Aldo Kempen's research operates at the intersection of metaphilosophy, aesthetics, and ontology, investigating how the formal dimensions of philosophical writing shape and constrain the claims philosophy can make about being, matter, and difference. His doctoral dissertation, Praxis at the Limits, developed…

Rebecca Nicastri's main interests lie in the intellectual history of Islamic philosophy and mystical traditions, with particular attention to the metaphysical doctrines elaborated within the classical and early modern periods of Islamic thought. She is particularly drawn to the intellectual developments…

Peter Bisschop is Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. He is a Sanskritist and cultural historian of ancient India, with particular interest in the development of Hinduism and related traditions. His research is philological in…

Andrei Poama’s interdisciplinary research covers ethics in public policy, democratic theory, criminal justice, AI technologies in governance, and experimental legal philosophy, focusing on public value, punishment, and electoral ethics.

Fan Lin is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Donovan Alexander Stewart is a lecturer at the Leiden Centre for Continental Philosophy. His research focuses on 20th and 21st century philosophy, orientated by the themes of ecology, technology, and nihilism.

Sietse van Mierlo is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Philosophy.

Gwen Bolderink is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Philosophy.

A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder and founder of Bellingcat, Bonnie Honig, expert in feminist theory and legal theory, and Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry, who works on prevention…

I am a university lecturer in English-language literature and culture, specialising in the history and development of Gothic, Horror and Science Fiction, and recently also Noir, from about 1750-present. In my research I explore social and ethical questions relating to these genres.

Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl is Senior Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University.

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Rodrigo Ochigame is an assistant professor in the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University. Their research examines unorthodox models of computational rationality, such as nonclassical logics from Brazil, nonbinary Turing machines from India, and frameworks of…

Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

Esther Edelmann is a University Lecturer in modern and contemporary literature. Her teaching and research activities focus on the intersections between literature and law, literature and political economy, and culture and environmental humanities. She teaches in literature programs, International Studies,…

From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during a recent visit by the Executive Board, staff from the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Library presented their research, teaching and acquisition…

LUCRIS GSM is a registration and monitoring system for PhD candidates. GSM stands for "Graduate School Management", and LUCRIS GSM should not be confused with LUCRIS PM (Publication Module). With the LUCRIS GSM module, all information concerning PhD candidates is stored in a uniform way and made accessible…

AI is playing an increasing role in education. What is the university’s approach to the opportunities and challenges around AI?