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• Imagining Hierarchies in Vegetarianism between Europe, the United States, and India (19th -20th Century) Event - 6 October 2025

  Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series

• Self-Determination in Very Small Places Event - 30 March 2026

  Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series

• ‘A reproduction can make the original important again’ News - 1 October 2024

  For her research, PhD candidate Liselore Tissen put one famous painting after another through a 3D scanner. The resulting reproductions were indistinguishable from the originals. But what does this mean for our interpretation of art?

• Tensions between China and Taiwan: what's behind it? News - 8 August 2022

  For a while, it was uncertain whether prominent American politician Nancy Pelosi would travel to Taiwan. But last Tuesday, she did visit – much to the displeasure of China. Asia expert Casper Wits explains why China reacted so strongly and what the consequences of the visit may be.

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  Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.hoogendam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276345

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  Jason Laffoon Associate professor

  j.e.laffoon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272646

• General Jacques Pâris de Bollardière and the French Nonviolence Movement, ca. 1960s-1980s Event - 16 February 2026

  Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series

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  Petr Kopecky Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  kopecky@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273602

• Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam News - 27 October 2021

  Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.

• Second World War victims commemorated in Hour of Remembrance News - 10 May 2022

  On 4 May, Leiden University remembered the victims of the Second World War from our university community. Alumni, students and present and former staff of the University came together for this Hour of Remembrance.

• Brightspace gradebook (Science) Course

  Didactics, Working effectively, ICT

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  Ralph Rippe Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  rrippe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273889

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  Denny van der Vlist Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.d.van.der.vlist@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Julia Cramer Assistant professor

  j.cramer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Min Cho Asistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  m.j.cho@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503

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  Elise Swart Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.k.swart@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation News - 9 December 2024

  Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalism platform The Conversation. In 2024, this resulted in 51 articles, which together were read by more than 667,000 people.

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  Pingtao Ding Assistant professor

  p.ding@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275306

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  Vivian van der Werf Guest

  v.van.der.werf@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May News - 24 May 2023

  Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard to restore the power to the buildings in phases and this was successful. Students and staff can work and study there again.

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  Maria Boletsi Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.boletsi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272357

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  Jurriaan Witteman Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.witteman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278031

• How do we experience music? Vocational students to explore this at a festival News - 11 September 2025

  Many of us love music, but we don’t understand why exactly that is – or how our individual experiences of music can differ. Rebecca Schaefer will research this in the run-up to the SNAAR Festival in Utrecht. And in a unique way: students in vocational education (mbo) will be the researchers.

• Meet Prof. dr. Jürgen K. Zangenberg, LJSA Co-Initiator and Member News - 23 November 2023

  Prof. Zangenberg came to Leiden in 2006 as Professor for New Testament and Early Christian Literature and is now Chair for the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.

• The Ptolemaic Ruler Cult in Egypt: The Greek Temple of Hermopolis Magna in its Religious and Socio-Historical Context Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

• From the griffon vulture to Physcia biziana: record number of rare species in campus BioBlitz News - 22 September 2025

  What a result! The Higher Education BioBlitz recorded 3,155 species, smashing our target of 2,500. Thanks to your efforts, Leiden University made an impressive eight ‘very rare’ finds. A result that gives hope for our biodiversity.

• Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent times News - 14 January 2026

  The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium.

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  Skip Thijssen PhD candidate

  s.thijssen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Christoph Niessen Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.niessen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Babak Rezaeedaryakenari Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Tom Louwerse Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.p.louwerse@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Raafat Shamieh Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.shamieh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rachael Hall PhD candidate

  r.a.hall@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maarten Kampert Director LUXs

  LURIS

  m.m.d.kampert@luris.nl | 071 5272727

• Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’ News - 19 April 2022

  During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.

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  Ben van Werkhoven Assistant professor

  b.van.werkhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Construction work starts on new accommodation for international PhDs News - 11 January 2024

  Work has begun on an accommodation complex for international PhD candidates and postdocs at the Leiden Bio Science Park.

• 3 October University: Science Market Event - 3 October 2025

  Festival

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  Federica Lucchi

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  Arturo García De León PhD candidate

  a.j.garcia.de.leon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gert-Jan Lelieveld Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  lelieveldgj@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276615

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  Kiki Zanolie Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.k.k.zanolie@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273838

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  Marret Noordewier Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.k.noordewier@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278852

• The Complicit Politics of EU Migration Diplomacy Event - 4 June 2025

  Lecture, LIMS seminar

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  Anoma van der Veere Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.van.der.veere@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Esmée Turpijn Student assistant

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  e.i.turpijn@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power' News - 5 April 2023

  Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…

• Punishment or refuge? ‘Women sometimes aimed to be convicted’ News - 28 January 2025

  Over a thousand women ended up in a State workhouse between 1886 and 1934. This was a place for vagrants, beggars and drunkards: people who were said to be too lazy to work. Who were these women who were sent there? PhD candidate Marian Weevers found out.

• Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities Event - 20 April 2026

  Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series