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• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

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  Nike van Helden PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.van.helden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern' News - 29 April 2021

  On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’

• this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language News - 17 September 2024

  Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach this problem?

• Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’ News - 12 December 2025

  In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.

• Korean - Dutch Literature Night Event - 28 March 2023

  Reading & Panel Discussion

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  Rick Honings Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272126

• European Days of Languages Event
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  Krista A. Milne Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978

• NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’ News - 26 September 2022

  Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.

• Driving skills: conceptual metaphors and the etymology of Vedic r̥tá Event - 20 February 2026

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’ News - 7 February 2023

  'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’

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  Florian Schneider Professor Modern China

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272544

• Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean News - 22 January 2025

  Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 March 2025. He will succeed the present Vice-Dean, Mirjam de Baar, who will complete her second term on that date.

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  Janine Ubink Professor Law, Governance and Development

  Faculty of Law

  j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7493

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  Bram Ieven University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.k.ieven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1308

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  Wim van Anrooij Professor emeritus Dutch Literature before Romanticism

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.van.anrooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• VSBfonds Beurs Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master, PhD

• Why Humanities? Frans-Willem Korsten about Literature & Law Event - 28 November 2024

  Lecture

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  Tessa Verhoef Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  t.verhoef@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277903

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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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  Egbert Fortuin Professor Russian Language and Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.fortuin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2075

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  Johanneke Caspers University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2157

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  Amos van Baalen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.w.van.baalen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Göran Sundholm Professor emeritus Philosophy of Mathematics and of Logic

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.g.sundholm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Olga Lundysheva PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.lundysheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthew Sung PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.w.m.sung@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125

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  Sandra Karten Teaching methodologist for Classical Languages

  ICLON

  s.m.karten@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276547

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  Milan Ismangil PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.ismangil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Leonie Henkes PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.c.f.henkes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zheyu Shang PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  z.shang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Goran Bouaziz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.bouaziz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe' News - 22 November 2022

  On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year.

• European Day of Languages - Taalquizine Event - 26 September 2025

  Festival

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  Casper Wits University Lecturer East Asia Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.wits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6006

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  Ian Shen PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Science

  z.shen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt: ‘This novel is a plea for human assistance’ News - 17 June 2024

  Philosophy alumna Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt returns to Leiden University on 20 June to present her latest novel Stemmen (Voices) in Plexus. ‘I wanted to show that things could be done differently in psychiatric care.’

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  Joseph Fiifi Barimah-Begyina Fosu-Ankrah PhD candidate / Guest

  African Studies Centre

  j.fosu-ankrah@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Bisschop Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.c.bisschop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2980

• Sign language emergence and diachronic change Event - 5 November 2025

  Conference, Leiden-Birmingham Lectures

• Language as a weapon: alumna Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence News - 19 May 2022

  It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner tasked with tackling this persistent social problem. Eisma studied the Dutch language at Leiden. How is her…

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  Marianne van Dijken Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.van.dijken@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marinus van IJzendoorn

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.h.van.ijzendoorn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• “Armez-vous des sciences”? The Creative Lives of African Universities Event - 4 December 2024

  Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture

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  Iris Kole Marketing communication staff member (maternity leave)

  Administration and Central Services

  j.n.kole@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 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.

• ‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages News - 16 December 2022

  Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.

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• Erasmus+ for Traineeships after Graduation Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’ News - 9 February 2021

  A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’