George Dikaios is a Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Political Science.

Jonathan Collins is a PhD candidate at Charles and Leiden University.

Isabelle Frens is a researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University within the research group Terrorism and Political Violence. She has a background in Liberal Arts & Science (BSc) and Social Psychology (MSc).

Ben Schoenmaker was Professor by special appointment of Military History from 2012 to 2024, on behalf of the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Last week Annemarie Montulet and several of our colleagues attended an online fair in China to talk to Chinese PhD candidates. ‘I had some very good discussions with potential candidates. It gives me a lot of energy to do my utmost to find a suitable research position for them in Leiden.’ We have a…

RARE-NL, a new collaboration between university hospitals, hopes to find treatments for rare diseases. Professor Teun van Gelder is representing the LUMC in the initiative.

Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela is a deaf PhD candidate at the Centre for Linguistics. He is pursuing his degree in research on Sign Language Linguistics and Deaf Studies. He holds a Master’s degree in Science of Education from College of St. Rose, New York- US and a Bachelor’s degree in Education from…

Olga Nozdracheva is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. Her research interests focus on second language acquisition, starting from the methodological aspects (how to teach?) and ending with cognitive ones (how do we acquire languages?). Though the current object of her research…

Athan Idul is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Linguistics.

Helen Westgeest is a Senior University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Ali Shobeiri is Assistant Professor of Photography and Visual Culture at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS)

Richard Jansen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Peter Verstraten is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Dr. Bram Slütter is associate professor at the Division of BioTherapeutics.

Dr Maaike de Waal is Assistant Professor at the Field Research Education Centre of the Faculty of Archaeology.

Louis Sicking lectures medieval and early modern history at the Leiden University Institute for History and is Aemilius Papinianus professor of History of Public International Law, at VU University Amsterdam.

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The Andrea Evers Fund provides funding for innovative, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary projects in the area of health and well-being.

Website visitors want to see at a glance whether an activity looks worthwhile. How do you create a good event page? Here are a few guidelines.

Do you need business cards, letter paper or other materials printed? Or do you need flyers, posters, roll-up banners or theses? Please contact the Graphic Centre of the University Services Department. They can also be hired to do layout or DTP work. The Graphic Centre can also produce displays, advertising…

Staff development is an important key to promoting staff and student well-being at Leiden University. By following training courses and workshop, you can gain knowledge outside your own field of expertise.

If you are not eligible for university owned accommodation or if you prefer to buy or rent your own property there are a few things to take into consideration. The Service Centre International Staff can help you as well.

Twenty-two of the 150 newly elected members of the Dutch House of Representatives studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research here. But who are they and which degrees are most popular?

Lars Brummel works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration. His research focuses on the legitimacy of (semi-)public organisations amid changes in their political and social context (e.g., due to crises or political polarization). In the past, he conducted research on the…

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Wouter Wagemakers is a specialist in Italian renaissance art and architecture, and lecturer at the Centre for the Arts in Society. At Leiden University, he teaches a survey course on European renaissance art and architecture, 1300-1550; and co-teaches seminars about Rome, the Global Renaissance, and…

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