Marion Elenbaas is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Arman Hasan, PhD Candidate at Leiden University, researches Islamic charity and humanitarianism in India as part of the ERC-funded project 'Entangled Universals of Transnational Islamic Charity.' His interests include anthropology of religion, Islam, state dynamics, and urban spaces.

Tim van de Meerendonk, PhD in anthropology, lectures at Leiden University's Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, teaching diverse courses in the Bachelor’s programme and specializing in the thesis track Diversity.

Anikó Lipták is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Linguistics. She studies syntactic rules in grammar, with special attention to crosslinguistic variation and the interface between syntax and information structure, as well as between syntax and word formation. Currently, her focus is on the structure…

Tony Foster is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Xiong Xiong is a PhD at the Institute for Area Studies.

The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.

Picturing Scholasticide is a multimodal initiative that brings urgent attention to the social and legal consequences of Israel’s systematic destruction of Palestinian institutions of higher education. The project consists of both a physical exhibition and a website.

The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) has started a survey to identify the success factors of a strong codetermination culture within higher education institutes. All members of a codetermination council in higher education can participate in this survey until 2 April.

Leiden University continued to reduce its carbon footprint in 2021 by being more careful with natural resources and making structural reductions to its energy consumption. This is what it says in the Sustainability Report 2021.

A new website has been set up that provides information about the government funded Law Sector Plan in the Netherlands, including the plans of the participating universities and developments within the agreed themes.

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The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.

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

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Getting young people excited about history is quite possible without books. Researchers from Leiden travelled to Morocco to work with schoolchildren on reconstructing cultural heritage in the popular video game Minecraft. The result: one virtual 14th-century city gate – and 20 teens with a greater appreciation…

How satisfied are you with your work? And how can we improve? On Tuesday 6 May, our partner Welliba will invite you to take our 2025 Employee Experience Survey. We want your opinions on your workload, a respectful culture and more.

Joanita Vroom is Professor in Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia, specializing in the material culture of the 7th to 19th centuries.

Erik de Maaker is Associate Professor at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at the Leiden University.

Alicia Schrikker is Professor of the History of the Netherlands in the World and Director of Research at the Leiden University Institute for History. She is an expert in the history and legacy of Dutch colonialism. She supervises BA, MA and PhD research in the fields of socio legal history, colonial…

Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, has published a new article, Desire in Code: Legal Perspectives on Sex Robots and Consent, in Law, Culture and the Humanities.

De Universiteit Leiden vindt de aanpassing van het bindend studieadvies geen verstandig plan.

Op de tweede dag van de Orientation Week Leiden verwelkomden we ruim 300 internationale studenten in het Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw. Ze werden ontvangen met een warm welkom van het faculteitsbestuur, en de traditionele stroopwafel.

The Faculty Board has handed in a proposal with the Executive Board (CvB) for the allocation of the starter and incentive grants.

Leiden University is concerned about the plans presented by Minister of Education, Culture and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf to limit English-taught courses in higher education. If these plans go forward, the university believes this could have major consequences for our international students and staff.…