During the summer period from 7 July to 29 August, 2025, the Faculty of Social Sciences will have adjusted opening hours: from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM.

On Friday 21 November salaries are paid for November 2025. From the same day, the salary statement will be available in Self Service.

International collaborations, stories from around the world, and big questions about identity and connection. Explore the boundaries of heritage with us! Engage in dialogue and find inspiration during Heritage Day on Thursday, October 2nd, at the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda. See the full program or…

Last month, eLaw had a strong presence at the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference in Brussels. All Law and Digital Technologies master's students attended the programme and many of our researchers made contributions: moderating panels, hosting book clubs, and presenting ongoing…

It was great to welcome so many people at the LACDR Spring symposium which was held on May 19th. After an inspiring lecture of Dr. Frederica Eduati, associate professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the PhD speakers impressed with their talks. The poster sessions gave a good inside in the…

Grassfields is a yearly grant opportunity to scale successful educational innovations within Leiden University.

LACDR is committed to preparing its PhD candidates and postdocs for their future in the best possible way. One of the activities for this is the annual PhD-Postdoc event focused on career prospects. This year’s event was held on March 4th, 2025.

Studenten blijven tevreden over hun opleiding en docenten, maar studentenwelzijn en de aansluiting op de arbeidsmarkt blijven belangrijke aandachtspunten.

It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear colleague, Sabine Luning, passed away on Thursday, 6 March 2025, at the age of 65.

In 2025, students, lecturers, researchers and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities were once again at the heart of society. They demonstrated the importance of the humanities through their groundbreaking research, meaningful education and strong collaborations.

Did your colleagues develop an inspiring educational innovation? Or, did you collaborate with teachers and/or support staff to do so?

In the CLA NU 2024-2025, two structural wage increases were agreed upon last year. A 3.7% wage increase with effect from September 1, 2024 and a 1% wage increase with effect from January 1, 2025. The 3.7% wage increase was already implemented last year and has since been received by all employees. Meanwhile,…

On 23 and 24 October, eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies hosted the 2025 edition of Privacy Law Scholars Conference Europe at Leiden Law School. Over two days, participants discussed more than 40 work-in-progress papers, with materials available to participants ahead of time. The conference…

By the time you read this message, it will already be February. But since this is our first newsletter of the year, I still feel compelled to wish all of you a very happy New Year!

The Faculty of Humanities is proud to launch its new D&I Calendar for the academic year 2025-2026. This calendar is an effort to build awareness and cultural understanding of important religious holidays and other special observances of the diverse groups within our academic community.

Atte Ahola, who graduated last year from the bachelor’s programme in Urban Studies, has won the award for Best Undergraduate Thesis in Europe in the category of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Global Undergraduate Awards 2025.

The results of the 2025 university elections are in. Who will represent us in the participation organs?

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Which teacher knows best how to inspire their students? Carmen van den Bergh (Humanities), Egbert Koops (Law) and Arjan Louwen (Archaeology) have been nominated for the 2025 Leiden Teaching Prize.

The Graduate School and the PhD Committee (LLPC) cordially invite you to the upcoming PhD Career Event at Leiden Law School. This event offers valuable insights into career paths within and beyond academia, with practical guidance from those who have recently completed their PhDs. We are pleased…

The Faculty of Humanities is proud to launch its new D&I Calendar for the academic year 2024-2025. This calendar is an effort to build awareness and cultural understanding of important religious holidays and other special observances of the diverse groups within our academic community.