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  Mirjam de Bruijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278546

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  Thinley Dema PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.dema@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Abhimanyu Chettri PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.chettri@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ton Dietz Professor emeritus

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.j.dietz@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Francesca Sofia Selano PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.s.selano@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  José María Castro Ibarra PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.castro.ibarra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Rafal Matuszewski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.matuszewski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272701

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  Nurul Huda Binte Abdul Rashid Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.huda.binte.abdul.rashid@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Andrew Littlejohn awarded Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship News - 10 November 2021

  Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provides funds for early-career scholars to write and publish significant monographs that will impact the development of anthropology.

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• Bart Barendregt receives Vici grant for research on Artificial Intelligence in Muslim Southeast Asia News - 14 April 2021

  Bart Barendregt receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros from the NWO for his research project 'One between the Zeros, an Anthropology of Artificial Intelligence in Islam'.

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  Elena Neri Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.neri@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Etienne Bourel Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.r.p.bourel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fie Luijten Study adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.luijten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

• Jasmijn Rana on women's football and emancipation in Morocco News - 20 December 2023

  Explore the captivating world of women's football in Morocco through Trouw's insightful report, examining the intersection of Islam, popularity, money, and role models, as emphasized by cultural anthropologist Jasmijn Rana.

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  Maarten Jansen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Seed Grant for De Maaker and Gupta for research on heritage and climate governance News - 31 May 2022

  Erik de Maaker and Radhika Gupta received a Seed Grant to initiate research on how heritage has been and can be mobilised to address climate change governance in Himalayan Asia. This project will address a significant knowledge gap on the potentials and pitfalls of climate governance, with an initial…

• What Schools Can Learn from Skate Culture - Anthropologist Sander Hölsgens on The Conversation News - 29 July 2025

  Anthropologist Sander Hölsgens explores how skateboarding philosophy can revolutionise education by embracing failure, fostering creativity, and building supportive learning communities. Read his research on The Conversation.

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  Zane Kripe Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

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

• The importance of an interdisciplinary approach to open information provision in palliative care News - 28 January 2022

  What if seriously ill patients do not want to hear their diagnosis? Does a clinician always need to provide a patient with all available information? Communication researcher Liesbeth van Vliet, medical anthropologist Annemarie Samuels and research intern Fiona Brosig will put these questions on open…

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  Janine Ubink Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277493

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  Elmer Veldkamp University Lecturer Korean Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.veldkamp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277233

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  Sandra Manickam Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.k.manickam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 2339

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  Shelly Biesel Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.a.biesel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451

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  Misato Okaneya PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.okaneya@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Salwa Tareen Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.n.tareen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jelle Wouters Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.j.p.wouters@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mari Miyamoto Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.miyamoto@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Caterina Sartori Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.b.sartori@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451

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  Dilek Sahin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.sahin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Rafal Matuszewski receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award News - 9 April 2026

  Assistant professor Ancient History Rafal Matuszewski has been honored with the prestigious 2026 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. This distinguished award, accompanied by 60,000 € in funding, recognizes Matuszewski’s outstanding contributions to research…

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  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.l.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276903

• What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance News - 28 January 2022

  Last week, Ajay Gandhi, Assistant Professor at the Leiden University College, wrote an article about how spider's webs can explain the dynamics of social beings.

• Marja Spierenburg about the importance of the EuroScience Open Forum News - 7 July 2022

  From Wednesday 13 July 2022, for four days, Leiden is at the epicentre of European science, as it hosts Europe's largest interdisciplinary conference, the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF). We interviewed Marja Spierenburg, Professor in the Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood. In addition to being…

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• Two new functions for anthropologist Erik Bähre News - 21 December 2022

  Erik Bähre has been elected to the board of the Society of Economic Anthropology of the American Anthropology Association. On top of this he has joined the scientific advisory board of the NIAS-Lorentz Program.

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  Ahmad Nuril Huda PhD Candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.nuril.huda@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Amit Kurien Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.j.kurien@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zulfadhli Nasution PhD

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  z.nasution@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Swargajyoti Gohain Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.gohain@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michael Herzfeld

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.f.herzfeld@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451

• Anthropologist working for the government News - 1 April 2024

  Saskia van Otterloo works as a policy advisor on climate adaptation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands. She graduated in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology and development sociology. How does her knowledge of anthropology help her in her job…

• Logging in tropical forests has a major social impact on local people News - 4 September 2023

  Exploring logging's real impact: Insights from Anthropologist Tessa Minter in the Solomon Islands.

• CADS Student Research: How School Buildings Impact Student Life News - 26 May 2025

  Cultural anthropology students study how architecture influences student behavior, safety, and community at MBORijnland through fieldwork research.

• Research Opportunities for Masters Students News - 19 July 2024

  Costanza Franceschini discusses the Sea-ing Africa project, offering unique anthropological research opportunities in Ghana and Morocco for Masters students.

• CINETS 2026: Crimmigration in an Age of Authoritarian Drift Event - 5 July 2026

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• Kirsten Barink, Milène van der Geest, Claire van den Helder and Pim Ruhe granted with Speckmann Award 2021 News - 28 April 2021

  Bachelor's students Kirsten S. Barink, Milène van der Geest, Claire van den Helder and Pim L. Ruhe are granted the Speckmann award for their Fieldwork NL report 'If it would have been a colour it would be pitch-black', a report on people suffering from the phenomenon of 'Electrohypersensitivity'.

• Being an anthropologist in a big company ‘it’s interesting to look at the internal culture of a business'’ News - 19 June 2023

  With her background in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leonie Siepmans brings a unique perspective to the corporate world. Find out what an anthropologist does in a big company.