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• Analysis of clustering algorithms and performance evaluation metrics applied to samples of the Tell El-Yahudiya ware typology Event - 24 April 2025

  Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group

• European integration and the United States: Have we reached the end of the "Cold War aberration"? Event - 14 November 2025

  Lecture, European Union Seminar / CHEI Seminar

• What could bring about change in Iran? News - 20 January 2026

  With ongoing protests across Iran, many are asking whether the regime is on the brink of collapse. Three Leiden experts share their perspectives.

• Leiden University positive about coalition plans, with a few concerns News - 30 January 2026

  Dutch universities have responded positively to the new coalition plans. Investments in education, research and innovation will be prioritised, and the stringent cutbacks proposed by the previous cabinet will be reversed. Optimism is the order of the day in Leiden, though caution is advised.

• ‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models News - 24 January 2025

  What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’

• China, Protest and Asia’s Struggle against Autocracy Event - 23 October 2025

  Lecture

• India - Pakistan: Een grensconflict met diepe wortels Event - 2 June 2025

  Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege

• Towards a Reconstruction of the Proto-South Omotic Suprasegmentals: Initial Findings Event - 12 December 2025

  Lecture, This Time for Africa series

• Ideophones in Brazilian Portuguese: focusing on Afro-diasporic contexts in Brazil Event - 28 November 2025

  Lecture, This Time for Africa! series

• Disentangling ghost segments and number marking in Sengwer Event - 24 April 2026

  Lecture, This Time for Africa! series

• Ukrainian course to start soon: ‘Useful for contact with refugees’ News - 21 April 2022

  The Academic Language Centre is organising an introduction to Ukrainian with the Russian Studies/Russian and Eurasian Studies programmes. This six-part course is meant primarily for people who are in contact with refugees from Ukraine.

• Archaeological Forum: Gül Aktürk en Murat Dirican Event - 17 April 2025

  Lecture

• Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting News - 8 February 2022

  ‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…

• Reanalysing asymmetry in Xichangana (S53): evidence from applicative constructions Event - 27 March 2026

  Lecture, This Time for Africa! series

• Colonial government by correspondence: the British government's communicative practice in colonial bureaucracy at the turn of the twentieth century Event - 17 April 2026

  Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series

• 
  Nanne Timmer Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Gestures to signs around the world Event - 19 February 2026

  Conference, Workshop

• Plastic's Legacy: From Single-Use to Sustainable Solutions Event - 2 April 2025

  Lecture, Studium Generale

• The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023 News - 20 December 2023

  The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…

• Programme Political Culture and National Identities (research) (MA)

  When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

• How infants learn about language within their social context - experimental and observational evidence Event - 27 February 2026

  Lecture, LUCL Colloquium

• Implications of Case (mis-)matches for theories of ATB-movement. Evidence from non-syncretic mismatches involving the genitive of negation in Event - 4 December 2025

  Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series

• The language of internet memes Event - 14 November 2025

  Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series

• 
  Constant Hijzen Research Fellow

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

• 
  Remko Offringa Professor

• 
  Rik van Gijn Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Frying and tweeting. Perception and production aspects of social meaning as a change determinant Event - 20 February 2026

  Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series

• Between deference and destitution: Requesting relief in Scottish pauper letters, 1750-1910 Event - 13 March 2026

  Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series

• Uncorking Language Event - 28 May 2025

  Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat

• Old signs & current signs in LSF (French Sign Language) Event - 28 January 2026

  Lecture, Sign Language & Deaf People

• Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation News - 31 March 2026

  From towering mechanical heroes to city-destroying battles, giant robots have become one of the most iconic images in Japanese animation. On 28 April 2026, Leiden University will host "Giant Robots, Big Ideas", an afternoon event exploring how these spectacular machines reflect deeper questions about…

• Care and the Jewish Experience Event - 16 September 2025

  Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network

• The aorist system of Phrygian Event - 26 March 2026

  Lecture

• Skill issues: conceptual metaphors and the etymology of Vedic r̥tá Event - 20 February 2026

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• Formants are better predictors of vowel markedness than features Event - 23 April 2026

  Lecture, SMILE - Experimental Linguistics series

• Book presentation: The world according to North Korea Event - 7 October 2025

  Lecture, Boekpresentatie

• Book presentation: Israelite Religion Event - 1 May 2025

  Lecture, Book presentation

• Two Dialogic Network lectures by Siavash Rafiee Rad and Keramat Fathinia Event - 1 December 2025

  Lecture

• Archaeological Forum: Nathalie Brusgaard and Martin Berger Event - 20 March 2025

  Lecture

• Archaeological Forum: Lieke Bes and Adam Benfer Event - 16 October 2025

  Lecture

• Religion as political tool: the influence of Christian Zionism in the US Event - 6 October 2025

  Lecture, Actualiteitencollege Den Haag

• Patterns of semantic change and reconstruction Event - 24 March 2026

  Lecture

• The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 Event - 8 October 2025

  Conference

• Racism versus Socialism in Cuba Event - 20 May 2025

  Lecture, Discussion

• Relative chronology and the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European stop systems Event - 19 December 2025

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• ASCL Seminar: Waves of Memory in the Red Sea: Unpacking Mixedness through Italo-Eritrean Livescapes Event - 6 March 2025

  Lecture

• Lecture on the book Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding Event - 16 October 2025

  Lecture

• Visualizing Multispecies Resistance: Pan-Amazonian Indigenous Perspectives Event - 22 April 2025

  Lecture

• Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars Event