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228 search results for “origins of human main” in the Staff website

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  Mamadou Hébié Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.hebie@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277554

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  Jennifer Schense External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.m.schense.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278586

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  Adam Benfer Postdoc

  a.k.benfer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emma Grootveld University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.m.grootveld@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272069

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  Dita Auzina Postdoc

  d.auzina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism News - 3 April 2025

  Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.

• Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis News - 8 February 2024

  How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.

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  Matthijs Westera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.westera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277535

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  Gelijn Molier Associate Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Marie Schwed Shenker PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Henning Lahmann Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Chloe Gros Postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Alexander van Oudenhoven Assistant professor

  a.p.e.van.oudenhoven@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277473

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  Martina Revello Lami Assistant professor

  m.revello.lami@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275328

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  Rik van Gijn Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• From lone genius to cocreator: how AI is changing the role of composers News - 26 November 2025

  Who is the real creator when a musician uses AI? This was the burning question for Adam Lukawski, himself a composer. During a fascinating premiere at Amare, The Hague’s cultural hub, he demonstrated what cocreation sounds like.

• Five tips for The Night of Discoveries News - 26 August 2024

  Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University are taking part.

• Extraterrestrial life, AI and more: these are the most-read Leiden Science articles of 2025 News - 11 December 2025

  Speculation about alien life, a new nitrogen map, AI as a thesis supervisor, groundbreaking telescopes and multi-million-euro investments to combat antimicrobial resistance – the diversity of these topics shows that our readers are just as broadly interested as our researchers. Discover the most-read…

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  Steven Lauritano University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.m.lauritano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276078

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  Esther Edelmann Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.edelmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272415

• Woman, man or somewhere in between? You decide (and not just your body) News - 5 December 2022

  A female body equals a woman. Nonsense, says Professor by Special Appointment to the Socrates Chair Annemie Halsema. She argues that our sense of identity and social environment also determine our identity. ‘We should stop assigning people’s sex at birth.’

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  Jennifer Swerida Assistant professor

  j.l.swerida@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048

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  Hoko Horii Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.horii@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Larissa van den Herik Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  l.van.den.herik@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Melanie Fink Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.fink@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gjovalin Macaj Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.macaj@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Jaap van den Herik Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• UN Special Rapporteur visits Leiden: ‘Suspend the supply of arms to the warring parties’ News - 14 December 2023

  Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, visited Leiden Law School on 8 December within the scope of International Human Rights Day.

• Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities Event - 10 February 2025

  Workshop

• Thirteen NWO Open Competition XS grants for Leiden researchers News - 12 August 2025

  From medicines from snake venom to supercrops and the origin of words. Thirteen researchers from Leiden University will receive Open Competition XS grants from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

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  Laura Steenbergen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.steenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273875

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  Radhika Gupta Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.gupta@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Antje Wessels Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272681

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  Jason Laffoon Associate professor

  j.e.laffoon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272646

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  Miguel John Versluys Professor of Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology

  m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272438

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  Nidesh Lawtoo Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.lawtoo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272644

• Max van Duijn and Vasiliki Kosta join The Young Academy News - 13 December 2022

  Leiden researchers Max van Duijn (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) and Vasilika Kosta (Leiden Law School, Europa Institute) will join The Young Academy (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) KNAW)).

• Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities Event - 1 July 2025

  Workshop

• ‘If you understand the risks, AI is an incredible tool’ News - 16 October 2025

  Thomas Moerland studied medicine and mathematics in Leiden and has a lifelong fascination with the origins and workings of intelligence. He brought all that together in his popular science book Van IQ naar AI (From IQ to AI).

• Lion conservation in Kenya: why one approach does not fit all News - 13 January 2026

  Lions in Kenya respond very differently to human land use, climate and conservation practices. That is the conclusion of thesis from Leiden biologist Monica Chege. A uniform approach is therefore insufficient. ‘Effective conservation only works when management is tailored to local conditions and developed…

• Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities Event - 8 October 2025

  Workshop

• Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities Event - 25 March 2026

  Workshop

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  Serkan Aslan PhD candidate

  s.aslan@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275919

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  Mohit Khubchandani PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.khubchandani@law.leidenuniv.nl | 33 765644484

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  Sayeh Mohammadi PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.mohammadi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Corinne Hofman Professor of Caribbean Archaeology

  c.l.hofman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272449

• Affective Computing and the interaction between humans and socially interactive agents. Event - 27 February 2026

  Alumni event

• Freedom: what does it mean? News - 3 May 2023

  On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.

• Four Leiden professors elected members of the KHMW News - 24 February 2025

  The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed four Leiden professors as members. Petra Sijpesteijn, Vanessa Mak, Mariska Kret and Miranda van Eck have recently joined the KHMW.

• NWO funding for five FWN projects within the Dutch Research Agenda News - 8 April 2025

  Can humans perceive single photons? What is our place in the universe? How can we make quantum computers more stable? Five researchers from the Faculty of Science have received funding for their research projects within the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA).