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Staalduinen receives Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association
Assistant Professor Briitta van Staalduinen has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Section on Class and Inequality. Her dissertation, Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State, aims to reconcile the persistence of ethnic inequalities in expansive welfare…
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences publishes advice on dignity and respect in academia
If universities and research institutions want to tackle unacceptable behaviour in academia, they must shift their focus from dealing with complaints to preventing such behaviour in the first place. This is what the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has concluded. It has therefore…
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Christoph Niessen
c.niessen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Skip ThijssenFaculty of Science
s.thijssen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Raafat Shamieh
Social & Behavioural Sciences
r.shamieh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Social & Behavioural Sciences
s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Tom LouwerseSocial & Behavioural Sciences
t.p.louwerse@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rachael HallFaculty of Archaeology
r.a.hall@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Maarten KampertLuris
m.m.d.kampert@luris.nl | 071 5272727
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Open Science Week 2024 at the Faculty of Science
Festival
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Executive Board visits Institute of Environmental Sciences: ‘Optimism-led solutions’
The Executive Board is visiting the university’s institutes to find out what is going on. On 8 July 2025, it was the turn of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), one of the fastest-growing institutes at Leiden University. ‘Our main aim is to preserve our planet for future generations.’
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residents of Leiden and The Hague at 3 October University or Weekend of Science
Organisation, Social
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Archaeologist Mette Langbroek works on beads exhibition: ‘Humans have a special relationship with beads'
Beads are among the oldest types of human artistic expression. Even so, the small ornaments have a bad status record regarding archaeological investigation. PhD candidate Mette Langbroek, usually at home studying early medieval beads, had the opportunity to work on a publication and exhibition on 5000…
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Dutch Bio Science Week
Event
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Dick van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
b.j.m.van.broekhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Attend the annual Byvanck Lecture on Digital Safeguarding of the Baalshamîn Temple in Palmyra
Research
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Honorary doctorate for anthropologist Rosemary Joyce
American anthropologist Rosemary Joyce will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on its Dies Natalis on 8 February. Joyce has delivered important new insights into the ancient Mayan cultures of Central America.
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Federica LucchiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
f.lucchi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Victor GijsbersFaculty of Humanities
v.gijsbers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1250
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Arturo García De LeónFaculty of Archaeology
a.j.garcia.de.leon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gert-Jan LelieveldSocial & Behavioural Sciences
lelieveldgj@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6615
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
a.p.pregent@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Shaping the future with stories from the past
An archaeologist as a modern-day shaman. An unexpected comparison Professor by Special Appointment of Public Archaeology Luc Amkreutz will make in his inaugural lecture.
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22 May: No network access in Bio Science Park buildings after 18:00 hrs
ICT
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Open Science Week 2024
Festival
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Open Science Week online
Festival
- Open Science in Archaeology: an Unconference
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Executive Board column: Open communication isn’t rocket science, but we do forget it at times
We want to be an engaged community where we feel heard and enjoy working together. But how do we have an open conversation about difficult topics?
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Saxion students visit the Faculty of Archaeology
The end of January arrived together with welcome guests from Saxion University of Applied Sciences. As a part of their two-day-long visit to South Holland, almost 100 Saxion archaeology students visited our Faculty.
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Anne GerritsenFaculty of Humanities
a.t.gerritsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book
This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body.
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Evert van NieuwenburgFaculty of Science
e.p.l.van.nieuwenburg@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5523
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Leila DemarestSocial & Behavioural Sciences
l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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‘Lifelong development is the perfect way to connect science with society’
As well as offering students a first-rate education, Leiden University provides a wide range of training for professionals, so they can be lifelong learners. And that is not just of value to participants. ‘As a university, you start a dialogue with society to achieve better knowledge together.’
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Marieke BosSocial & Behavioural Sciences
m.g.n.bos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6624
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Iliana SamaraSocial & Behavioural Sciences
i.samara.2@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Selin TopelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
s.topel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Open Science Week at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Festival
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OSCoffee: Open Science and Impact and Valorisation
Lecture
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Yuye QueFaculty of Humanities
y.que@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Pieter SlamanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
p.j.slaman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3097
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Work to begin on 703 new student flats at Leiden Bio Science Park in mid-2021
Seven hundred and three independent student flats will be built in the entrance area of the Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP), close to the University Sports Centre. Construction will begin this year and the accommodation is expected to be completed by the start of academic year 2023-2024.
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Antoine CoudardFaculty of Science
a.coudard@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tycho Roorda
Faculty of Science
t.roorda@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlSocial & Behavioural Sciences
j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3903
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Dr. Kuijpers in Science Magazine: 'This is a blow to the idea that elites were running the show'
A new study sugggests that through informal networks, Mesopotamian merchants established a standardized system of weights that later spread across Europe, enabling trade across the continent. The advance effectively formed the first known common Eurasian market more than 3000 years ago. “This is…
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Call for submissions: symposium ‘Changing Approaches Towards Restitution and Return of Colonial Heritage’
Research
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NIA Spring School: Audio Visual Methods in Collaborative Archaeology: Exploring the Politics of Heritage
Education