Maria Yazdanbakhsh is professor in cellular immunology of parasitic infections and is the head of the department of Leiden University Center for Infectious Diseases (LUCID) at LUMC. She engages in basic and clinical research to understand host-pathogen interactions at the molecular, cellular and population…

Katarzyna J. Cwiertka is professor of Modern Japan Studies at Leiden University.

Annemarie Samuels is Associate Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University.

Images are an increasingly important part of communication, but how do you choose suitable ones for the website and where can you find them? This page offers tips on finding the right image and what to watch out for.

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Elena Neri is a PhD candidate specialising in the anthropology of food at the Department of Nutrition and Public Health, University of Agder. She is currently a visiting researcher at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, where she is supervised by Erik…

Dr. Marjolein Hageman comes from Paris and has dual nationality (Dutch and French). She studied French language and literature at the Sorbonne where she did a master's thesis entitled: Voltaire, la Tolérance et les Pays-Bas. In 2010, she obtained her doctorate in French literature. Her PhD thesis is…

Wouter Wagemakers is a specialist in Italian renaissance art and architecture, and lecturer at the Centre for the Arts in Society. At Leiden University, he teaches a survey course on European renaissance art and architecture, 1300-1550; and co-teaches seminars about Rome, the Global Renaissance, and…

Cristina Grasseni is Professor Cultural Anthropology at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University.

Remco Breuker is a historian of Korea and Northeast Asia, who works on medieval Korean and Northeast Asian history and on contemporary North Korean affairs. He published on the medieval state of Koryo, Korean historiography, Northeast Asia and North Korea, as well as literary translations from Korean…

The university's CO2 footprint - a visual representation of Leiden University's environmental impact - is calculated every year. The CO2 footprint for 2020 shows a striking break in the trend in terms of energy use, mobility and waste.

If you come to work by car, you can apply for a parking subscription for one of Leiden University’s parking areas. The subscription is simply added to your LU Card. You can then use your LU Card to access the parking area.

Are you a PhD candidate, and is there something you’d prefer to discuss with someone other than your thesis director or supervisor? The confidential counsellor for PhD candidates is here to help. You can speak to him/her in confidence and receive advice. If you experience symptoms of physical or mental…

For a 38-hour week you have 232 vacation hours per year. If you make use of the flexible hours option, you will have more or fewer vacation hours. If you work part-time, your vacation credit is proportionate to your contracted hours. If you are in salary scale 11 or above, you may choose to conclude…

Jürgen Zangenberg is professor for the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.

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Alex Reuneker is an Assistant Professor (UD) in Linguistics at Leiden University. His PhD concerned conditionals ('if-then sentences') in Cognitive Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics — topics he continues to research this day. He also studies factors in Dutch verb-spelling errors. He teaches courses…

Luisella Caon is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Bart van der Boom is university lecturer at the Institute for History.

Elizabeth den Hartog holds a post as associate professor at Leiden University (since 1986), teaching art and architecture until 1600. From 2001-2012 she was also director of the Castle Foundation Holland and Zeeland. Her main research interest is in medieval art and architecture, a subject on which…

I am an internist-endocrinologist in the Department of Internal Medicine and Professor of Diabetology, in particular the neuro-endocrine regulation of diabetes and overweight.

Jill Jeffery is a university lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. Her research investigates academic writing development in secondary and postsecondary school settings by examining what “good writing” is and how it is taught and learned. Thus far, this work has led her to examine…