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• Asia Academy #15: North Korea's Gamble Event - 12 December 2024

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

• Campus: Renovation of De Vrieshof starts and changed plans Lipsius South News - 22 January 2025

  There are some changes in the plans for the development of the Humanities Campus. The Faculty of Humanities along with the central organisation and the Real Estate department need to save costs due to the financial challenges at the faculty and the cuts in higher education. At the same time, we still…

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  Kate Bellamy Postdoctoral Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

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  Natalia Donner Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.r.donner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 800 950

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  Roberto Arciero PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  r.arciero@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Nira Wickramasinghe wins John F. Richards Prize News - 8 November 2021

  Professor Nira Wickramasinghe has won the American Historical Association John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History for her book Slave in a Palanquin. Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' (Columbia University Press: New York 2020).

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  Miriam Waltz Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.h.a.waltz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Zane Kripe Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  z.kripe@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Navigating the Turn to the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from South and Southeast Asia, and the Netherlands Event - 24 September 2024

  Panel discussion

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  Jonathan London Associate professor Global Political Economy

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.d.london@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2732

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  Eduardo Alves Vieira University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.alves.vieira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5638

• European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’ News - 26 April 2022

  Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.

• Harris or Trump? Implications for Asia (and beyond) Event - 5 November 2024

  Lecture, Asia Academy

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  Erik de Maaker Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  maaker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6612

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  Xiaoqiang Meng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Kexin Zheng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Asia Academy #18: ChatGPT vs Deepseek: China's Rise as AI Power Event - 17 April 2025

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

• Asia Academy #20: 75 Years of Korean War: The Long Shadow Event - 19 June 2025

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

• Scientific Integrity for PhD candidates in Archaeology and the Humanities Course

  Research

• Asia Academy #09: India's Democracy Event - 11 April 2024

  Lecture

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  Bruno Braak Guest researcher

  Faculty of Law

  b.j.braak@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Asia Academy #05: Sanctioning North-Korea Event - 6 December 2023

  Lecture

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  Sebastian Fajardo Bernal Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  s.d.fajardo.bernal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Turkic Patronage in Central Asia: Patterns and Challenges Event - 20 March 2025

  Lecture

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  Nicolas Blarel Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  n.r.j.b.blarel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Jos Gommans Professor of Colonial and Global History

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2167

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  Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet Guest Researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.saptari.soetikno.slamet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Men: green Islam and the tidalectics of ecological crises in maritime Asia Event - 3 May 2023

  Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series

• Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa Event - 30 November 2023

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• Democratie onder druk? Lessen uit Zuid-Korea Event - 6 March 2025

  Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege

• Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel News - 19 January 2021

  Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

• NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students News - 15 June 2023

  Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming researchers will receive funding from the PhDs in Humanities programme. With the funding, NWO wants to boost the recruitment and advancement of young talent in…

• China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’ News - 1 July 2025

  Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.

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  Jay Huang Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  y.c.huang@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9596

• Hoe ontstonden handelsnetwerken in het derde millennium voor Christus? News - 17 March 2023

  Grondstoffen werden vroeger over duizenden kilometers afstand vervoerd. Waarvoor werden ze geruild en waarom sloten mensen in West-Azië zich aan bij deze handelsnetwerken?

• Asia Academy #13: Indonesia - A New Chapter Event - 11 October 2024

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

• Asia Academy #06: Taiwan's Future Event - 15 January 2024

  Lecture

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  Patricio Silva Professor emeritus Modern Latin American History

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.silva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 1646

• POSTPONED - Arabic Echoes and Persian Refrains: Devotional Poetry and Intersonicality in Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century North India Event - 7 December 2023

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

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  Jennifer Swerida Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.l.swerida@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048

• Christopher Green in Calgary Sun about North Korea's friendly gesture News - 28 April 2022

  As South Korean president Moon Jae-in prepares to leave office, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked him for trying to improve relations. Assistant Professor Christopher Green explains in the Calgary Sun what impact North Korea's gesture of goodwill might have.

• China Fashion Power - Fashioning Power through South-South Interaction: Rethinking Creativity, Authenticity, Cultural Mediation and Consumer Event - 3 May 2023

  Lecture, China Seminar

• From Coup to Classroom: Viewing the South Korean film "12.12: The Day (Sŏul-ui pom)" Event - 10 May 2025

  Film screening

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  Peter Verhagen Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.c.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rik van Gijn Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272413

• 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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  Kristen De Joseph PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.h.de.joseph@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Annas Rabbani External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  a.rabbani@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Lipsius Building

  Northern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 001 of the Mathias de Vrieshof. Southern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 004 of the PN van Eyckhof.

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  Vincent Chang Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.k.chang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2151