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• Studies in Armenian Etymology with Special Emphasis on Dialects and Culture Research output

  This dissertation provides an up to date description of the Indo European lexical stock of Armenian (ca. 500 entries) with systematic inclusion of unused data that are found in Armenian dialects.

• Destination Syria: An Exploratory Study into the Daily Lives of Dutch 'Syria Travellers' Research output

  What does the daily life of those who travelled to Syria to join jihadist groups look like? Destination Syria, a new ISGA report, provides answers to this question

• efficient membrane biophysical tool and its application in drug delivery studies Research output

  Promotor: A. Kros

• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Approaches to Study Biologically Relevant Reactions: Examples from Amyloid Aggregation to Enzymes Research output

  This thesis explores how electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy can be used to investigate key biochemical processes.

• The Cultural Network: Javanese Imaginings of Indonesia, 1918-1966 Event - 21 May 2025

  PhD defence

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  Areti Leventi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Silvia D'Amato Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Csilla Ariese Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jasper De Paepe PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Photothermal studies of single molecules and gold nanoparticles: vapor nanobubbles and conjugated polymers Research output

  Promotor: M.A.G.J. Orrit

• Multi-omics studies of the control of growth and antibiotic production of Streptomyces Research output

  Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria that have a complex multicellular life cycle and are well known for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive natural products (NPs).

• T-CYCLE EPR: Development at 275 GHz for the study of reaction kinetics & intermediates Research output

  A difficulty of studies on chemical kinetics are the reaction time scales and detection of their intermediates.

• Podcast tips for Pentecost News - 13 May 2024

  Are you looking for some listening material for the upcoming long weekend? Staff members and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have been creating various podcasts over the last few months. A selection is shown here:

• Graduation Security Studies: ‘Stay curious’ News - 1 September 2022

  On Wednesday 31 August 2022, the graduation ceremony of the BSc Security Studies took place. The ceremony was opened by programme director Daan Weggemans.

• Peace Movements and Decolonization Collaborative Research Week Event - 19 May 2025

  Conference

• X Anniversary Convention of the Centre of Austrian Studies in November 2016 in Jerusalem Foundation for Austrian Studies

  Impressions by Martin Küster, Master of Arts.

• Functions of leptin in tuberculosis and diabetes: multi-omics studies across species Research output

  In this thesis, I study 1) metabolic alterations in tuberculosis related to wasting syndrome in human patients as well as in rodent and fish animal models. 2) effects of the mutation of the leptin gene on cachexia and diabetes in rodent and zebrafish animal models.

• Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies: New options for the Master’s programme in Leiden News - 7 March 2017

  Leiden University is home to over a hundred specialists studying the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. From 2017-2018 onwards, they will join forces to offer two new options for specialisation within existing MA programmes: Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies.

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  Caroline Waerzeggers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• The SMILE study: Sleep Mood lntervention: Live Effectively a group intervention in students with sleep problems Research project

  Can SMILE, our multi-component intervention, which combines cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia, mindfulness, stress, and lifestyle components, improve sleep quality? Can it also improve mood and quality of life and prevent depression and anxiety in the long term?

• Research & Funding Opportunities Dossier: Asian Modernities and Traditions

  AMT’s mission includes encouraging innovative high-quality research in Leiden on Asia. On this page you will find an overview of AMT related research projects, grant possibilities, publications and vacancies.

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  Cecilia-Louise von Ilsemann PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Arturo García De León PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gitta Veldt Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Jiaxin Sun Contract PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Dick Smakman University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Charlotte van der Voort Lecturer-PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hanneke Palmen Associate Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Maarten van 't Zelfde Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Science

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  Angus Mol Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Electroreduction of nitrate and carbon dioxide on copper electrodes: a mechanistic study Research output

  In this thesis we have discussed several parameters that affect the electrochemical conversion of enviromentaly harmful molecules such as nitrates and carbon dioxide to more valuable and less deleterious compounds, in order to cast light onto the mechanism of the reaction to achieve an efficient and…

• Freedom of Overflight: A Study of Coastal State Jurisdiction in International Airspace Research output

  On 10 June 2021, Merinda Stewart defended her thesis 'Freedom of Overflight: A Study of Coastal State Jurisdiction in International Airspace'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. P.M.J. Mendes de Leon en Prof. J.J. Rijpma.

• NMR studies of protein-small molecule and protein-peptide interactions Research output

  Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-promotor: G. Siegal

• an extreme belief systems: Theoretical exploration of a new field of study Research output

  With the recent rise and fall of IS, academics and policy makers around the world are expressing concerns about the fate of children of former foreign fighters. Will they follow in their parents’ footsteps? In this paper, Layla van Wieringen, Daan Weggemans and Marieke Liem argue that in light of this…

• Globalization of Waldorf education; an ethnographic case study from the Philippines Research project

  How do educational philosophies, discourses and practices spread around the globe, and how are they transformed and adapted locally?

• The role of zebrafish larvae for studying anxiety-like behaviour Research output

  The main aim of my Ph.D. thesis is to further explore the value of using early developing zebrafish larvae (up to 5 dpf) as a model to study anxiety-like behaviour and their pharmacological modulation with drugs.

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  Mandy de Wilde Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Adrien Dadone Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nina Jaspers PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Tycho Jongenelen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

• Leiden Jewish Studies Network awards second 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' News - 19 December 2025

  This November, Leiden Jewish Studies Network has presented the Best Thesis in Jewish Studies award to a highly talented Leiden graduate, Lotte-Sofie Groenendijk, and awarded an honourable mention to Nasreen Javanjoo.

• Trust is good, control is better: technopolitical visions and realities in China's social credit system Research output

  On Friday 7 March 2025 Adam Knight successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Ñuhun Ñuu Savi: Land and language as cultural heritage of the People of the Rain Research project

  The research focuses on the understanding of symbolic stratigraphy of the land (through time) from the worldview of the People of the Rain (one of the Indigenous Peoples of southern Mexico), by studying contemporary cultural heritage in communities of the Mixtec Highlands.

• Indonesian Law & Society Research Programme Research project

  How is law shaped by and shaping social, political and economic change in Indonesia?

• Markets, Ethics and Agency: Changing Land Utilization and Social Transformation in the Uplands of Northeast India Research project

  This project explores the decline of shifting cultivation in Northeast India. What is the impact on society of people’s deepening engagement with markets and the state?

• Research Terrorism and Political Violence

  The Terrorism and Political Violence research group at Leiden University examines the causes of radicalisation, the tactics of extremist groups, and the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policies. We also explore the role of the media and the influence of postcolonial legacies in the Global South,…

• About the programme Culture and Politics (MA)

  Master International Relations specialisation Culture and Politics.

• Time and Identity in Indigenous Narrative and Aesthetic Strategies Research project

  This research hopes to contribute to social awareness of the consequences of colonialism for Indigenous Peoples, to the deconstruction of still existing colonial and discriminatory notions and to a better appreciation of Indigenous art and thought.

• Visiting fellows Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  Every semester, LUCIS invites a scholar to Leiden to provide a lecture series on a topic of their choice. With these lectures, we aim to present state-of-the-art research in Islamic studies to the Leiden academic community and beyond, and to offer students and junior researchers the opportunity to get…