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• Understanding continuity and change in US counterterrorism policy through policymaker profiles Research output

  Has there been continuity or change in US counterterrorism policy since 9/11? What factors led to the continuity or change, and how do we classify any such continuity or change?

• The French-Anglophone divide in lithic research Research output

  In this provocative study, Shumon T. Hussain engages with the long-standing issue of French-Anglophone research conflicts in Palaeolithic archaeology.

• A Grammatical Description of Schiwiar Research output

  On the 29th of June, Martin Kohlberger successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Martin on this achievement!

• Mochica: grammatical topics and external relations Research output

  On the 12th of May, Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta on this achievement.

• Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka Research output

  For hundreds of years, the island of Sri Lanka was a crucial stopover for people and goods in the Indian Ocean. For the Dutch East India Company, it was also a crossroads in the Indian Ocean slave trade. Slavery was present in multiple forms in Sri Lanka—then Ceylon—when the British conquered the island…

• The Archaeology of Syria – From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (ca. 16,000 -300 BC) Research output

  This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC.

• Koriabo; From the Caribbean Sea to the Amazon River Research output

  This book is about the archaeology of indigenous peoples who thrived across the Caribbean, the Guianas, and the Lower Amazon basin just before the European invasion, and who also remained central to the early history of conquest and colonization.

• About Centre for Indigenous Americas Studies

  The Centre for Indigenous America Studies (CIAS) at Leiden University is designed to coordinate and promote the teaching and research of Indigenous languages, literatures, cultures and cultural heritage. Our aim is to contribute to an increased acknowledgement, recognition and understanding of Indigenous…

• Application Deadlines Latin American Studies (MA)

• Reconstructive Description of Eighteenth-century Xinka Grammar Research output

  This dissertation presents a comprehensive description of Xinka, an indigenous language from southeastern Guatemala. The description is based on a missionary grammar that is titled Arte de la lengua szinca and was written by the priest Manuel Maldonado de Matos around 1773.

• Archaeological Heritage and Society

  The Department of Archaeological Heritage and Society focuses on the relationships between past and present, the role of heritage in society, and how heritage can contribute to the improving quality of life and our (future) environment.

• A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs Event - 13 May 2026

  Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People

• Application deadlines North American Studies (MA)

• Ciudad y escritura. Imaginario de la ciudad latinoamericana a las puertas del siglo XXI Research output

  This book concerns cultural production in contemporary Latin American cities: chaotic cities where the ideal of order has become fragmented and the walls of the lettered city have become porous. New and multifarious urban trajectories—intersecting, colliding, superimposing—trace the image of the postmodern…

• Gene regulation in embryonic development Research output

  The human body consists of hundreds, perhaps thousands of different types of cells, each with different morphologies and functions, despite having the same genome.

• From Golden Rock to Historic Gem Research output

  Through extensive archaeological and documentary research, this study aims to provide a detailed analysis of the maritime cultural landscape of St. Eustatius over the past four centuries. It focuses on bridging the gap between the marine and terrestrial worlds and demonstrates that in order to truly…

• The Apinaye teaching and learning process as observed in the manufacturing of their musial instruments Research output

  This dissertation aims to establish a dialogue between ethnomusicology (more specifically indigenous organology), the anthropology of art and the culture of the Apinaye peoples, in order to understand how the musical objects of these peoples are learned and taught, and thus to understand its musical…

• Bolivia at the Crossroads: Politics, Economy, and Environment in a Time of Crisis Research output

  As Bolivia reels from the collapse of the government in November 2019, a wave of social protests, and now the impact of Covid-19, this book asks: where next for Bolivia?

• Stories about Tell Balata Research output

  The Oral History project, as part of the Tell Balata Archaeological Park project, published an arabic-english booklet of local stories about the site of Tell Balata. An archaeological site near Nablus (West Bank).

• Shaping the global: knowledge, experts, and U.S. universities in the emergence of global health Research output

  In this article, Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, discusses the emergence and diffusion of ‘global health’ as a concept. In addition to bringing a fresh perspective on the origins of global health, the paper contributes to the globalization debates by…

• A Hydra of Business and Men. The Habsburg Asiento de Negros in Structuring the European Transatlantic Slave Trade Research output

  This book offers a historical and historiographical analysis of the Spanish asiento de negros, a contract between the Spanish Monarchy and private parties to introduce specific number of enslaved Africans to Spanish America.

• Continuing your studies English Language and Culture (BA)

  If you’ve graduated from the programme and you want to further your academic education you can continue with a master’s programme. It will earn you the title of Master of Arts (MA) and significantly increase your chances of finding a position at academic level.

• Leiden University Shi'i Studies Initiative (LUSSI) Centre for Islamic Thought and History

  Shiʿi Islam

• PhD Workshop — Building Sociolegal Research Worlds: Model-Making Meets Serious Games Event - 20 April 2026

• Secrecy, Democracy, Necessity News - 12 March 2026

  While transparency has become the constant refrain of democratic politics, executive branch officials consistently seek to insulate their activities from public scrutiny.

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  Rachel Schats Associate professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Vincent Chang Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

• Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision Event - 2 December 2025

  Lecture and Exhibition

• Erik Kwakkel elected to Comité International de Paléographie Latine News - 22 June 2015

  On 18 June, 2015, Erik Kwakkel was elected to the Comité International de Paléographie Latine (CIPL), a scholarly committee that specialises in the study of the medieval book.

• Navigating Networks through Scholarly Correspondence: Epistolary Exchange of Knowledge on Early Medieval English Research project

  In an age before GoogleDocs and LinkedIn, 19th-century scholars relied on letter-writing for collaboration, peer-feedback and the building and sustaining of academic networks. Letters were a quick, efficient way to share insights, data and discoveries. Scholarly correspondence thus allows a vital behind-the-scenes…

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  Yann Ryan Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Fadly Rahman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Anouk Koenderink PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alette Vonk Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Louie Buana PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Cahit Mete Oguz Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jasper van der Steen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Eline Westra Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Suzan Abozyid PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kamila Smagulova PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jasper Dekker PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Floris de Ruiter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pratika Dewi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Timo McGregor Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pablo Merayo Montes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Paul Beliën Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Henk Zoomers PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Arie van der Wiel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marten van Harten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities