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• Can birds imitate Star Wars robot? Yes – and some are surprisingly good at it News - 10 November 2025

  Scientists have discovered that starlings and parrots can imitate the complex sounds of Star Wars droid R2-D2 remarkably well. Their study reveals how the structure of a bird’s vocal organ determines its vocal abilities – and how citizen science helps uncover it.

• Psychology Elevator Pitch: How a better sleep pattern makes students mentally healthier News - 12 June 2023

  Do you often find yourself exhausted in the lecture hall or at your workplace? Not great for your mental well-being, as Laura Pape knows. She is investigating how an online self-help program can assist in addressing sleep issues and preventing mental health problems. Join her on this elevator pitch…

• Bicycles Humanities Facilities

  If you cycle to work, you can use the University’s bicycle racks or lockable bicycle sheds; to use a lockable shed, however, you need a bicycle pass. At some locations you can also borrow a staff bicycle.

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  Sebo Uithol Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Khrystyna Semkiv PhD

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Somayeh Sahebalzamani Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Pascal Haazebroek Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  phaazebroek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Isabelle Hoxha Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.hoxha@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eline Dekeyster Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.a.g.dekeyster@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Frank van der Velde Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vdvelde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zachry Klop Management assistant

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Jop Groeneweg Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  groeneweg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273647

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  Diana Kim

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.a.kim@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Script: Using visuals

  The next step in preparation of your studio recording is to create a PowerPoint where bullet points, images, animations and videos go hand in hand with your storyline. The image below gives an insight in the template used at Leiden University when recording a knowledge clip in the studio.

• AI platform LUCA

  On the secure platform LUCA (Leiden University Cognitive Agent), you as a Humanities teacher have the opportunity to experiment with conditioning specific chatbots for the students following your courses.

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  Katharina Riebel Associate professor

  k.riebel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275149

• Proton transport through non-covalently functionalized graphene Event - 21 October 2025

  PhD defence

• Preserving Syrian excavation data: ‘the documentation here in Leiden is the only thing that’s left’ News - 4 April 2024

  The Faculty of Archaeology used to be involved in several excavations in Syria, before the outbreak of civil war made travel to the region impossible. One of these excavations is the one of tell Hammam al-Turkman, which started in 1981. Student Ruben Hartman, together with archaeologist Dr Diederik…

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  Markus Davidsen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.davidsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272582

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  Farzad Aslani Postdoc

  f.aslani@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Xinya Pan PhD candidate / Guest

  x.pan@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ned McGowan

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  Cornelis van Tilburg Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.r.van.tilburg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Social media Humanities Guidelines and support

  Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.

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  Rapenburg 59 Location

  Rapenburg 59, Leiden

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  Rapenburg 38 Location

  Rapenburg 38, Leiden

• Temporary closure of various spaces in the Gorlaeus Building on 23 and 24 July Announcement - 8 June 2026

  Facility, Organisation

• Reedijk Symposium 2026: 15th Anniversary edition Event - 27 November 2026

  Conference

• Safety tip: Do you know how to get to the nearest emergency exit? Announcement - 16 June 2026

  Security

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  Noortje van Swieten Study adviser

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Angelique Heijstek-Hofman Education coordinator

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.heijstek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272996

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  Joanne Mol Assistant professor

  j.a.mol@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272427

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  Jack Tillman PhD candidate

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  Valentina Azzarà Honorary Research Fellow

  v.m.azzara@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Azra Say Otun PhD candidate

• What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum News - 12 December 2022

  From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them more if they receive information that is specially tailored to young visitors? Join psychologist Francesco Walker at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and see…

• Students discover chimpanzees make rhythmic sounds (despite limited sense of rhythm) News - 17 January 2025

  How can chimpanzees, so closely related to humans, have almost no sense of rhythm? ‘The best students ever’ and behavioural biologist Michelle Spierings demonstrated that chimps can actually drum and move rhythmically—each following their own unique beat.

• 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…

• Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition News - 19 December 2022

  The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…

• Blended learning Course

  Didactics

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  Zsuzsika Sjoerds Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  z.sjoerds@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275437

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  Junjie Huang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.huang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aminata Bicego Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Francesco Walker Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.walker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ruchella Kock

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  Tonko Zijlstra Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.w.zijlstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Karlijn van Heijst PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.van.heijst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rajat Ravi Rao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.ravi.rao@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jin Yan

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  Kia Radovanovic PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.radovanovic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727