Help us develop and expand the recently established Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏) at Leiden University Libraries (UBL).

With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers, Elsevier and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger In...

To celebrate the formal launch of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏), promote Chinese queer studies scholarship, and raise the vis...

A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition ...

A large group of researchers from Leiden University will convene a panel or present a paper at the 10th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS),...

Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecologic...

You win the Leiden Teaching Prize and suddenly all eyes are on you. Three past recipients reflect on how this student-awarded prize has changed how th...

Wolves in the Netherlands mainly feed on wild animals such as wild boar and red and roe deer. But in areas such as Drenthe where these are scarce they...

At the first Climate Café of 2025, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of The Hague Climate Agreement and reflected together on the successes and o...

What is your vision of the future? What will it be like to study at Leiden University in 2075? We invite you to enter Uni-visions. Bring your vision o...

Be it with a paintbrush or camera, over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortu...

UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kart...

Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role i...

As of 1 April 2025, Lodewijk Govaerts will be standing down from the Board of Governors due to other commitments that will demand a significant part o...

Staff from Leiden University will start the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts on 10 March. University of Applied Scienc...