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• From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world Event - 6 April 2026

  Conference

• They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries News - 29 November 2022

  Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ages alternated with warmer periods. In ‘De eerste mensen in de Lage Landen’ (‘The First Humans in the Low Countries’) Leiden archaeologists Yannick Raczynski-Henk…

• Hester Bijl: ‘On-campus teaching is a big step forward, so take care’ News - 31 August 2021

  ‘We’re going to see each other again on campus. We’re so pleased, but we do have to say safe.’ Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl is looking ahead to the new academic year, which begins on 6 September. No more 1.5m distancing, but we do have to take responsibility for other people’s safety.

• “Dizzy with Wonder:” Early Cinema and the Birth of Movie-Fandom in Egypt, 1896-1935 Event - 16 October 2025

  Lecture

• the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony Event - 13 November 2025

  Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar

• New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices News - 31 May 2023

  At the end of the 7th century something curious occurs in Northwestern Europe. Suddenly, people start burying the dead next to their dwellings instead of in communal cemeteries. Professor Frans Theuws recently published a book on this phenomenon. ‘We wanted to know if the study of these farmyard burials…

• Ethical lobbying is a skill that can be learned: discover how at the Night of the Lobbyist News - 14 January 2025

  How ethical are lobbyists? On the Night of the Lobbyist on 23 January, academics and practitioners will come together to discuss lobbying and democracy. We asked associate professor of public administration Toon Kerkhoff five questions about the world of lobbying and integrity.

• Kamaran Palani: ‘Completing my PhD at Leiden University is a dream of me and my deceased father’ News - 5 July 2021

  Starting your PhD during two major crisis in your country; it happened to Kamaran Palani, PhD student at the Dual PhD Centre and ISGA who lives in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In spite of the difficulties in his county, Palani (34) stuck to his PhD-research about the fluidity…

• Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot' News - 16 March 2023

  When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.

• ceramic production in the Lesser Antilles during the Ceramic Age and Early Colonial Period Event - 20 February 2025

  PhD defence

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  Federico De Musso Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.de.musso@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Amy Eaglestone Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.m.eaglestone@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eric Storm Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.storm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272721

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  Anne Heyer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271121

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  Patrick Dassen Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.dassen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Annelieke Hagen Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.hagen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830 News - 13 April 2021

  For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…

• Lucien van Beek receives LUF grant: 'It is a great feeling to be able to work on my ideas' News - 20 January 2023

  University lecturer Lucien van Beek has been awarded a LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant. He will use the sum of 75,000 euros to research the thinking of people in ancient and prehistoric times. To do that, he will look for unusual or striking metaphors in the earliest Indo-European languages.

• No study is as relevant as Security Studies, you learn about everything that is going wrong in the world right now News - 18 June 2025

  Four students who completed the Bachelor's in Security Studies share their experiences. What did they learn? Where did they end up after graduating? And do they still use the skills they acquired during their studies?

• Young Academy Leiden

  The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) is a select group of young academics at Leiden University. YAL serves as a platform to bring young, enthusiastic and driven early career (post-PhD) academics together.

• Daan Jiskoot wins the Suzanne Hovinga Award 2024 News - 19 December 2024

  During the LACDR Fall Symposium, Daan Jiskoot received the annual Suzanne Hovinga Award for the best master thesis. Daan performed his Research Project 2 at the University of California, Irvine at the Prof. David Mobley lab, supported by LACDR supervisor Willem Jespers. The in silico determination of…

• Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago News - 20 July 2021

  Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much further. A study by archaeologists at Leiden University on the use of fire shows that 400,000 years ago knowledge and skills must already have been exchanged…

• Frequent fights before the deadline? Collaborating is a skills you can learn News - 15 April 2025

  In the ‘Educatips’ column, lecturers in Child and Education studies share their most important insights on teaching. This month: Tirza Smits, Kim Stroet and Marit Guda observed frustration among students working in groups, often due to poor communication. So they decided to build a tool to help.

• After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’ News - 7 July 2023

  Henk Hoekstra and Alessandra Silvestri work on the astronomy and theoretical physics in the Euclid mission. These Dutch researchers are part of the mission.

• and their Use: Circulation of Knowledge and Imperial Appropriation in Early and Mid-Qing China Event - 4 March 2026

  Lecture, China Seminar

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  Geert Warnar Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.warnar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272158

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  Mink van IJzendoorn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.w.van.ijzendoorn@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Willem Adelaar Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.f.h.adelaar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Suzanne Klare PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.h.klare@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bart Verheijen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271743

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  Christoph Pieper University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.pieper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272673

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  Brian Shaev Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.shaev@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276658

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  Casper de Jonge Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.de.jonge@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272678

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  Marlieke Ernst Strategic knowledge broker

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.ernst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272583

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  Carlotta Rieble PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.l.rieble@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ricarda Proppert PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.k.k.proppert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wouter Wagemakers Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.a.wagemakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272505

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  Nuranisa Nuranisa PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.nuranisa@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Song Tan Contract PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.tan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Evelien Urbanus Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Stefanie van Goozen Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  goozenshmvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lucas Gahrmann PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.j.gahrmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Andrea Reyes Elizondo Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.e.reyes.elizondo@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273909

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  Robbert Striekwold External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.striekwold@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Simon van der Straten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  s.van.der.straten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Elizabeth den Hartog University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272686

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  Marianne van Dijken Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  mdijken@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eiko Fried Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.i.fried@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zahra Azhar

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  Letty ten Harkel Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.t.ten.harkel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272631