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• Leiden strengthens ties with Latin America and Caribbean News - 17 May 2016

  Astronomical observations in Chile, research into native heritage or the treatment of eye diseases in Brazil - Leiden is researching a large number and a wide variety of different topics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Researchers and representatives from 20 countries met on 11 May in Leiden to…

• Genner Llanes-Ortiz’s Leiden Experience: ‘Indigenous stories contain knowledge from deep past’ News - 14 March 2019

  Back in 2016, Genner Llanes-Ortiz joined the Faculty of Archaeology as an assistant professor in the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples research group. Genner works on the crossroads of anthropology, archaeology, heritage, and human rights. ‘I am investigating how contemporary indigenous peoples are re-connecting…

• How Dutch Brazil was lost News - 4 January 2017

  The Amsterdam media played a major role in the rise and fall of Dutch Brazil, the colony held briefly by the Dutch West India Company in the 17th century. This is the conclusion reached by Professor of Maritime History Michiel van Groesen in his book ‘Amsterdam’s Atlantic’.

• Sara Polak: ‘Corona unveils great social inequality in the US’ News - 14 April 2020

  Following China and Italy, it appears that the United States is becoming the next epicentre of the coronacrisis. Can the US handle this crisis? Is president Trump dealing with the situation correctly? We asked Leiden America expert Sara Polak.

• Meet Dr. Lital Abazon LJSA Member News - 25 January 2024

  Prior to arriving to Leiden, Dr. Abazon completed her Ph.D. at Yale University's Department of Comparative Literature, where she also taught courses ranging from Introduction to Zionism to World Cinema.

• Scholarship in Antiquity on the Occasion of the Eightieth Birthday of Arie van der Kooij Event - 28 March 2025

  Symposium

• The forgotten history of Dutch slavery in Guyana News - 28 February 2020

  When we think of the history of Dutch slavery, the areas that spring to mind are primarily the Antilles and Suriname. However, until the end of the eighteenth century there were also Dutch plantation colonies in neighbouring Guyana. Bram Hoonhout’s book ‘Borderless Empire’ describes this forgotten h…

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  Kate Bellamy Postdoctoral Researcher

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  Mohammed Raiz Shaffique PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Herman Siemens Senior University Lecturer History of Modern Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bart Custers Professor of

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  Christina Pasvanti Gkioka PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Jacqueline Vel Affliated researcher

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  Arie-Jan Kwak Assistant Professor

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  Nathal Dessing University Lecturer Anthropology of Religion

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karolina Pomorska Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Bruno Verbeek Senior University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

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  Philippe van Gruisen Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Simone van der Hof Professor of Law and Digital Technologies

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  Szilvia Biro Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Kees Waaldijk Professor emeritus

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  Nina van Capelleveen Assistant professor

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  Edmund Hayes University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carlotta Rigotti Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Wil Roebroeks Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Marie Schwed Shenker PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Joost Broekens Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Jelle Bruning University Lecturer Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic

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  Thomas Fossen University Lecturer Political Philosophy

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  Gavin Robinson Assistant professor

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  Chloe Gros Postdoc

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  Jaap Corthals Duale promovendus

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Rutger Hoekstra Associate professor

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• Leiden Essay Film Festival Event - 14 September 2025

  Festival

• Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy Event - 1 May 2025

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• The development of the Tocharian accent Event - 31 October 2025

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

• Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of war News - 23 April 2018

  Paul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. The war years brought his lightning career to an abrupt end: his son was murdered and he himself was imprisoned in a concentration camp. A sad family…

• Pieter Slaman: German occupation lengthened mandatory education News - 29 January 2020

  Assistant professor and dual PhD candidate, Pieter Slaman writes in Binnenlands Bestuur about the fact that the German occupier lengthened the period of mandatory education in The Netherlands.

• Double standards in the prosecution of violent fathers News - 20 November 2025

  The prosecution of violent fathers is regularly abandoned, supposedly ‘in the best interests of the child’. Assistant professor Mojan Samadi responds in an interview with RTL and Investico: ‘It’s problematic if you accept this argument as a matter of course.’

• War in the Middle East: What are the implications? News - 3 March 2026

  The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.

• Seventeenth-century Dutch were masters in fake news News - 22 March 2024

  LUC historian Jacqueline Hylkema unmasks forgeries from the early modern Dutch Republic in the research project

• Van Marum Colloquium/RISE Lecture: Quantum-Derived Kinetics of Photo/electrocatalysis on Metals Event - 27 May 2025

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• Van Marum Colloquium: Playing to strengths : the advantages of using boron doped diamond electrodes in electrochemical research Event - 18 March 2025

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• Van Marum Colloquium: Exploring the Interfacial Properties and Electrocatalytic Activity of Platinum-Palladium Single Crystal Alloys Event - 20 February 2025

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• Van Marum Colloquium: Tale of Two Beamers: results from recent improvements in two molecular beam scattering instruments Event - 23 May 2025

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• Van Marum Colloquium: Technological Developments for EC-STM Measurements: Single-molecule Reaction Measurements and Development of Electrodeposited Event - 25 June 2025

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• Van Marum Colloquium: New frontiers in modeling nanoporous materials and their applications at the crossroads of quantum mechanics, statistical Event - 4 September 2025

  Lecture

• Views on Africa News - 23 June 2017

  In the media, we hear a lot of worrying news from Africa: refugees, attacks, Ebola, starvation, corruption... But Africa is much more than that: it is a continent in transition, with developments occurring at breakneck speed. African Studies scholars from different academic disciplines in Leiden conduct…

• Van Marum Colloquium: Voltage-Driven Water-Dissociation Catalysis: Fundamentals to Applications Advanced Bipolar Membrane Technology Event - 27 June 2025

  Lecture

• Descriptive Linguistics: Interactive idea sharing session Event - 31 October 2025

  Lecture, Descriptive Linguistic Seminars