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• Nira Wickramasinghe on New Books in South Asian Studies podcast News - 26 March 2021

  In the book 'Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of Modern South Asian Studies, uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world. She was interviewed about the book in the New Books in South East Asian…

• ‘Little’ Stories in ‘Big’ Histories. Families, Mobility, and Identity in the Indian Ocean Event - 10 December 2025

  Lecture

• Remembering and Forgetting in Two Worlds. Writing Histories of Forced Displacement and Submerged Genealogy Event - 11 December 2025

  Lecture

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  Maartje Janse Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4167

• Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast News - 4 March 2022

  Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…

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  Alicia Schrikker Senior University Lecturer / Director of Research

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769

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  Marcel Keurentjes External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.keurentjes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul Kessler Prefect / professor by special appointment of Botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia

  Faculty of Science

  p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235

• Vote now! A new name for the South Cluster Announcement - 5 September 2023

  Facility

• AI-enabled ultrasound: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa News - 29 August 2024

  AI ultrasounds: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa

• "I Now Declare You…”: Marital Status as Legal Technology in South Africa, Past and Present Event - 4 April 2024

  Commission on Legal Pluralism - Keynote Lecture

• South Cluster construction work continues over the summer News - 12 August 2022

  The construction work on the South Cluster is going ahead throughout the summer. See the photo's and the video below!

• appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ News - 8 November 2022

  Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'

• How can youth political participation in Africa be encouraged? News - 21 August 2025

  Do political knowledge and democratic values encourage young people to participate in politics or not? Political Scientist Leila Demarest had a closer look at adolescents’ participation intentions in Nigeria and shared her findings with The Conversation.

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  Michiel van Groesen Professor Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2765

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  Jonathan Stökl University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.j.stokl@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2255

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  Paul Nieuwenburg Professor Political Philosophy

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1983

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  Marieke Bloembergen Professor Heritage and Postcolonial Studies in Indonesian History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.bloembergen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2459

• A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ News - 14 March 2024

  The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying in Rabat.

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  Damian Pargas Professor History and Culture of North America

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.a.pargas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2736

• Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history' News - 14 October 2025

  A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…

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  Densua Mumford Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  d.mumford@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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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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  Mark Westmoreland Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.r.westmoreland@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3773

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  Ton Dietz Professor emeritus African Studies

  African Studies Centre

  a.j.dietz@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Rishuai Chen PhD candidate / contract

  African Studies Centre

  r.chen@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Igor Boog Director of Studies / Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  i.boog@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6606

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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  ebaehre@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3997

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  Timo McGregor Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.w.mcgregor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2706

• History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study Event - 20 May 2024

  Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

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  Indira Huliselan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.c.huliselan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1167

• appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa News - 22 January 2024

  Mayke Kaag has been appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) on behalf of the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).

• Peter Pels in Andere Tijden about fathers of the Holy Spirit and Africa Museum News - 6 September 2022

  The special of the Dutch History Programme Andere Tijden 'Missie Geslaagd?' (Mission accomplished?) tells the story of the last fathers of the Holy Spirit Congregation who live in Gennep. Professor of Anthropology and Sociology of Africa Peter Pels is one of the specialists in this episode. He explains…

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  Olli Littunen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.p.a.littunen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6362

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  Kexin Zheng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.zheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Xiaoqiang Meng PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  x.meng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aritri Dutta External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.dutta.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Niels Schoubben Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.schoubben@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.bruil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3340

• Una Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding Call: join the launch webinar on 26 October Announcement - 17 October 2023

  Research

• Language Policy and Practices Series Event
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  Alain Wijffels Professor emeritus Legal History

  Faculty of Law

  a.a.wijffels@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Alisa van de Haar University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.m.van.de.haar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272179

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  Stijn Bussels Scientific Director LUCAS/Professor Art history, expecially before 1800

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2693

• Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa Event - 12 December 2023

  Conference

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  Bernhard Rieger Professor of European History

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.rieger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1290

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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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  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus of Codicology

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues wins KHMW Brouwer Thesis Prize for History News - 7 January 2025

  Master's student Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues is the winner of the KHMW Brewer Thesis Prize for History. He was awarded the prize for his research on donatism.

• University researchers tackle global challenges with Una Europa-Africa grants News - 26 September 2024

  Three international research projects involving Leiden University researchers will receive funding from the Una Europa university alliance.