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  Saskia Cohen-Willner Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.g.cohen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chibuike Uche Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273854

• Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics News - 15 April 2021

  For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…

• Open Mic: Pitch your Heritage related research Event - 21 May 2025

  Conference

• Highlighting Dutch-Jordanian archaeological cooperation in Udhruh News - 28 October 2024

  In 2011, the University of Hussein Bin Talal in Maan and Leiden University initiated the joint Udhruh Archaeological Project, led by Professors Fawzi Abudanah and Mark Driessen.

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  Petra Sijpesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272027

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  Maurits Berger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271684

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  Peter Pels Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons News - 28 November 2023

  From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’

• All Roads Lead to Rome? New Reflections on Ecology and Mobility in the Roman Empire Event - 13 March 2025

  Lecture, Global Questions Seminar

• Three Leiden papers in top 10 most cited of Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports News - 14 January 2022

  At the start of the year a lot of journals publish lists of their most cited papers of the previous year. Three papers published by Leiden archaeologists were ranked in the top 10 of the Journal of Archaeological Science: reports.

• Import in the Stone Age? How object biographies shed new light on the Neolithic News - 17 April 2026

  On April 22, Lasse van den Dikkenberg defended his dissertation: Living with Flint. For this, he examined flint finds from the Rhine-Meuse Delta. These finds belong to the Vlaardingen culture, which existed here from 3400-2500 BC. His research revealed that import played a larger role in the Neolithic…

• University introduces lay talk and it looks like this News - 11 September 2024

  Complex research with a generous sprinkling of jargon: PhD defences can be difficult for non-experts to follow. In the compulsory new lay talk, PhD candidates begin by explaining their dissertation in words of one syllable. And it’s not just the PhD’s family and friends who appreciate this.

• Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022! News - 13 April 2022

  On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.

• Investigating Caribbean migrations with a Vidi grant: ‘With isotope analysis we can look at individual behaviors and long term patterns’ News - 3 July 2023

  Archaeologist Jason Laffoon was awarded an NWO Vidi grant for an innovative investigation into ancient migrations in the western Caribbean. The innovative character of this research project lies in the wide-scale application of isotope analysis and isotope mapping. ‘We aim at further developing methods…

• Discover Leiden University's new Middle Eastern Library and take a closer look at our Middle Eastern collections News - 12 September 2024

  An evening program in the University Library and Middle Eastern Library in Leiden for everyone who has something to do with the Middle East; from Tajikistan to the Mahreb and from Istanbul to Sanaa. View the oldest books and clay tablets from the collection and listen to the most fascinating stories…

• Open Mic: Pitch Your Research in Relation to Cultural Heritage Event - 6 February 2025

  Lecture, Open Mic

• The Botany Club goes abroad: excursion to the Eifel News - 15 September 2022

  The Botany Club, a group of enthusiastic archaeobotanists and -biologists, travelled to the Eifel in May 2022 for their annual excursion. The chosen destination was the former army barracks at Vogelsang located above the Rur valley between Schleiden and Simmerath on the western side of the Eifel region…

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  Petr Kopecky Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  kopecky@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273602

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  Arjen Boin Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  boin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272233

• Ethical guidelines to better regulate DNA research on human remains News - 20 October 2021

  Rapid developments in DNA techniques allow researchers to find out more and more about human genetics. An international group of scientists has drawn up five ethical guidelines to ensure that this DNA research is better regulated. Leiden archaeologist Marie Soressi – one of the signatories - explains…

• Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress News - 13 February 2023

  Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of stress, Sarah Schrader hopes to get a better understanding of the human stress experience. Her project application received an NWO XS grant.

• Millet isotopes reveal advanced agriculture in early imperial China News - 20 May 2025

  A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By analyzing carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in millet crops, the research provides long-term isotopic evidence of farmland management practices in the Guanzhong Basin—the political…

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  Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede News - 11 June 2025

  Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.

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  Louis Verreth

• National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) open on Thursday nights Announcement - 25 March 2025

  Social

• Bleda Düring on the emergence of social inequalities News - 17 March 2026

  Bleda Düring was interviewed alongside researchers working on ancient religions and primates, for an article in the Swiss magazine bref on the emergence of social inequalities. Although perspectives on the rise of social inequalities differ between these researchers they all agree more research on how…

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  Jochem van den Boogert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.p.van.den.boogert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Lieske Huits University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.g.m.huits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272648

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  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Timothy de Zeeuw PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.j.t.de.zeeuw@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273244

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  Mingran Cao PhD Candidate/ Self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.cao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Albert Logtenberg Assistant professor

  ICLON

  a.logtenberg@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278506

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.raaijmakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278332

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  Reinier Baarsen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.baarsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections News - 26 January 2024

  How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.

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  Marc Molendijk Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.l.molendijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276674

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  Tingjie Guo Assistant professor

  t.guo@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274501

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  Irene Hadiprayitno University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.hadiprayitno@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277402

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  Jaroslaw Kantorowicz Associate professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Kamila Krakowska Rodrigues University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.k.krakowska.rodrigues@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271806

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  Cristiana Strava University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.strava@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274676

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  Sergei Boeke Guest employee

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  s.boeke@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Larissa van den Herik Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  l.van.den.herik@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rick Lawson Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.a.lawson@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Joachim Koops Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.a.koops@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Erik-jan Zurcher Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.zurcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Niels Blokker Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.m.blokker@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carsten Stahn Professor of International Criminal Law & Global Justice

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.stahn@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8008272