On 22 September, LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research: Attempts by Spiritual Animal Magnetizers to Prove Life after Death” at Universität Bern, Switzerland. The PhD project was part of the of SNF research project…

On 1 and 2 September, colleagues of Leiden Law School participated in the very first International ELS Conference, organised by the ELS Academy in Amsterdam.

Friday 25 April 2025 | Leiden University Institute of Security and Global Affairs – The Hague

In December 2023, Louise van der Vlugt was announced as Co-Winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award. She sat down to answer some questions about her prize-winning BA Thesis.

With interactive live presentations, a mass of chat opportunities and 360 degree videos, more prospective students than ever can gain a good impression of their chosen programme and the city they’re thinking of studying at. Instead of meeting up in the Pieterskerk or faculty buildings, thousands of…

In November 2024, Dr. Hana Kubatova (Charles University, Prague) visited Leiden to talk with students and our community about academic freedom and neutrality at the university. This meaningful event was planned by student leaders from CIROS (Community for International Relations and Organisations Students)…

In December 2024, Dr. Jonathan Singerton (University of Amsterdam) was the featured guest speaker at the last lunch talk of the Fall 2025 semester. A full house assembled to hear Dr. Singerton take us on a journey across the Habsburg Empire and to spots far-flung from Vienna. Dr. Singerton told us a…

Researchers Karène Sanchez and Sary Zananiri tell us about their research project CrossRoads, which investigates Christian communities during British Mandate Palestine (1918-1948) through cultural and linguistic lenses. The project was awarded a VIDI grant by NWO in 2017.

To celebrate its 5th anniversary as an independent non-profit think tank, the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL) held its first lustrum with a conference on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 April 2023. The conference discussed the European Commission’s long-expected legislative…

Did you know that the Netherlands has the highest percentage of members of the working population using LinkedIn? Start making use of LinkedIn's possibilities with this workshop! Successful use of LinkedIn can be done in three steps, which we'll cover in this workshop: A good profile you…

Prof.dr. H.A. Borgdorff dr. W.van der Meer

PhD defence

In February, we will be hosting our annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event at EBF, we are once again grateful for their hospitality. We look forward to meeting you on the 29th of February 2024! Doors open at 18:15h. The event starts at 19:00h, our panel will discuss the European Elections. After the…

This lecture will delve into the classical, yet pressing, question of the boundaries between human and nonhuman animals, through the lens of one of the most outstanding thinkers in Islamic intellectual history: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606 H/1210 CE). Al-Rāzī, like most premodern philosophers across…

Lunch Seminar

Following the contestation of the liberal world order, Archaya once argued that it is now time for a multiplex world order arguing that we are in a post-hegemonic phase where there is a fragmentation or rather ‘pluralisation of actors, ideas and process’. Like going to a multiplex theater, various models…

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PhD defence

This ELS lab methodology session will take place outside of the usual cycle of our meetings. During this lab, Yvonne Erkens will present her case study on social safety as part of a review assignment for a university. Her methods included document analysis and interviews with stakeholders.…

Conference

Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…

On 5 May, we celebrate the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 and the fact that we have been able to live in freedom ever since. But what does freedom mean, and how does it relate to our safety? Various FGGA experts draw connections with their own fields of expertise.

Webinar: ‘An Introduction to the Arabic Language History and Origins’ Date : Monday, July 10, 2023 Time : 12:30 – 13:00 hrs Location : Online via Teams Link to the webinar: Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 355 470 657 667 Access code: hdpXi9 Download Teams | Join on the web

Prof.mr. W.H. van Boom Prof.mr. E. Koops

Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2018 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.

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Do you want to prepare yourself for your future career? Think about your next stop and come to the Humanities Career Event on Wednesday 10 April (in Dutch). Follow workshops from alumni working at for example the Ministry of Foreign Affars, Google, AIVD, Mediastages. More information…

Do you know what a recruiter sees when looking at your CV?

Book launch

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Research data is increasingly shared, often with the idea that it will be reused. However, reuse is far from being guaranteed: it involves effort, costs, and knowledge of the complex data repository and infrastructure landscape. It is also not always clear if indeed an audience for shared data exists.…

Public Panel

Arts and culture, Festival

It is the largest database for space ice yet: The Leiden Ice Database for Astrochemistry: LIDA. Created by astrophysicists at the Leiden Observatory, LIDA includes not only hundreds of measurement data, but also software to examine astronomical observations and prepare new measurements with the James…

Computers are increasingly able to accomplish tasks that are difficult for human experts, such as diagnosing diseases or detecting credit card fraud. While the earliest examples of computational thinking can be traced back to the 13th century, according to Holger Hoos, Leiden Professor of Machine Learning,…

How did the Arabs manage to maintain an empire based on Islamic principles for three hundred years? Arab expert Petra Sijpesteijn and her team will be examining this question over the coming five years, focusing on the correspondence of ordinary people. The research is being funded by an ERC Consolidator…

After a year of war against Ukraine, professors André Gerrits, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Frans Osinga look back at Russian aggression and Western unity and ahead to the new offensive.

‘If you want to implement open science, you at least need someone at each faculty who can help researchers to solve practical problems.’ Dorien Huijser spent two years managing the transition to a new working method at the Institute of Psychology’s Brain and Development Research Center.

Aukje Nauta's professorship at Leiden University has been extended for another five years. She will further research how connectedness in the workplace helps people to be their full self and perform better. Her conviction: for a healthy work culture, we need to be willing to feel a bit more ashamed…

For centuries, astronomers have studied the universe by collecting light signals. Since 2015, the confirmation of an important prediction of Einstein allows us to explore the universe in a new way: through gravitational wave radiation. Astronomy PhD candidate Valeriya Korol proposes to use these gravitational…

Chats with students, webinars or online experiences. Fortunately, in these times of social distancing with prospective students currently unable to visit Leiden University, there are plenty of online ways to find out what it’s like to study at Leiden University. What are they?

What will the future be like? This is something that every student wonders about as graduation approaches. What will I do? How can I find a good job? And even more importantly: How do I land that job once I have found it? If a student has a disability, additional questions may also arise. A symposium…

Bullying, abuse or a difficult divorce: many young people struggle with mental health problems after traumatic experiences. But why do some suffer much more than others? This is the question that Hannah Dorsman is exploring within the THRIVE project.

Two terrifying yellow eyes stared at eleven-year-old Francis Lesilau. In the evening light they changed colour: green, amber, back to yellow... The lion had just grabbed one of his camels and now turned to number two. For a moment Francis was nailed to the ground, then he ran towards the predator, screaming.…

Echoing corridors, chaotic lessons and the obligatory chit-chat in the playground: for pupils with autism, an average day at school is exhausting. As a result, many of them feel lonely. Elijah, an expert from personal experience, says: ‘In the breaks, I’d sit on my own in a room.’