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• China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’ News - 1 July 2025

  Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.

• Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America News - 1 June 2023

  Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countries that have turned their backs on the Asian island in recent years. Why are these countries making this choice now and what does it mean for Taiwan's…

• LDE white paper on critical materials, green energy and geopolitics News - 28 June 2022

  With its Green Deal The European Union has set itself much-needed ambitious climate goals. But the energy crisis and geopolitical tensions are making these difficult to achieve. Seven researchers from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities (LDE) alliance have written a white paper offering solutions.

• Will AI be listening in on your future job interview? On law, technology and privacy News - 11 April 2024

  The law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications need to be better aligned to ensure our personal data and privacy are protected. PhD candidate Andreas Häuselmann can see opportunities with AI, but dangers if this does not happen.

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  Lisa Cheng Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.l.cheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272104

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  Lindsay Black Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.black@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272218

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  Kees Waaldijk Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.waaldijk@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Cristina Grasseni Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.grasseni@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451

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  Annemarie Meijer Professor

  Faculty of Science

  a.h.meijer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274927

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272649

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  Masoud Kiani External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.kiani@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Roos Stolker Dual PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  r.stolker@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589

• There and Back Again: Spirit Travels in Western Religious Traditions (13th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity) Event - 28 April 2025

  Lecture, Symposium

• Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’ News - 11 November 2021

  Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Poland for a book they co-edited. How has this affected them? ‘This is an attempt to wear us down.’

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  Hans de Vries External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  h.r.de.vries@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

• The Power of Empathy in International Development Work: Beyond Policies and Numbers Event - 19 March 2025

  Lecture

• Artificial intelligence as the co-pilot for drug discovery News - 23 May 2023

  There are more molecules that could conceivably be candidate drugs than there are stars in the universe. How can we ever efficiently identify those molecules? Professor of AI and Medicinal Chemistry, Gerard van Westen: ‘I’m going to use artificial intelligence as the co-pilot to make an automated search.’…

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  Isaac Scarborough Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.m.scarborough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272655

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  Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña University Lecturer Development Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272189

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  Jacqueline Vel Affliated researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul Behrens Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  p.a.behrens@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Katarzyna Cwiertka Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272599

• Relative chronology and the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European stop systems Event - 19 December 2025

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• Military intelligence needs an overhaul because the threats are becoming more complex News - 13 January 2025

  Many intelligence services have an outdated view of the world while the threats they should protect us from are becoming more complex. Serviceman and researcher Bram Spoor warns that NATO and member state intelligence organisations cannot always predict the dangers.

• The impact of climate change on groups of people News - 14 June 2022

  The socio-economic effects of climate change often do not receive enough attention. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) a group of researchers will provide more insight. How does climate change affect whether people work together or conversely end up as opponents? And what can we learn from societies…

• Aitor Burguet-Coca studied fire-use from Palaeolithic to Bronze Age: ‘This gives us an image on different uses of fire across prehistory’ News - 9 May 2022

  For the following years, Dr Aitor Burguet-Coca will be a returning face at the Faculty of Archaeology. He will join Dr Amanda Henry’s team with his expertise on prehistoric fire use and the methodologies that studying ancient hearths requires.

• Skill issues: conceptual metaphors and the etymology of Vedic r̥tá Event - 20 February 2026

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• Reassessing the etymology of Greek katharós ‘clean, stainless, pure’ Event - 28 November 2025

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• The Future of Conventional Deterrence in Europe Event - 26 March 2025

  Panel discussion

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  Federico De Musso Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.de.musso@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• ‘War with Russia more likely now Trump has spurned Europe’ News - 21 February 2025

  Europe’s security suddenly looks uncertain now President Trump has started negotiations with Putin. What does this mean for the Netherlands? What do we need to do?

• Lecture on the book Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding Event - 16 October 2025

  Lecture

• ASCL Seminar: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Rwanda: A Feminist Analysis Event - 3 April 2025

  Lecture

• Trump’s Effect on Academia and Administration – Panel Talk with Professor Donald Moynihan on 26 May Event - 26 May 2025

  Lecture

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  Ethan Mark Senior University Lecturer Modern Japanese History

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.mark@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272310

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  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Robert Ross Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.ross@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Neske Baerwaldt Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.baerwaldt@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• Public Debate: Europe, the US and Russia in turbulent times: views from the Polish EU Presidency Event - 14 April 2025

  Debate

• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• Vein Men / Vein Women? Bloodletting Diagrams, Medical Practice and Gender in Later Medieval Europe Event - 21 November 2025

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• International Women's Day: the visibility of women in archaeology News - 8 March 2024

  On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. For years, the role of women in the past has been nearly invisible. Four archaeologists reflect on this inequality of focus, from hunter-gatherers in the palaeolithic to…

• Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects Event - 8 April 2025

  Lecture, Studium Generale

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  Marco Cinelli Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.cinelli@luc.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Roeland van der Rijst Professor

  ICLON

  rrijst@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276496

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  Miguel John Versluys Professor of Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272438

• In Memoriam: Stefan Landsberger (1955-2024) News - 17 October 2024

  My colleagues and I have been devastated to learn that our good colleague and friend Stefan Landsberger (born 1955) passed away unexpectedly, on 26 September 2024. Stefan had been a fixture of China Studies in the Netherlands, where he had been Associate Professor of contemporary Chinese History and…