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• Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments News - 29 September 2025

  Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.

• nationalism and the continuing significance of the national in an uncertain world Event - 5 March 2026

  Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network

• How do our language rules come about? News - 3 April 2025

  Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated why some rules became successful while other rules were quickly forgotten.

• Lennart Kruijer wins Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize with thesis on ancient Commagene News - 9 June 2023

  The prestigious Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize is annually awarded to the five best dissertations published in the year before in the fields of Humanities, Social sciences and Law. During a festive ceremony in Utrecht Lennart Kruijer received the award from the hands of professor Bas ter Haar…

• Researchers crack the rules of unknown board game from the Roman period News - 10 February 2026

  Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.

• Across World Orders: Information, Trust, Control, and Those in- Between in the Qing-Tibetan relationship (1636-1727) Event - 16 May 2025

  PhD defence

• exomoons Observational signatures of tidally induced volcanism in other worlds Event - 13 November 2025

  PhD defence

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579

• From sovereignty at sea to self-determination: the geopolitics of Greenland News - 22 January 2026

  Who holds rights to Greenland’s surrounding waters and natural resources? Which interests are at stake and for whose benefit? We put these questions to Hilde Woker, who specialises in the law of the sea in the Arctic.

• New publication affirms academic legacy of Hanna Stöger News - 13 January 2021

  In summer 2018 classical archaeologist Hanna Stöger passed away. At that moment she was in the midst of several cutting-edge research projects on the use of space in the Roman city of Ostia. To make sure that her groundbreaking work would not go unpublished, long-time colleagues Hans Kamermans and Bouke…

• Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA) News - 5 December 2024

  In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a couple of months, it’s high time to check in and see how the project is going.

• How vulnerable is the Netherlands to an energy crisis? News - 24 March 2026

  The Iran war has pushed up fuel prices and raised concerns about a global energy shortage. How well prepared is the Netherlands? We asked two experts.

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  Corinne Hofman Professor of Caribbean Archaeology

  c.l.hofman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272449

• Worlds shaped by words: A cross-linguistic investigation into the neural mechanisms of lexico-syntactic feature production Event - 17 December 2025

  PhD defence

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  Lisa Cheng Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.l.cheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272104

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  Frank Chouraqui Senior University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.chouraqui@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272006

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  Frans Theuws Professor

  f.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Corrie Bakels Emeritus professor

  c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 0715613845

• Disorienting Empire Event - 13 October 2025

  Conference, Workshop

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  Itai Siegel PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  i.d.siegel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272526

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  Weishuo Li PhD candidate

  w.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria de Kruijf Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.p.de.kruijf@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Esmée Driessen Guest lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.m.m.a.driessen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jennifer Swerida Assistant professor

  j.l.swerida@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048

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  Joep Schoenmakers PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.c.f.n.schoenmakers@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Floris Keehnen Researcher/Guest Steaff Member

  f.w.m.keehnen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Robbert Bruggeman PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.j.h.bruggeman@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jack Tillman PhD candidate

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  Djibrila Tetereou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.tetereou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274132

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  Jonathan Ouellet Education Officer

  j.m.ouellet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Louie Buana PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.a.a.buana@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Max Willem Lenssen PhD candidate

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  Fleur Vette PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.f.vette@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Azra Say Otun PhD candidate

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  Valentina Azzarà Honorary Research Fellow

  v.m.azzara@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Irini Sifogeorgakis PhD candidate / guest

  e.sifogeorgakis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mette Langbroek PhD candidate/ Guest

  m.b.langbroek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Corné Smit Guest lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.smit@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerrit van der Kooij Guest Researcher

  g.van.der.kooij@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nicky van de Beek NINO Visiting Research Fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.van.de.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Henk Zoomers PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.c.m.zoomers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Martijn Storms Curator

  Leiden University Libraries

  m.storms@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272855

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  Alexander de Wit Researcher/lecturer

  a.de.wit@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Femke Heijmans PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  f.n.heijmans@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Omer Yalcin External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  o.f.yalcin@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lydia van de Fliert PhD candidate

  l.l.van.de.fliert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mona Fadaei Heidari PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.fadaei.heidari@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jayne Huckerby PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Eddie Meijer PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.e.t.meijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Peter Kaemingk Researcher/lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  p.c.kaemingk@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727