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• Development of Humanities Campus Construction projects

  Our aim with the Humanities Campus is to create a sustainable and attractive campus with ample green spaces and opportunities for interaction, complemented by modern and future-proof facilities. The campus is being developed in stages. On this page, you can find information about the planning, latest…

• Humanities

  During an evacuation, employees and students of Humanities gather at the following assembly points:

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  Wil Roebroeks Professor emeritus Palaeolithic Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

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  Anastasia Nikulina PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.nikulina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Human Resources

  The university strives to create a pleasant working environment for everyone. From terms of employment to health and development: here you will find the right information and support.

• New Faculty of Humanities spending reduction plan News - 28 January 2025

  The Faculty of Humanities has shared a new spending reduction plan with its students and staff. Although the plans are less sweeping than previous ones, we still need to make painful decisions: the proposal to scrap the Bachelor’s in Italian Language and Culture, for example.

• Committee on Human Rights / Conflict Zones Quality and integrity

  On 27 May 2025, the Executive Board decided to establish a Committee on Human Rights / Conflict Zones.

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  Jose Joordens Guest special professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.c.a.joordens@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rosanne van der Voet University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.van.der.voet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

• Scientific Integrity for PhD candidates in Archaeology and the Humanities Course

  Research

• Improved Financial Outlook Faculty of Humanities 2026–2030 News - 2 September 2025

  In the short term, no reorganisation is foreseen within the Faculty of Humanities, nor are any compulsory redundancies expected. Nonetheless, structural changes remain necessary. This is evident from the faculty’s draft budget for 2026 and the accompanying financial multi-year outlook.

• What does ‘human’ really mean? When Philosophy and archaeology join forces News - 30 June 2025

  Archaeology is the only science that allows us to study the material traces left by most of human evolution. But what happens when we bring philosophy into the picture? A new series of papers demonstrates how philosophical reflection can enrich archaeological research - especially when grappling with…

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  Laura Bertens University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.m.f.bertens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272154

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  Rebecca van der Ham Lab assistent

  Faculty of Archaeology

  r.van.der.ham@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2445

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  Nicky van de Beek NINO Visiting Research Fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Monica Chege PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

  m.m.chege@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275615

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  Alexander Verpoorte Associate Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.verpoorte@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2927

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  Andrew Sorensen Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.c.sorensen.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1681

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  Peter Verhaar Digital Scholarship Librarian

  Leiden University Library

  p.a.f.verhaar@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8881

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  Wei Chu Researcher and assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  w.chu@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Alternative Humanities Campus in Leiden city centre News - 16 September 2021

  Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden will develop new plans for an alternative Humanities Campus in the city centre. This means they will not proceed with the compulsory purchase of the De Doelen housing complex to facilitate the construction of the new Humanities Campus. The plans to demolish…

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  Morgan Roussel Guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.b.roussel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Egyptian archaeologists deepen their expertise on human osteoarchaeology in Leiden News - 2 December 2024

  The Leiden Faculty of Archaeology is an institution of international renown. Frequently, researchers from other places of learning visit the faculty to broaden and deepen their own expertise. Currently, the Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology is hosting two scholars from Egypt, Samar Abudahab and…

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  Narin Idriz Guest Staff Member

  Faculty of Law

  n.f.idriz@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Archaeologists bring experts on human evolution together with Kiem grant News - 11 October 2024

  Leiden University's Kiem grants aim to help develop new interdisciplinary and interfaculty collaborations and encounters. In the first round, a Kiem grant was awarded to a group of researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the LUMC for the organisation of a symposium…

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  Julian Steinke PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.steinke@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Rick Lawson Professor European Law

  Faculty of Law

  r.a.lawson@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mélie Louys PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.louys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527NNB

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  Igor Djakovic PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  i.djakovic@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Amanda Henry Professor Evolution of the Human Diet

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.g.henry@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7844

• Gripped by ancient hands: Cora Leder awarded prestigious NWO Humanities PhD Grant News - 11 September 2025

  How did early humans use their hands, and what can that tell us about our shared past? Cora Leder, newly awarded recipient of the NWO PhD in the Humanities grant, is set to find out.

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  Vasiliki Kosta Associate Professor

  Faculty of Law

  v.kosta@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8540

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  Jac Aarts Researcher/Guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.m.m.j.g.aarts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jelena Prokic Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.prokic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4158

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  Herman Paul Academic director/ Professor History of the Humanities

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2757

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor Communicative AI

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.raaijmakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Imke Bruns PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Science

  i.b.bruns@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276039

• Archaeological excavations in Romania show life of earliest modern humans in Europe News - 23 August 2022

  In a new article in the journal Scientific Reports, Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the site of Româneşti, one of the most important sites in southeastern Europe associated with the earliest Homo sapiens. The site gives an important glimpse…

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  Yoonai Han University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.han@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2551

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  Femke Reidsma Postdoc / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  f.h.reidsma@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Open Science Lunch - Faculty of Humanities Event - 11 June 2024

  Debate, Lunch

• 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…

• Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture News - 22 October 2025

  In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, challenges the long-held belief that early humans had minimal impact on their environment before the rise of farming.

• Leiden archaeologists mentioned in Top 13 Discoveries in Human Evolution during 2023 News - 21 December 2023

  In a recent article published on PLOS, Drs. Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History discuss the top 13 discoveries in human evolution in 2023.

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  Dan Saxon Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  d.r.saxon@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503

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  Lianne Baars PhD candidate

  Faculty of Law

  l.p.baars@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Leonor Alvarez Francés PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.alvarez.frances@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Hans Franken Professor emeritus Law and Information

  Faculty of Law

  h.franken@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838

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  Jean-Jacques Hublin Professor Emeritus Paleoanthropology

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.a.hublin@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Martin Sievert Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.c.g.sievert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500