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• Double Lecture: Illustrated Books and Manuscripts in Early Modern Japan Event - 18 September 2023

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  Berthe Jansen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.k.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2379

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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor of Chinese Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.l.idema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Ajay Gandhi Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.gandhi@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9100

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  Erik-jan Zurcher Professor emeritus Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.zurcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Elpine de Boer University Lecturer Psychology of Religion

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.de.boer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2562

• How climate change affects intangible heritage: ‘Specific materials to build instruments are disappearing’ News - 11 May 2023

  What do climate change and traditional Japanese music have to do with each other? A great deal, university lecturer Andrea Giolai suspects. He has been awarded an NWO grant to study the relationship in more depth.

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  Marc Buijnsters Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.m.e.buijnsters@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2920

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  Bareez Majid Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5154

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  Liesbeth Minnaard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.minnaard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2358

• Aya Ezawa honoured for volunteer work with Japanese-Indonesian war children: 'Recognition of the importance of reconciliation' News - 10 November 2025

  University lecturer Aya Ezawa has received a Certificate of Commendation from the Japanese Embassy in the Netherlands for her efforts to promote reconciliation between the Netherlands and Japan, in particular by supporting Japanese-Indonesian war children. As a member of the Foundation for War Victims…

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  Murat Dirican- Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.dirican@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maurits Berger Professor of Islam and the West

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1684

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  Angelika Koch-Low University Lecturer Premodern Japanese History and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.c.koch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5165

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  Anne Sytske Keijser Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.s.keijser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272217

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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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  Lucas da Costa Maciel Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

  l.da.costa.maciel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’ News - 28 November 2022

  As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey, that’s interesting!’

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  Maarten Kossmann Professor of Berber Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2649

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  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.opgenhaffen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2099

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  Geert Warnar Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.warnar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2158

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  Siavash Rafiee Rad University Lecturer Persian

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.rafiee.rad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3942

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  Peter Webb University Lecturer Arabic Literature and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.a.webb@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1689

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  Carina van den Hoven Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.van.den.hoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2036

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  Arnold Mol PhD candidate / lecturer Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.w.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.i.van.ling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009137

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  Florian Schneider Professor Modern China

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2544

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henegouwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6509

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  Lieke Bes Research assistant

  Faculty of Archaeology

  l.m.c.bes@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Andrew Littlejohn awarded Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship News - 10 November 2021

  Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provides funds for early-career scholars to write and publish significant monographs that will impact the development of anthropology.

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor of International Studies and Global History

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.g.b.m.duijvesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9325

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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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  Hossam Ahmed Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.i.a.a.ahmed@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4417

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  Lukas Milevski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.milevski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1288

• Programme Japanese Studies (MA)

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  Mirjam de Baar Professor the Cultural History of Early Modern Christianity

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6416

• Japan and the Netherlands in a Global Context: Transnational Intellectual Currents of the 19th Century Event - 30 October 2024

  Lecture, COGLOSS lecture

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  Hans Janssen Professor emeritus History, in particular castles

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.l.janssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2682

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  Danielle Chevalier Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Law

  d.a.m.chevalier@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1039

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  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus of Codicology

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Arash Mohammadavvali External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.mohammadavvali@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Simon van der Straten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  s.van.der.straten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ae Ree Nam Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6415

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