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• Dutch Symposium of the ancient Near East (DUSANE) Event - 16 April 2026

  Arts and culture

• A Tale in Two Tongues Event
• From Cordoba to Damascus: Reconstructing the final lost chapter of the Arabic Orosius Event - 25 November 2025

  Middle East Studies Lecture

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  Margaretha Folmer guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.folmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272513

• Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues wins KHMW Brouwer Thesis Prize for History News - 7 January 2025

  Master's student Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues is the winner of the KHMW Brewer Thesis Prize for History. He was awarded the prize for his research on donatism.

• Rites of Passage in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals Event - 20 May 2025

  Middle East Studies Lecture

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  Adriaan Rademaker University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.rademaker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272677

• 
  Ineke Sluiter Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.sluiter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273311

• 
  Rob Demarée

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  René van Walsem Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.van.walsem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The Values of Language(s) in the Ancient World Event - 12 June 2025

  Conference, Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XIII

• Jewish angels who speak Arabic: Yemeni-Jewish vernacular religion in immigration context Event - 24 March 2025

  Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

• 
  Yi Chen PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.c.chen@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Whose Language Is It, Anyway? Mapping Arabic in Modern Hebrew Literature Event - 17 June 2025

  Middle East Studies Lecture

• Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’ News - 31 October 2022

  The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…

• Marriage Traditions and the Stem Family in Ancient Egypt Event - 11 June 2025

  PhD defence

• Extra information faculties on OER Humanities Course and Examination Regulations (OER)

  The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.

• The Biblical Covenant and its Afterlife Event - 8 June 2026

  Lecture

• Programme accreditation Humanities Site visits and accreditation

  Degree programmes must be assessed and accredited once every six years to ensure they provide a high standard of education. You may be asked to speak to the assessment panel.

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  Finn Lindo-Dunn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.c.lindo-dunn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272210

• 
  Francesca Rosati PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.rosati@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Yifan Hu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.hu.24@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• PhD candidate Diego Salama: ‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’ News - 16 April 2024

  From 1967 to 1982, the United Nations undertook several peacekeeping operations in the Middle East. In his thesis from the Institute for History, Diego Salama examines how these operations were connected and their impact on the region.

• Petra Sijpesteijn elected Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences News - 3 June 2024

  In its session of 15 April 2024, the Austrian Academy of Sciences elected professor Petra Sijpesteijn as one of its new Corresponding Members.

• Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member News - 17 November 2023

  Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.

• 
  Olaf Kaper Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.e.kaper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272041

• 
  Liesbeth Claes Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.claes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278016

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  Joanne Stolk University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.v.stolk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272906

• Ritual at the Gates: Liminality, Transformation and Separation in Ancient Near Eastern Magic Event - 9 April 2025

  Lecture, LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series

• 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.

• Radio Palestine/Israel Challenging Preconceptions: ‘A courageous step in a polarised debate’ News - 14 February 2025

  The Israel-Palestine conflict regularly sparked intense debates in university lecturer Noa Schonmann's classes. She decided to start a podcast with journalist Rajaa Natour to teach her students to have deep and difficult conversations in a nuanced way.

• Scores of visitors attend open evening at new Middle Eastern Library News - 26 September 2024

  Over 200 people paid their first visit to the new Middle Eastern Library on a special open evening. As well as exploring the library, they got to see exhibitions, speed lectures and premieres about Leiden University’s Middle Eastern collections.

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  Tazuko van Berkel Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.a.van.berkel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272674

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  Koen Donker Van Heel University Lecturer Demotic Papyrology

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.donker.van.heel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Jacques van der Vliet Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.van.der.vliet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272221

• 
  Christoph Pieper University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.pieper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272673

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  Casper de Jonge Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.de.jonge@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272678

• 
  Bert van den Berg University Lecturer Ancient Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.m.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272680

• Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition News - 25 November 2021

  This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussion, and music.

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  Jörn Soerink University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.soerink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Pam de Groot Office Manager

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.z.de.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271954

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  Jurjen Donkers Study adviser

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.donkers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Gus Kraus PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carlo van Oosterhout PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.a.van.oosterhout@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• OIKOS Crash Course in Greek Palaeography 2026 Event - 26 May 2026

  Course

• Skin and Beyond: Reading the Surfaces of the Body in Ancient Greek Literature Event - 7 January 2026

  PhD defence

• Petra Sijpesteijn elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres News - 23 August 2022

  The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (AIBL), one of the five academies that make up the Institut de France, has elected professor Petra Sijpesteijn as foreign corresponding member (correspondant étranger), to fill the seat of the renowned Egyptologist Edda Bresciani.

• Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL) Event
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  Shuqi Jia PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.jia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727