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• Global Interactions Research project

  How does global change across time and space lead to convergence and loss of variation or increasing diversity and conflict?

• Le tifinagh au Niger contemporain: Étude sur l’écriture indigène des Touaregs Research output

  In this dissertation a large corpus of letter signs and texts gathered during fieldwork in Niger, and to a lesser extent Mali and Burkina Faso is used to show the graphemic diversity of the traditional script of the Tuaregs, tifinagh, and to analyze the orthographic system.

• Archaeology of the Americas

  North, Middle and South America together constitute the single largest area in World Archaeology that is taught as a single focus. It is also the only major world area that saw societies develop from hunter-gatherers to early empires entirely independent from developments in Eurasia & Africa. It is,…

• Meet our staff Religious Studies (MA)

• Managing Security in Complex Trans-National and Local Settings: EU-Latin American Crime-fighting Efforts Since the 1980s Research project

  The project investigates the changing local context of crime dynamics and the responses by selected international organizations and national governments. It places a major emphasis on security management at the trans-national level by investigating intra-regional security cooperation between Latin America,…

• Forgotten Lineages. Afterlives of Dutch Slavery in the Indian Ocean World Research project

  Forgotten Lineages explores the paths through which generations of formally enslaved and their descendants gradually forgot their past of enslavement under Dutch and British imperial rule and became local subjects in Sri Lanka and South Africa. It explores why and how forgetting rather than memory became…

• Exploring the Dutch Empire: Agents, Networks and Institutions, 1600 - 2000 Research output

  Dr. Cátia Antunes and prof. Jos Gommans both edited and contributed to this interesting book, that consists of articles that offers a new insight into the macro and micro worlds of the global Dutchman in Asia.

• International Relations and European Studies

  Research in the International Relations and European Studies Team addresses the interconnections and interdependence of contemporary global political, economic and cultural affairs from a multidisciplinary perspective rooted in the humanities.

• Through the hands of signers: modelling spread and change in historical sign language linguistics Research project

  This project investigates how sign languages change and spread over time, and how this is influenced by their transmission history.

• English Literature and Culture (MA)

  The one-year, English-taught master's programme in English Literature and Culture focuses on the interaction between literature and key political and social issues such as identity, migration, memory and the metropolis, but also between literature and the literary tradition, and literature and film.

• Internationalisation About our education

  Leiden University aims to equip its students for the world of tomorrow. All our teaching programmes promote international knowledge, global awareness and intercultural skills.

• Interested in language and global perspectives?

  What if you could understand the world in the places where it truly begins – in language, in stories and in culture? In a time when countries clash, technology shapes what we see, and societies are changing fast, one thing is clear: you only really understand the news when you know what lies behind…

• Interested in language and global perspectives?

  What if you could understand the world in the places where it truly begins – in language, in stories and in culture? In a time when countries clash, technology shapes what we see, and societies are changing fast, one thing is clear: you only really understand the news when you know what lies behind…

• Peace Movements: A Global History Event - 24 March 2027

  Conference

• Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL)

  Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) is one of seven institutes housed within the Faculty of Humanities.

• Tunesia Dossier: Erasmus+ at Leiden University

  This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of Leiden University’s Faculty of Science with University of Tunis El Manar in Tunesia.

• ICM 2025 Dossier: Erasmus+ at Leiden University

• Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series Event
• ICM 2022 Dossier: Erasmus+ at Leiden University

• Caste: A Global History Event - 26 June 2026

  Lecture, Book Talk

• Employment after LUC Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges (BA/BSc) - Leiden University College

  LUC alumni are socially responsible, versatile leaders, qualities which make them well placed to pursue selective internships and careers. Provided with an inter-disciplinary background and a solid skillset, opportunities for our alumni are plentiful. Our alumni praise the emphasis on flexibility and…

• Volume 9 (2014) The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

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  Carla Cisternas Guasch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bálint Honos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nestor Marin Bravo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  David Home Valenzuela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tomás Díaz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mariana Gaba PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Felipe Cousiño PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joaquin Fernandez Abara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Cristian Saavedra Bastía PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Juliët Tinebra Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alliance Mango Kubota PhD candidate

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Carlos Rilling Tenorio PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gabriel Veppo de Lima PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Macarena Alegria Garcia PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Daphne Engel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nadia Rojas PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Theresa St John PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nicole Pereira Ríos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Matthias Lukkes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Andrea Bravo Lee
• Samuel Jong wins MSc Thesis Prize 2016 News - 2 November 2016

  Samuel Jong has won the Institute of Political Science MSc Thesis Prize 2016. With ‘Bridging the Gap: Do Ideological Differences Determine Whether Center-Right Parties Cooperate with the Radical Right?’, Jong completed his Political Science master studies. His research findings, according to the jury,…

• Cynthia van Vonno shortlisted for ECPR PhD prize News - 6 April 2017

  Political scientist Cynthia van Vonno’s (Leiden University) 2016 dissertation has been shortlisted for the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Jean Blondel PhD Prize. Her study of party group unity in parliamentary voting was chosen from an exceptionally high number of nominations.

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  Esther Edelmann Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Louis Sicking University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Events Leiden University Centre for International Relations

  One of LUCIR’s key objectives is to bring together scholars and students of International Relations. To this end, LUCIR regularly organises events such as conferences, roundtables, lectures and book launches.

• Presentation by Christa Tobler at the Department of Economy in Belfast, Northern Ireland News - 10 January 2020

  On 9 January 2020, Christa Tobler gave a presentation which was followed by a discussion, which was announced as follows:

• Guest Lecture Ambassador Ron Keller News - 12 November 2019

  On Friday 8 November 2019, Ron Keller, former ambassador of the Netherlands to China, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia gave a guest lecture at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs.