Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

With this duo lecture, we are delighted to introduce our new Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory in a Global Perspective. Dr. Vera Wolff will join our department in the next academic year, and we are very pleased to welcome her on this festive occasion. We have chosen to mark this…

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

Ksenia Fedorova is a university lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Within the Modern and Contemporary cluster of LUCAS, she is affiliated with the Environmental Humanities sub-cluster.

Dr. Tingting Hui is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University, specializing in critical theory, contemporary literature and arts, and the philosophy of language. Her research spans diverse areas, including care ethics, multilingualism, and translation theory. She has received multiple awards, such…

Benedictus van Broekhuizen is a lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

The more diverse a work environment is the more creative and innovative it will be. This in turn promotes quality of education and research, which is why Leiden University is committed to equal opportunities for each individual, whether these are opportunities for appointment, for promotion, or to optimally…

University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before I worked at Leiden University.’

Assistant Professor Daan Weggemans researches contemporary and digital security, cybercrime, extremism and conceptual thinking at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA).

The symposium will be held on 11 June 2025 from 10.00-17.00 and is organized as a starting point for the publication of an edited volume – a selection of symposium attendants will be invited to submit book chapters.

From 2026-2027, the Faculty of Humanities will add a new core curriculum course to its education: Humanities in a Digital World. The new course will prepare all students for their role as humanities specialists in the digital society. The course has been developed by experts from different study programmes…

From 2018, Anne Gerritsen holds the Chair of Asian Art at Leiden University. This position is generously sponsored by the Royal Asian Art Society in the Netherlands, Hulsewé Wazniewski Foundation, Isaac Alfred Ailion Foundation, Foundation for the Study of China at Leiden University, and the Jan Menze…

Masoud Kiani is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Philosophy.

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

The more diverse a work environment is the more creative and innovative it will be. This in turn promotes quality of education and research, which is why Leiden University is committed to equal opportunities for each individual, whether these are opportunities for appointment, for promotion, or to optimally…

Monday from 18:00-19:15 h

Peter Liebregts is a Professor of Modern Literatures in English at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

The LUCL Language Policy Virtual Research Seminar series focuses on Language Policy and Practices in the Global North and South.

The ICON-S Benelux Chapter will hold its third General Conference on 26 and 27 October 2026. The conference will take place in Leiden (NL), hosted by Leiden Law School, with a fully in-person programme of plenary sessions and parallel panels. Theme The overarching theme of the conference is Trust in…

Prof.dr. R.V. Dijk Prof.dr. B. Meyer Prof. K. A. Senah

I am a university lecturer in English-language literature and culture, specialising in the history and development of Gothic, Horror and Science Fiction, and recently also Noir, from about 1750-present. In my research I explore social and ethical questions relating to these genres.

Since February 2020 Wim van den Doel is Dean of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) Universities, a strategic alliance of Leiden University, TU Delft, and Erasmus University Rotterdam and professor at the three connected universities.

Literature – and films and social media too – helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, especially if you dare to combine it with other disciplines, says Nidesh Lawtoo.

Prof.dr. F.N. Pieke Prof.dr. M.F. Herzfeld

Esther Edelmann is a University Lecturer in modern and contemporary literature. Her teaching and research activities focus on the intersections between literature and law, literature and political economy, and culture and environmental humanities. She teaches in literature programs, International Studies,…

Karla Paola Cabrera Acuña is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Arts in Society. Master of Arts in Literary Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Graduate in Hispanic Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

While representation of presence forms the basis of most of the art historical canon, in this symposium we will focus on absence instead. We will study the absence of representation and the representation of absence. What happens when art erases, leaves out, or hides things? When it refuses to close…

Prof.dr.mr. T. Liefaard Prof.mr.drs. M.R. Bruning

This work investigates the role of visuality in the education and identity formation of deaf people. From a historical and semiotic perspective, the research analyzes how visual experiences shape the learning and social interaction of deaf individuals, especially after the recognition of Libras (Brazilian…

The Japanese term bijutsu (美術) designates ‘fine art’ in the Western sense, commonly used in Japan. However, it did not exist in premodern Japan until it was coined in the early Meiji period (1868-1912). By using this term, the Meiji government promoted Western notions and practices of fine art…

Stijd de Cauwer is a university lecturer at the Centre for the Arts in Society.

Kim Dankoor is a Hip Hop researcher, media expert, and interviewer who regularly appears in Dutch and U.S. media to discuss her research and to provide scholarly commentary on developments in Hip Hop and popular culture. She frequently switches roles between interviewee and interviewer to talk to artists,…

Joris Dormans is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Daný van Dam is a university lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Since 1 January Leiden has a new graduate school. The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), previously based at the University of Amsterdam, has moved to the Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).

Salvador Santino Regilme (born 1986) is an interdisciplinary researcher of International Relations and human rights, and he is a tenured Associate Professor of International Relations (Universitair hoofddocent) based at the Institute of History at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Born in the Philippines…

SL&D is a series of lectures about sign languages, their histories and the main speakers of these languages, the deaf people.

Contemporary data management practices rest on the four principles: findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability.

Roderick Bouman is collection manager of the Leiden Hortus botanicus. He keeps track of which plants there are in the garden, where they come from and makes sure visitors can find the right information about them. ‘We are like a regular museum,’ says Bouman. ‘Except that our objects are alive. That…

2023 was a busy year for the faculty. Many colleagues won awards and important progress was made on the Kernvisie. We said farewell to the previous Faculty Board and welcomed our new Interim Board. All this and lots more. Watch the video below for an overview of 2023 in a nutshell.

Peter Meel is University Lecturer at the Institute for History.

Rosanne van der Voet is a university lecturer at the Centre for the Arts in Society.