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What a year: our most-read articles of 2025
The Russian threat to Europe, pro-Palestine protests, the passing of psychologist Andrea Evers and speculations on extraterrestrial life. These were among our most popular articles of the year.
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’
University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before I worked at Leiden University.’
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Between literature and law: 'Art can show us how law works and what is just'
The interplay between literature and law is what Frans-Willem Korsten wants to address as a brand-new professor of Literature, Culture and Law. That means doing research, but certainly also teaching. 'The Hague is of crucial importance for the humanities.'
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Study associations sign covenant: limit your alcohol consumption and look after each other
Opting more often for mocktails or soft drinks rather than beer or wine, talking to others about their drinking and pointing out the ban on drugs. Leiden University’s new covenant on alcohol and drugs for study associations encourages providing more alcohol-free alternatives.
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Experts discuss nuclear deterrence in Europe: more weapons, more security?
On 22 January, a panel of international experts on nuclear deterrence gathered at the Campus The Hague to discuss the future of nuclear deterrence in Europe. The panel addressed key aspects of nuclear strategy and the impact of Russia's nuclear rhetoric in the context of the war in Ukraine.
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Roeland Böcker: 'Problems of multilateralism are a never-ending debate'
On 8 December, in honour of Human Rights Week, Roeland Böcker gave a public lecture about his experiences as ambassador to the Council of Europe. Between 2017 and 2021, Roeland Böcker was the representative of the Netherlands in the Council of Europe.
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Mamadou Hébié represents Latvia and the African Union in landmark use of force and climate change cases
Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, served last week as legal counsel in the world’s first advisory proceedings concerning climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), on the one hand, and…
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47th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL47)
Conference
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis
The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came up at Leiden University’s 448th Dies Natalis. A panel discussion including Leiden’s mayor Lenferink, music and two honorary doctorates completed the special…
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Emergence of Linguistic Universals in Neural Agents via Artificial Language Learning and Communication
PhD defence
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate…
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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University history complete: Otterspeer presents fourth volume
At the Dies Natalis Willem Otterspeer, Professor Emeritus of University History, presented the fourth and final volume of Groepsportret met Dame, his series on the history of Leiden University. De 'Strategie van de Aanpassing' covers the period 1876-1975. Otterspeer talked about his book in a podcast…
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Veni grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language
'Psychologists think I’m a linguist but linguists think I’m a psychologist,' says cognitive neuroscientist Xiaochen Zheng. With the Veni grant she will be able to bring these two fields of research closer together. Read her answers to five questions.
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Vera Grechukhina-van der LindenFaculty of Humanities
v.grechukhina@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Znati am Dahhane
Faculty of Humanities
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Alessandro Palumbo
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eli ten Lohuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Anooshik Maleki Bakhshmandi
Faculty of Humanities
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Charlotte van Haarlem
Faculty of Humanities
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Cornelia de Haan
Faculty of Humanities
c.de.haan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Fernanda Maciel Ziober
Faculty of Humanities
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Gea Hakker-PrinsFaculty of Humanities
g.c.hakker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274173
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Isaac Eaton
Faculty of Humanities
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Xiao-Fang Chi
Faculty of Humanities
x.f.chi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jully Acuña Suarez
Faculty of Humanities
j.c.acuna.suarez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Liesbet WinkelmolenFaculty of Humanities
l.m.winkelmolen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272659
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Emma Bierings
Faculty of Humanities
e.t.j.bierings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278980
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Ton van der WoudenFaculty of Humanities
t.van.der.wouden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Colin EwenFaculty of Humanities
c.j.ewen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Roosmaryn PilgramFaculty of Humanities
r.pilgram@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273299
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Gemma van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
g.m.van.leeuwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anne Marie Kuijpers
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.kuijpers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Philomeen DolFaculty of Humanities
p.h.dol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274687
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Rossana Hoogendoorn-Gagliano
Faculty of Humanities
r.m.hoogendoorn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Geert BooijFaculty of Humanities
g.e.booij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Patricia Espejo Fernández
Faculty of Humanities
m.p.espejo.fernandez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Vicky AlcaldeFaculty of Humanities
m.v.alcalde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272973
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Marijke Baart-LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
m.baart@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272164
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Stéphanie Tonckens
Faculty of Humanities
s.c.l.l.tonckens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Patricia Valdivia Suclla-Poppens
Faculty of Humanities
n.p.valdivia.suclla@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rob GoedemansFaculty of Humanities
r.w.n.goedemans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272325
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Jeanne Giberius-Vignaud
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.giberius@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marijke van der WalFaculty of Humanities
m.j.van.der.wal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Leticia de Pedro Andrés
Faculty of Humanities
l.de.pedro.andres@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sara Clarrise Noussi-Tegantchouang Njomgang
Faculty of Humanities
s.c.noussi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs
Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People
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