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• Forced Choices: Migration, Identity, and Belonging in the South Tyrolean Option (1939-1955) Event - 7 April 2025

  Lecture, LIMS seminar / Austrian Studies Seminar

• Not only full professors: the entire examining committee can now wear academic dress News - 15 February 2024

  Permission was recently given for all members of the examining committee and co-supervisors at PhD ceremonies to wear academic dress, even if they’re not full professors. How historic is this change?

• Archaeology students play important role in visit indigenous Ka’apor people News - 27 June 2023

  As part of Mariana Françozo’s BRASILAE project, a group of representatives of the Ka’apor people was invited to visit Leiden. The Ka’apor, an indigenous people from Brazil, are some of the present-day relatives of the Tupi-speaking peoples who used to live in the northeastern region of Brazil, claimed…

• Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant News - 5 October 2021

  Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…

• Book Launch: Explorations in Islamic Archaeology Event - 20 November 2025

  Book Launch

• Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’ News - 25 November 2025

  Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa Lecture as planned on 26 November. She reflected on the protest and the importance of open debate, within the university and within a democracy.

• Turkic Patronage in Central Asia: Patterns and Challenges Event - 20 March 2025

  Lecture

• Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series Event
• Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World Event
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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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  Ksenia Fedorova University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.fedorova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272952

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  Jacqueline Vel Affliated researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Sarah Wolff Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.wolff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272698

• 
  Gerlov van Engelenhoven University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.n.t.j.van.engelenhoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul Smith Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• 
  Wil Roebroeks Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.w.m.roebroeks@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anne Gerritsen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.t.gerritsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Corrie Bakels Emeritus professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272393

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  Eelco van der Maat Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.van.der.maat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271739

• 
  Masoud Kiani External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.kiani@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.van.dijkhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272147

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  Elena Paskaleva Assistant Professor Critical Heritage Studies of Asia and Europe

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271692

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  Aris Politopoulos Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

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  Krista A. Milne Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272978

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  Zane Kripe Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  z.kripe@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Not Rifles but Books: FEC’s Book Programs (1954–1991) Event - 18 September 2025

  Lecture, CHEI Seminar

• 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.

• Imagining the future of UK-Europe relations: Narratives from Brexit Britain Event - 7 May 2025

  Lecture, CHEI Seminar

• Toward an AI Attuned to Dissent and Consensus in Historical Events: Evidence from Wikipedia Event - 12 December 2025

  Lecture

• From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York News - 16 December 2024

  How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly down to chance, luck, fate. But that was preceded by a unique degree in decorative arts in Leiden.

• 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

• Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting News - 8 February 2022

  ‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…

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  Maurits Berger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271684

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  Constant Hijzen Research Fellow

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  c.w.hijzen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Remko Offringa Professor

  Faculty of Science

  r.offringa@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275097

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  Peter Pels Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rik van Gijn Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272413

• Plastic's Legacy: From Single-Use to Sustainable Solutions Event - 2 April 2025

  Lecture, Studium Generale

• The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023 News - 20 December 2023

  The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…

• Care and the Jewish Experience Event - 16 September 2025

  Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network

• Book Presentation of Beyond the Mulatta: Haunted Hybridity in Advertising Event - 11 March 2025

  Book Presentation | Studium Generale Lecture

• Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars Event
• Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars Event
• Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars Event
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  Maria Boletsi Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.boletsi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272357

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  Liesbeth Minnaard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.minnaard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272358

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  Gijsbert Rutten Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272112

• What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2025 Event
• European Day of Languages - Evening of Languages Event - 26 September 2025

  Festival

• What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022 Event