On Monday 9 March 2026 the bachelor's and master's graduation ceremony of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology will take place in the Academy Building. Depending on the number of students, the ceremony may be held jointly for both master's and bachelor's students, or as separate events. We…

Curious what it’s like to study Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University? During our shadowing days, you’ll join a student to attend a real lecture and get a feel for the atmosphere at the institute.

Adriana Churampi Ramirez is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Alette Vonk holds an MA in Development Sociology and Practitioner certificates in the fields of Intercultural Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Culture and NLP. She has more than 25 years experience in both organizational and community development in international settings: she…

Carmen Van den Bergh is assistant professor in Italian Literature at the Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society (LUCAS) where she is director of the Italian Language and Culture Department, track leader for Italian in the MA Literary Studies and quartermaster for the new BA programme Modern Languages.…

Dr Aktürk Hauser is Assistant Professor at the Department of Heritage and Society.

Alisa van de Haar is Assistant Professor in historical French Literature. Her research focuses on historical multilingualism, the history of the language sector, and the intersection between language and migration. From 2022 to 2026, she conducted a Dutch Research Council Veni project titled ‘Languages…

On Monday 5 October 2026 the master's graduation ceremony of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology will take place in the Academy Building.

Nadine Akkerman, FRHistS, MAE is a Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture at the Centre for the Arts in Society.

How did the "Korean minority" pursue decolonization while remaining in its former colonizer's land, Japan, after August 1945? This talk will introduce the worldview and politics of leftist Koreans, drawn from hundreds of interviews and archival research. An enormous grassroots energy of Korean residents,…

I am a human geographer with expertise on urban and digital studies, contemporary Korea, and East Asia. I examine shifting forms of displacement at the intersection of class, gender, land, and technology. My projects are informed by critical urban theories, political economy, and feminist thoughts.

Johannes Müller is a university lecturer and researcher at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Mitchell van Vuren is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Arts in Society. He studies the globalisation of Chinese science fiction/speculative fiction in the digital age, especially focussing on the platformisation of SVOD services.

Ilios Willemars is Assistant Professor in Cultural Analysis and Literary Studies at Leiden University. Ilios works on placeholders, replacement, contagion, insurance, immunity, infrastructure, digitalization, the work of Franz Kafka, and animals that commit suicide.

Bernhard Rieger is a Professor of European History at the institute for History.

Mirae Kim is a lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.