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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy
The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. On December 9th, a symposium around his work will take place at Leiden University Libraries. This will be combined with the launch of Maria Boletsi's book…
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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment
NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what eminent psychologist and thinker Steven Pinker argued to a packed Great Auditorium.
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Archaeology brings 3D scanning into the classroom
In the course 'From Ceramics to Plastics: The Mediterranean in 12 objects' students were taught to work with 3D scanning technologies. One of the underlying reasons to introduce students to this technology was to teach them to reproduce objects. ‘More and more archaeological information is stored in…
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Chemist Marc Koper receives Spinoza Prize for research on electrolysis
Professor Marc Koper researches how you can use electrical energy to make or break chemical bonds. He has just been awarded a Spinoza Prize, the Netherlands’ highest personal science award, for his fundamental research into how this form of electrolysis works.
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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Vidi grants for research on sexual intimacy using robots and the life-course impact of criminal sanctions
Two colleagues have each received a prestigious Vidi grant. We spoke to criminologist and Associate Professor Hilde Wermink, and Eduard Fosch Villaronga, Associate Professor of eLaw, about what this grant means to them and their research plans.
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery)
Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, scientists, civil servants and other professionals discussed how South Holland can become healthier. The Healthy Society Map makes it clear where there are…
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Imaging Core Facility Day 2026
Conference
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How European blind spots strengthen the shadow order
As a strategy and international security specialist, Julien Bastrup-Birk (41) has advised both NATO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and worked at the UK Foreign and Defence ministries. Next week, he will defend his PhD on clandestine non-state power in the international system.
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity
A delegation from Leiden University visited various universities in Japan at the end of March. The strong ties between the Netherlands and Japan are still based on a long tradition of knowledge exchange.
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The Erasmus+ grant opens doors
What is it like to participate in the Erasmus+ grant programme as a Master's student from Ukraine? Yevhenii Radchenko did an eight-month internship at Leiden University in 2018. Soon after, he returned as a PhD candidate. 'You have little to lose, but a lot to gain.'
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PhD candidates deserve special attention: their new confidential counsellor Annemarie Meijer explains why
She studied biology in Leiden and never left. Now, as Professor of Immunobiology, Annemarie Meijer has taken on the role of the new confidential counsell for for PhD candidates. It's a role that suits her perfectly: she has extensive experience in the research world and has guided dozens of PhD candidates.…
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Interview with alumna Jolien Schukking: Working as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Alumna Jolien Schukking has been working as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg since 2017. In this special role, she provides legal protection at an international level in major cases and concerning various topics. What is her job like and what motivates her?
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants
Ten scientists from Leiden University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to launch their own project, form their own research team and implement their best ideas.
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Postdoc Adam Benfer stewards big data in the study of Central America
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dr Adam Benfer, originally from the United States, occupies a double position as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds and as the Faculty’s Data Steward. ‘It is pretty much what the title says: I steward data. Essentially,…
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The Pursuit of Competence: Why our students need more meaningful challenges, not less.
The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) is closely connected to the education of our biopharmaceutical students, providing both courses and immersive internship projects. Among these is the Bachelor Research Project (BOO), which offers many students their first real scientific experience…
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Young researchers looking for partnerships in Indonesia
A number of young researchers recently took part in a knowledge mission to Indonesia, aiming to build a lasting relationship with the country. How did they find the trip, what did they do, and how are they creating new connections with scientists in Indonesia?
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The Loyalty Trap: Federal Civil Servants Under Trump
Lecture, Event
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Lunch Talk Asia Research Cluster and Futuring Heritage Project
Lecture, Lunch Talk
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Veenhof Lecture 2025: Of Fields, Granaries, and Power
Lecture
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Politicization and democratic control of EU decision-making
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Bake Initiative
Study support
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Driving EU policy: Making rules for the European car industry in times of crisis
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Israel-Palestine
Just Peace Festival
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Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, On Campus Experience
- Migration and Remittances Major Projects: Wrapping Up and Ramping Up
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Shunning Responsibilities and Shifting Risks: States’ Responses to the Foreign Terrorist Fighters Phenomenon & the Limits of Public International
PhD defence
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Forced Choices: Migration, Identity, and Belonging in the South Tyrolean Option (1939-1955)
Lecture, LIMS seminar / Austrian Studies Seminar
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The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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The Politics of Citizenship: Governing Religion through Refugee Control in Lebanon
PhD defence
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Hét Leids Kennisfestival for Everyone’s Health and Well-being
Festival
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Sensing Darjeeling: Experiential Ethnographies Across Time
Workshop
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Verticality, Agronomic Turn, and the Making of Colonial Botany in the Dutch East Indies
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Chinese nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
PhD defence
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The Cosmos Malabaricus programme: researching early modern Kerala through Dutch sources
Lecture, VVIK lecture
- Effective Public Risk Communication: Raising Awareness without Causing undue Fear
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Guilt by Location: Forced Displacement and Population Sorting in Civil Wars
Lecture
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The Times, They Are A Changin’: Multiple, Diverging, and Conjoining Temporalities in Sport for Development and Peace
CADS Research Seminar
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Agents of Change?
PhD defence
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Southeast Asia as method, History as prevention Decentering the history of measles (to better control the disease?)
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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The Muslim Woman Question in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between Islamic Tradition and Global Modernity
PhD defence
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Dissent into Disaster: Reciprocity as Protest in Karachi, Pakistan
CADS Research Seminar
- Resilience: Tinkering with Lively Relations in Ruined Landscapes - VVI Research Meetings
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Europe’s Historical Legacy of 1989 in the Geopolitical Context
Lecture, Research talk
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The role of AGC kinases and auxin in male fertility
PhD defence
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Resolving the Dynamic Structure of Chlorosomes in Green Sulfur Bacteria by MAS NMR
PhD defence
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Interview Roxane de Massol Rebetz – ‘Vulnerability doesn’t come out of a vacuum.’
The legal distinction between victims of human trafficking and victims of migrant smuggling is unjust, argues De Massol Rebetz in her PhD thesis. In certain instances, smuggled migrants should be treated the same as victims of human trafficking.
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Annual Review 2025
In 2025, students, lecturers, researchers and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities were once again at the heart of society. They demonstrated the importance of the humanities through their groundbreaking research, meaningful education and strong collaborations.
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‘We all support equal opportunities, but disagree on how to achieve them’
Rotterdam is an extreme example of inequality in the Netherlands. There are huge health and life expectancy differences between neighbourhoods. Good access to healthcare and education isn’t a cure-all, say inequality economists Lieke Beekers and Hans van Kippersluis
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Pesten
Discover insights and advice from Leiden scientists on bullying, how to stop and prevent it. Learn why people bully, how bullied children can get help and what it takes to create a safe environment. Find out how anti-bullying programmes work in schools and why bullying is a serious problem that needs…