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1,207 search results for “museum collections and society” in the Staff website

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Daniel Thomas Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Berthe Jansen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Krista A. Milne Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Corinna Jentzsch Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ingrid van Biezen Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Nicolas Blarel Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Cristina Grasseni Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant News - 12 March 2025

  Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…

• The rocking researcher: Marjolein Fokkema connects disciplines with algorithms and pop songs News - 16 October 2023

  From predicting Alzheimer’s to the growth of organisms: psychologist Marjolein Fokkema’s algorithms can be used in many disciplines. They also provide inspiration for her songs, theatre shows and life lessons. What drives this rocking researcher?

• Van de Waal Lecture 2024 - Barkcloth: wrapping people, places and ideas Event - 12 September 2024

  Alumni event, Lecture

• ‘If you understand the risks, AI is an incredible tool’ News - 16 October 2025

  Thomas Moerland studied medicine and mathematics in Leiden and has a lifelong fascination with the origins and workings of intelligence. He brought all that together in his popular science book Van IQ naar AI (From IQ to AI).

• Providing information in palliative care: what if patients don’t want to know everything? News - 17 September 2025

  How do you behave towards patients with life-threatening conditions who do not want to know all the details of the state of their health? This question brought psychologist Liesbeth van Vliet and anthropologist Annemarie Samuels together. It’s an unusual partnership, but their interdisciplinary approach…

• To what extent does your background and your own physical consciousness influence your experience in VR? News - 5 April 2023

  Neuroscientists Ineke van der Ham (Leiden University) and Anouk Keizer (Utrecht University) regularly use VR in their research. Their experiences with the medium raise many questions about the ways VR is experienced by different people. Therefore they conducted an VR experiment at the cinedans festival…

• New LeidenGlobal activities for Leiden2022 News - 12 November 2021

  With Leiden2022 drawing nearer, LeidenGlobal is busy developing extra activities to demonstrate the knowledge that is present in Leiden and to create interaction with a wider audience. With this valorisation, the partnership between several cultural and academic institutions in Leiden matches the theme…

• Book presentation: Coping with Versnel News - 26 July 2023

  At a festive book presentation on the 21st of July Prof. em. Henk Versnel received a copy of the volume Coping with Versnel. This historiographical volume highlights the important position of Versnel’s work in the study of religion in the ancient world.

• Craft and innovation take centre stage at LeidenGlobal exhibition News - 4 October 2022

  An interdisciplinary photo exhibition about crafts and craftsmanship in different cultures will open at Oude UB on 6 October. At the opening Fridus Steijlen will give an introduction to the Tau Tau puppets that are made in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

• Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabovski about the Polish government and the Holocaust News - 31 January 2022

  Grabovski spoke in various media on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January 2022.

• Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member News - 17 November 2023

  Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.

• Photo of fish in Covid glove on shortlist for prestigious nature prize News - 2 December 2022

  With his photo of a fish trapped in a rubber glove, external PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra has made it to the shortlist for the People’s Choice Award in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The photo shows the impact of Covid litter on wildlife.

• Archaeology Hall of Fame 2023 News - 14 December 2023

  Special achievements, grants and a top 10 ranking, a great calendar year for the Faculty of Archaeology! See the overview of 2023 in the hall of fame below.

• Chris Riddell is new Face of Science: 'Can't wait to share research' News - 9 March 2023

  Have you ever seen your friend smiling, and suddenly you started grinning too? PhD student Chris Riddell is researching how and why we copy body language. As a new Face of Science, he will take us along on his research journey for the coming year.

• Call for submissions: The fifth edition of the national Historians’ Days will take place in Leiden Announcement - 3 December 2025

  Education, Research

• New endowed chair brings astronomy and AI together. ‘AI can help improve our understanding of the Universe’ News - 2 December 2025

  ASTRON en de Universiteit Leiden beginnen samen een nieuwe leerstoel over sterrenkunde en AI. Bijzonder hoogleraar Joeri van Leeuwen gaat deze positie vullen.

• Online access to medieval manuscripts improved News - 26 October 2023

  Do you frequently search the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) for western medieval manuscripts? Then you must have noticed important changes lately. Some 1800 summary catalogue records in Dutch were replaced by more elaborate descriptions in English. Furthermore, the catalogue interface…

• Introducing: Fadly Rahman and Marleen Reichgelt News - 6 November 2025

  Fadly Rahman and Marleen Reichgelt recently joined the Institute for History within the NWO-funded project 'Epistemic actors. The role of Indonesians in the making of knowledge in the colonial era’ under the supervision of Fenneke Sysling. Below, they introduce themselves.

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  Ruth Clemens Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Julia Cramer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Aris Politopoulos Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Gabrielle van den Berg Academic director LIAS / professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bart Schuurman Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Marlou Schrover Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hanno Pijl Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Frans Gracia Lebbink

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  Rizal Shidiq University Lecturer, Economies in South and Southeast Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Emma ter Mors Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jelle Bruning University Lecturer Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mayke Kaag Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Esther Op de Beek University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sara Bolghiran PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hester Ruigendijk Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Paul Behrens Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Edmund Hayes University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Roeland Emaus PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Elena Paskaleva Assistant Professor Critical Heritage Studies of Asia and Europe

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Eric van Dijk Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Monique van den Dries Associate professor / department chairwoman

  Faculty of Archaeology