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815 search results for “civil society” in the Student website

• ‘Universities are changing, but they remain essential to society’ News - 9 February 2026

  From academic freedom to security and medical breakthroughs: during Leiden University’s 451st Dies Natalis, the speakers reflected on the role of universities in a world of social and geopolitical tensions.

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  Tom Bouwman Researcher/lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  t.bouwman@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274810

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  Rob Demarée

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.demaree@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  René van Walsem Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.van.walsem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Youri Cremers PhD candidate / PhD fellow

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  y.e.m.cremers@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.j.van.haersolte@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthias Haentjens Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.haentjens@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278527

• Reunionists of Leiden Historical Debating Society celebrate 65th anniversary: 'We are more alive than ever' News - 15 November 2022

  Friday 4 November marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Leiden’s P.C. Hooft Historical Debating Society. Although new members have not been accepted for several decades, the society is still alive and kicking. A retrospective with former presidents Jos Hooghuis and Saskia Leupen.

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  Femke Bakker Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.e.bakker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276188

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  Geert Warnar Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.warnar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272158

• Update Executive Board: Senate adopts education budget, cuts to go ahead News - 8 April 2025

  The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.

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  Wouter Wagemakers Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.a.wagemakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272505

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  Jan Sleutels Senior University Lecturer Philosophy of Mind and Media Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.m.sleutels@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272007

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  Lisa Schreuders Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.schreuders@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mies Grijns Guest postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.grijns@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• Launch of LDE Space & Society Honours: ‘I hope students learn they need each other’ News - 29 November 2024

  Connecting space to society and gaining problem-solving experience: that’s the goal of LDE Space & Society, a new honours programme for bachelor’s students in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam. What does the programme look like? And what do students hope to learn? We visited a kick-off session full of exc…

• Rubicon for research into Roman law: ‘We don’t know what wider society thought about law’ News - 17 May 2022

  Expert in Classics Renske Janssen has been awarded a Rubicon grant. She will use the grant to conduct research at the University of Edinburgh into how Roman law was perceived by society at the time.

• Minister Dijkgraaf: ‘We must narrow the gap between science and society’ News - 11 March 2022

  The speed at which science is changing our lives gives rise to tensions and concerns. In his talk at Leiden University, Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) said we should talk more about science’s relationship with society and political decision-making.

• Minor in Law, Literature and Society shows inextricable link between law and art News - 23 January 2024

  The film Blade Runner as part of the law curriculum? It’s not that weird to Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, and Frans-Willem Korsten, Professor of Literature, Culture and Law. ‘The film raises a fundamental question: what’s a human and what’s not?’ From the next academic year onwards,…

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  Paula Kemp Guest lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  p.c.m.kemp@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Annemarie Samuels Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.samuels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271724

• The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society News - 14 October 2021

  Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…

• Diversity in society: ‘We are looking for a new approach to an existing phenomenon’ News - 4 July 2022

  What is the best way for us as a society to deal with all the different forms of diversity? Professor Marlou Schrover will use the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) to explore this question with colleagues and the public.

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  Maurits Berger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271684

• Luris transition: important changes to organisational structure and working methods News - 13 July 2021

  Luris supports and advises researchers and societal partners on knowledge transfer, research impact and public-private partnerships between researchers and society. The organisational structure of Luris is changing to help us better meet the changing needs of our researchers and civil society. Read…

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  Louis Verreth PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.verreth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jos van den Broek Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Medicine

  broek@lumc.nl |

• Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society' News - 6 November 2025

  In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…

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  Olaf van Vliet Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  o.p.van.vliet@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278551

• Salvador Santino Regilme in Transforming Society: 'Oligarchic Rivalry: US–China Tariffs and the Global Politics of Inequality' News - 10 June 2025

  In a new Transforming Society article, Salvador Santino Regilme, Associate Professor and Chair of the International Relations Program at Leiden University, critiques the Trump administration’s US–China tariff war as a covert instrument of domestic class warfare.

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  Christoph Niessen Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.niessen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Santy Kouwagam Postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.u.kouwagam@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Jan-Bart Gewald Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  j.b.gewald@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273372

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  Roxane de Massol de Rebetz Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.m.f.de.massol.de.rebetz@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271200

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  Nisida Gjoksi Guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  n.gjoksi@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• receives Comenius grant: 'We must bridge the gap between education and society' News - 2 August 2021

  In academia, the mention of Wikipedia might be met with suspicion. However, for Tsolin Nalbantian, university lecturer Modern Middle Eastern Studies, the encyclopedia is an opportunity to broaden the skills of her students and to increase public knowledge. She received a Teaching Comenius Fellowship…

• Education administration office Humanities Contact and advice

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  Hanna Swaab Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hswaab@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274060

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  Ruben van Uden Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.c.p.van.uden@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274992

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  Koen Donker Van Heel University Lecturer Demotic Papyrology

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.donker.van.heel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jacques van der Vliet Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.van.der.vliet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272221

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  Rolph Koot Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.m.c.m.koot@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278940

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  Miriam Müller University Lecturer Egyptian Archaeology, Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274859

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  Ben Haring Senior University Lecturer Egyptology

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.j.haring@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274170

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  Niels Demper PhD Fellow

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.w.demper@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271772

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  Jan van Staalduinen PhD candidate / PhD fellow

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.h.van.staalduinen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275139

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  Willemijn Waal Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.waal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alex Geert Castermans Professor of Civil Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.g.castermans@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277400

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  Margaretha Folmer guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.folmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272513

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  Jacob Hijma Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.hijma@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727