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• How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer News - 4 April 2023

  The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?

• Maurits Berger on Ruetir about national holidays News - 4 January 2023

  Why are the majority of our national holidays based around Christian festivities? Arabist Maurits Berger talks about this in an article on Ruetir.

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  Francesco Ragazzi Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.ragazzi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Diederik Smit Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2705

• Call for papers: Burial and Memory in the early Islamic World News - 8 May 2025

  From 6-8 April 2026 the conference "From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world" will take place in Cairo, Egypt. Deadline for sending in your abstract: 21 June 2025.

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  Tim Enwerem External PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  t.k.enwerem@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Wouter Veenendaal Professor by Special Appointment Kingdom Relations

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  w.p.veenendaal@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Marie Louise Krogh University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.krogh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• LUCSoR welcomes Verena Meyer to the staff News - 14 February 2024

  LUCSoR is happy to welcome Verena Myer, researcher and lecturer in Islam in South and South-East Asia to the staff. In this interview she will discuss the course she is teaching, as well as her upcoming book.

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  Nisida Gjoksi Guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  n.gjoksi@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• What drives anti-immigrant sentiment among youths in Ecuador? News - 31 January 2022

  Four researchers from Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science have been awarded a grant to jointly investigate attitudes towards Venezuelan immigrants among youths in Ecuador. Combining their expertise and collaborating with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, they will focus on school-going…

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  Femke Bakker Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.e.bakker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6188

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  Christian Henderson University Lecturer International Relations / Modern Middle East Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.v.henderson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4995

• Theological Speculation in Arabic: What Can We Know about Early Islamic Theology? Event - 14 November 2024

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: 'Trump is less constrained than ever before' News - 15 April 2025

  Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe of Leiden University discusses in The Conversation the growing influence of far-right activist Laura Loomer in Donald Trump’s administration.

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  Hosna Sheikhattar External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Law

  h.sheikhattar@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Elena Paskaleva Assistant Professor Critical Heritage Studies of Asia and Europe

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1692

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  Sarah de Lange Professor of Dutch Politics

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.l.de.lange@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Philippe van Gruisen Associate professor

  Faculty of Law

  p.van.gruisen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7853

• Huizinga Lecture 2025: What is at stake: The limits of politics and fair play Event - 11 December 2025

  Alumni event, Lezing

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  Clara van Dam Guest

  Faculty of Law

  j.c.a.van.dam@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Mayke Kaag Professor Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa

  African Studies Centre

  m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3375

• Imagining the Unimaginable: Finding the Islamic in Muslim Futures Event - 29 February 2024

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.e.van.der.boom@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2762

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.augusteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2763

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  Sarthak Bagchi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.i.van.ling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009137

• ‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’ News - 7 January 2021

  What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repressed people of Belarus rallied against dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years. Months later, what remains of the protest?…

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  Duygu Uysal Dincol Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.m.uysal.dincol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Expert Politics. Technocratic Reasoning in Dutch Parliamentary Debate, 1917-1994 Event - 11 November 2025

  PhD defence

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  Joanita Vroom Professor Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.a.c.vroom@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6087

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  Hans Oversloot Guest researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.oversloot@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sebastian David Pantoja Barrios Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.d.pantoja.barrios@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Manuel Cabal Lopez Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.cabal.lopez@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 VOLGT

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  Ruben Gonzalez Vicente Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.gonzalez.vicente@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Wouter Kalf University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.f.kalf@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2232

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  Corinna Jentzsch Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.jentzsch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273456

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  Léon Buskens Director NIMAR

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.h.m.buskens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 212 53 76 68500

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  Daphne Wong-A-Foe PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.l.wong-a-foe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Peter Webb University Lecturer Arabic Literature and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.a.webb@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1689

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  Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.p.a.theunissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6480

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  Aritri Dutta External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.dutta.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthew di Giuseppe Director of Studies / Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.r.di.giuseppe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 6757

• Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994 Event - 25 November 2025

  Lecture

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  Irene Moretti Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  i.moretti@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2829 8870

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  Roeland Spruyt Researcher/lecturer

  Faculty of Law

  r.l.j.spruyt@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Politics in Late Imperial Austria and Contemporary Europe: Back to Normal? Event - 31 October 2025

  Lecture, Global Questions Seminar

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  Mark Dechesne Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.dechesne@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589

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  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2592

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  Ian Simpson Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology