 8 September 2025

  In 1808, the United States banned the transatlantic slave trade. Not everyone was happy about this, as Marcella Schute discovered. In her thesis, she shows how politicians from Louisiana made serious attempts to restart the slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century.

• Leiden archaeologists play a role in repatriating Central and South American heritage News - 5 September 2025

  On 3 September 2025, more than 30 archaeological objects were returned to Peru, Panama and Costa Rica. The objects come from a private collection belonging to the descendants of physician and amateur archaeologist Dr Hans Feriz. In her will, his daughter stipulated that the objects collected by her…

• Working together to rebuild Ukrainian astronomy News - 26 June 2025

  How do you rebuild a field of science after years of war? In June, a remarkable gathering of Ukrainian and Dutch astronomers took place at Leiden’s Old Observatory, aimed at jointly developing a recovery plan for Ukrainian astronomy.

• Class Battles from Indian Circus: Tales of Labour Event - 27 March 2024

  Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series

• Public Key Note of Mari Hvattum on the impact of style Event - 20 September 2023

  Lecture

• Museum Talk: Art amid the Ruins Event - 25 October 2023

  Lecture

• Responsible Extended Reality (XR) Workshop Event - 6 March 2024

  Workshop

• Museum Talk: Maps, Navigating and Manipulating Event - 5 October 2023

  Lecture

• How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists News - 20 February 2024

  With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Carole Tiberius will stress the importance of research on word combinations. ‘We know a great deal but there is a…

• What can Europe learn from Islamic thought? News - 22 July 2022

  Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…

• Museum Talk: The Future Museum: Digital Replicas, Virtual Reality and Storytelling for a New Audience Event - 22 November 2023

  Lecture

• ISGA gains major European cyber project: EU Cyber Direct News - 13 September 2021

  Dennis Broeders, professor of global security and technology at ISGA (Institute of Security and Global Affairs), together with two partners, has been granted a major European project: EU Cyber Direct. Together with EU ISS and Carnegie Europe, ISGA forms a new consortium for 3 years with a total budget…

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  Bernet Elzinga Professor of Stress-related Psychopathology

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3745

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2579

• The Pen and the Sword: A reading list about writer's quarrels News - 21 June 2022

  Writers are not just storytellers: with their novels, tales and critiques they broaden the social imagination, reflect on societal developments and sometimes put new themes on the map. This can easily lead to a conflict because writers and literati often think very differently about issues such as…

• Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium 2025 Event - 31 January 2025

  Symposium

• Open Q&A with the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola Event - 30 March 2023

  Lecture

• Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden News - 14 June 2023

  Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.

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  Peter Akkermans Emeritus hoogleraar Near Eastern Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

  p.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Brussels Event - 29 February 2024

  Alumni event, Arbeidsmarktoriëntatie

• Africa and Palestine Event - 1 May 2024

  Lecture

• Join the protest against the higher education cuts News - 13 November 2024

  Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a terrible idea and we want to show why’, says Claire Weeda from WOinActie. ‘Research and teaching are essential to society.’

• Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ News - 8 November 2022

  Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'

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  Hanno Pijl Professor Diabetology, in particular the neuroendocrine regulation of diabetes and obesity

  Faculteit Geneeskunde

  h.pijl@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 3571

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  Monique van den Dries Associate professor / department chairwoman

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.h.van.den.dries@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2383

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  Aris Politopoulos Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Francesco Ragazzi Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.ragazzi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Louis Verreth PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.verreth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275418

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  Nike van Helden PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.van.helden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Krista A. Milne Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978

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  Paul Smith Professor Emeritus of French Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.j.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jan Kolen Dean / Professor Landscape Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.c.a.kolen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1284

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  Roeland Emaus PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  r.emaus@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sara Bolghiran PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1693

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  Janna Houwen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.m.houwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2195

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  Lotte van Dillen Professor Social psychology

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  dillenlfvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1362

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  Bart Schuurman Professor Terrorism and Political Violence

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  b.w.schuurman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9347

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  Joanne Stolk University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.v.stolk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2906

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  Edmund Hayes University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692

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  Jelle Bruning University Lecturer Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396

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  Karsten Lambers Guest researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

  k.lambers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Frans Theuws Professor Emeritus of Medieval Archaeology of Europe

  Faculty of Archaeology

  f.c.w.j.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Bram Caers University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.m.caers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8010

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  Alexander van der Meer PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.van.der.meer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marlou Schrover Professor of Economic and Social History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.j.c.schrover@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2786

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  Mayke Kaag Professor Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa

  African Studies Centre

  m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3375

• Science for Policy in a Changing World Insights from Leiden University’s Europe Hub Event - 19 February 2025

  Conference

• Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery News - 1 July 2024

  Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…