Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University. She has a background in Liberal Arts & Sciences (BA) and History of International Relations (MA – cum laude) and completed a PhD on responses to terrorism in 2021.

Liesbeth van der Heide is a researcher and lecturer at Leiden University, Institute of Security and Global Affairs.

Unaesah Rahmah is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) and part of the Terrorism and Political Violence research group. She holds a master’s degree in strategic studies and a bachelor's degree in international relations.

Hanna van Bentum is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Public Administration. Her research focuses on technocracy and the role of knowledge and expertise in political-administrative practices.

Bonnie Tilland is a university lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies. Her focus is on family, gender and media in contemporary South Korea, from anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Judith Bruchhaus is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Her research explores the response of Western European Muslim women to counter-terrorism policies and the securitisation of Islam.

Kohei Suzuki is Assistant Professor at Institute of Public Administration, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University, the Hague, the Netherlands. His research examines how bureaucratic structures and administrative reforms affect policy outcomes, bureaucratic behavior, and broader…

The exhibition 'A Buddha in the Backyard: Asia as a Source of Inspiration' shows how we surround ourselves with elements from Asian cultures and gives a glimpse into the rich Asia collections of Leiden University. The exhibition runs from January 26 to May 9 and is on display in the exhibition hall…

Xuan Tang is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

(Anastasia) Chi Zhang is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology

I am a University Lecturer in Global Political Economy of China at the Institute for Area Studies. I also work in the Global Transformations and Governance Challenges Stimulus Program at Leiden. I study environmental politics and international political economy with an emphasis on developing countri…

Jessie Sun is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Linguistics. Her research interest focuses on how co-speech gestures interact with speech and non-manual articulations in multimodal communications, examined from pragmatics, cultural, gesture, and sociolinguistic perspectives.

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Graphic Novels and Comics have developed from pulp status to an entirely self-contained medium. This form of storytelling is not limited to stories of superheroes but has been used, molded and reshaped to display historical events, classic stories and autobiographical memoirs. But where should you begin…

Dorine Schellens is a cultural historian with expertise on contemporary Russian and German literature and culture. In addition, since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, she has been actively advocating for students and scholars who are at risk or have fled as a result of Russia's war or political…

Felix Ameka is Professor by Special Appointment and Senior University Lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics.

Herman Paul is Professor of the History of the Humanities. He currently serves a three-year term (2025–8) as academic director of the Leiden University Institute for History. In 2024, he was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Overview of the Scaliger, Brill, Elsevier, Van de Sande, Juynboll, Drewes, Isaac Alfred Ailion, Arminius, Van Gulik and Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows who have conducted research in the Special Collections of the University Library.

Bernard Steunenberg conducts research on European politics and policymaking, including the relationship between the Union and its Member States on the transposition and implementation of European policy. In his work, he uses perspectives from game theory, deliberative theory, public choice and analytical…

With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fellows and guest per year to consult and examine material in the Special Collections. The Scaliger Institute received a large number…

With support of several publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fellows and guests per year to consult and research materials from our Special Collections. The Scaliger Institute received applications this year from domestic…

Han Meyer, Carola Hein, Paul van de Laar and Sabine Luning, argue that in the current moment of major crises these ship channels necessitate radical reconsideration.

Ifeanyichukwu Charles Nweke is a Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) at Leiden University. His interdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of Security Studies, Environmental Conflict, Decolonial Thought, and Postcolonial Politics.

Jiaxuan Huang is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Róisín Lambert is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Arts in Society.

Youssef Cherif is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Area Studies.

As a professor of International Governance Kutsal Yesilkagit is driven by the desire to understand how political-administrative systems function. His work is all about doing research and teaching on how politicians, civil servants, and public institutions affect the outcomes of policies, societal events…

Shmailish (Mai) Anwar is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Mai’s academic journey includes a Bachelor of Arts in the Study of Religions from SOAS and a Master of Arts in Religion in Global Politics, also obtained at SOAS. Building upon this foundation, she pursued a Master…

Dr. Miles Kellerman is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) and a member of the Diplomacy and Global Affairs research group.

Kirsty Rolfe is a university lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her research focuses on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature, in particular news, political writing, and gender. She has published articles on plague and on military news reports, and is currently…

Rik de Ruiter’s current research focuses on the politics, governance and policy of the European Union, both at the supranational and national level. He is especially interested in the involvement of national parliaments in the European integration process.