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Who advised the government in the seventeenth century? ‘It’s interesting to see who was considered an expert.’ News - 20 January 2026
What do you do as a government if you are at a loss? You ask an expert for help. In the seventeenth-century Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, one expert after another popped up to advise one of the many regional authorities. In her Veni project, researcher Anna-Luna Post sets out to discover…

Call for interest: MARS staff exchange programme News - 18 February 2025
Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of the EU-funded Marie Curie Staff Exchange Network on non-western…

Farewell Mirjam de Baar: ‘Your interest was always genuine’ News - 20 March 2025
For nine years, Mirjam de Baar was vice-dean at the Faculty of Humanities. On Monday 17 March, she took her leave in the Academy Building. ‘You have worn out two deans, two vice-deans, four business managers and six assessors.’

Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks News - 21 March 2024
The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students? These two 'colleagues' are certain of it.

Great interest in LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability News - 15 November 2022
Today marks the launch of the LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability. Students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University will work together on concrete sustainability issues of organisations. Interest in the new programme turned out to be overwhelming. Two lecturers involved share…

How successful are interest groups in court? A Kiem project finds out News - 28 April 2025
Interest groups seem to be going to court more often to force politicians to act. How often do they do so? And how successful are they? The Kiem project ‘Litigation in the name of public interest’ is compiling a database on this.

Huge interest from prospective students (and their parents) on Bachelor’s Open Day News - 4 March 2024
Presentations, city tours, themed cafés and information fairs − there was plenty to discover on the Bachelor’s Open Day last Saturday. Around 6,000 prospective students and 4,000 parents visited faculties in Leiden and The Hague to soak up the atmosphere and imagine how it would be to study at Leiden…

Interested in becoming a member of The Young Academy? Let your supervisor know Announcement - 17 April 2025
Research

Urban Studies graduates: 'The field is interesting and relevant, and keeps expanding' News - 9 October 2023
After years of hard work, Urban Studies graduates were presented with their diplomas. How do they look back on their studies? And what can we expect from them in the future?

Vraag het Leiden seeks academics to answer interesting questions sent in by the public News - 18 February 2025
Would you like to share your expertise with a wide audience, and in a very convenient way? The Vraag het Leiden (Ask Leiden) video platform is looking for academics who can answer questions sent in by the general public, both young and old, by recording short videos.

Tour of the South Cluster attracts more than 100 interested colleagues News - 1 November 2023
The South Cluster - the former Van Wijkplaats/Van Eyckhof on Witte Singel - is currently undergoing an impressive transformation. On 25 October, more than 100 enthusiastic colleagues witnessed the progress of the renovation during a series of tours of the building.

Call for statements of interest: MARS staff exchange programme "Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective" News - 16 April 2024
Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of the EU funded Marie Curie Staff Exchange Network on non western…

Taskforce promotes the interests of contract and external PhD candidates: ‘We must level out the playing field’ News - 11 July 2023
The University wants to improve its support for contract and external PhD candidates. A taskforce headed by Dean of FGGA Erwin Muller has made over fifty recommendations, varying from an improved PhD portal and flexible work places on the campus to the right to vote in employee participation bodies.…

Book talk: The Party’s Interests Come First by Joseph Torigian Event - 13 October 2025
Lecture, Book talk

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