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• LUC The Hague is once again ranked as the best University College in The Netherlands News - 4 January 2021

  Leiden University College The Hague received the 'Top rated Programme' seal from the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2021 (Dutch University Guide). It is the eighth consecutive time the Liberal Arts & Sciences programme focusing on Global Challenges is awarded the honorary seal.

• Knowing 169 decimals of pi by heart: how to do it? News - 20 March 2025

  How many decimal places of π (pi) do you know by heart? That was the question during a special competition on pi day last week in the central hall of the Gorlaeus. The winner of the competition managed to recite 169 digits after the comma. Jonathan Love reveals his secret.

• Nieuwscheckers: FVD politicians amplify anti-Semitism on Twitter News - 24 May 2022

  Politicians from Forum voor Democratie (FVD) regularly retweet anti-Semitic accounts. They therefore promote players from a social media network in which anti-Semitism is commonplace. This ranges from conspiracy theories about George Soros to hate speech about Jewish people drinking children’s blood.…

• Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights News - 19 September 2024

  Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights

• Manon Uphoff to be Leiden University’s new ‘writer in residence’ News - 31 March 2025

  The author Manon Uphoff from Utrecht will be Leiden University’s new ‘writer in residence’ from autumn 2025. As the writer in residence, Uphoff will contribute to several courses on writing offered by the BA Dutch Language and Culture programme.

• Climate and elections: these were your top stories from 2023 News - 18 December 2023

  The year 2023 saw the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Wagner Group rebellion and wildfires and floods as all the weather records were smashed. Our most-read stories were about the climate crisis and the elections: here’s the list.

• Asia Academy #20: 75 Years of Korean War: The Long Shadow Event - 19 June 2025

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

• ‘Strengthen the position of the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ News - 3 March 2025

  Relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands are imbalanced, says Professor by Special Appointment Wouter Veenendaal. The Caribbean autonomous countries and special municipalities do not have enough of a say and have administrative problems to contend with.

• New composition of the Board of the Institute of Psychology News - 31 August 2021

  As of 1 September 2021 Andrea Evers has been appointed Scientific Director and will represent the institute at faculty and university level as chair of the Board of the Institute of Psychology. Eric van Dijk will take on the personnel and finance domains and Sander Nieuwenhuis will take on the research…

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  Marcel Schaaf Associate professor/guest

  Faculty of Science

  m.j.m.schaaf@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alicia Schrikker Senior University Lecturer / Director of Research

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769

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  Corinne Hofman Professor of Caribbean Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

  c.l.hofman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2449

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  Luuk de Ligt Professor of Ancient History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.de.ligt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2669

• The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later Event - 20 February 2025

  Lecture, Workshop

• First time in the cortège: ‘I wanted to be part of it’ News - 11 February 2025

  Is my cap on straight? Where in the cortège will I be walking? These are some of the questions asked by professors joining the Dies Natalis procession for the first time.

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  Annemarie Samuels Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.samuels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1724

• 10 years of OPIC - Pathways of Access to Justice for Children Event - 10 April 2024

  Conference

• Secrets of the skull News - 6 September 2023

  The Research Institute for Mathematics & Computer Science in Amsterdam hosts a unique X-ray machine that creates 3D scans of the most diverse objects. This allows them to reveal details that remain hidden in regular scans. In a series of articles they showcase examples of what happens in the lab. Leiden…

• Spinoza Prize for historian Judith Pollman News - 26 June 2025

  Judith Pollmann, Professor of Early Modern Dutch History, has been awarded the Spinoza Prize. ‘An unbelievable honour.’

• Hundreds of visitors learn about Leiden University science during 3 October University News - 7 October 2024

  Glorious sunshine, dozens of enthusiastic academics and huge numbers of Leiden residents ensured that this year’s special jubilee version of 3 October University was a great success.

• Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk: “The Early Modern Discovery of the Roman limes along the Danube and its impact on 16th-Cen. Austrian Architecture” Event - 9 December 2025

  Lecture, Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk

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  Sabine Witting Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Law

  s.k.witting@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838

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  Jaap Corthals Duale promovendus

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.corthals@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589

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  Luiz Zanotello External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.g.ferreira.zanotello@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Klaas Vrieling Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  k.vrieling@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Rieneke Sonnevelt PhD candidate/external

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.a.m.sonnevelt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Martin Berger Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.e.berger@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Amalia Campos Delgado Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

  a.e.campos.delgado@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5252

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  Judith van Uden PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Law

  j.j.m.van.uden@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6667

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  Michiel van Groesen Professor Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2765

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  Bart Custers Professor of Law and Data Science

  Faculty of Law

  b.h.m.custers@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838

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  Jos Schaeken Interim Vice-dean / Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272077

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  Carel ten Cate Professor emeritus of Animal Behaviour

  Faculty of Science

  c.j.ten.cate@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5040

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  Marianne van Dijken Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.van.dijken@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marie Kolbenstetter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

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  Alistair Kefford Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.kefford@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9970

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  Tessa van Buchem Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

  t.j.m.van.buchem@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275390

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  Gavin Robinson Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

  g.l.robinson@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Henning Lahmann Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

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

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  Miranda van Eck Scientific director / professor of Cardiovascular and metabolic therapeutics

  Faculty of Science

  eck_m@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276238

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  Dennie Oude Nijhuis University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.m.oude-nijhuis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2734

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  Adam Fairclough Professor emeritus of American History

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Simone van der Hof Professor of Law and Digital Technologies

  Faculty of Law

  s.van.der.hof@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838

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  Edmund Hayes University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692

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  Ralph Rippe Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  rrippe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273889

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  Stefano Bellucci University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3473

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  Jan Kolen Dean / Professor Landscape Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.c.a.kolen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1284

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  Boya Li Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  b.li@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Maia Casna Guest researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.casna@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Study Abroad Kick-off Session: Second-year LUC students Event - 24 September 2025

  Study information