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• Caught in the middle? Beer and policy in a Leiden neighbourhood News - 1 November 2021

  For my Policy in Practice research project, Elise van Dansik engaged with a problem that Leiden ‘Social Domain’ policy officers saw themselves confronted with, which was why migrant organizations of Slaaghwijk (a socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Leiden’s north) do not cooperate with…

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  Aleena Karim External PhD student

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Catherine Wood PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carmen van den Bergh University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society' News - 6 November 2025

  In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…

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• Check it out: NIMAR contributes to COBRA museum exhibition News - 7 July 2022

  This summer, the COBRA Museum will be focusing on Moroccan art. 'The other story' exhibition presents for the first time Moroccan modernism in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) contributed to its exhibition

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  Jonathan Stökl University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alireza Asghari
• Rites of Passage in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals Event - 20 May 2025

  Middle East Studies Lecture

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  Seda Gürkan Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Gerrit Dusseldorp Associate professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Masoud Kiani External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nisida Gjoksi Guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’ News - 20 October 2025

  Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciting documents, he also discovered the biscuits from the Water & Bloem bakery and the wild flowers at the Groenesteeg cemetery.

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  Patrick Dassen Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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• Andrea Cortellari wins the best MA thesis prize in Turkish Studies News - 18 August 2021

  Andrea Cortellari, a 2020 graduate of the MA program in Middle Eastern Studies at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, wins the best MA thesis prize by the Society for Turkic, Ottoman, and Turkish Studies.

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  Eric Jorink Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nike van Helden PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Antoaneta Dimitrova, Bernard Steunenberg and Dimiter Toshkov about the political situation in Bulgaria News - 21 September 2021

  In the current political situation of Bulgaria, it seems that a long-term caretaker government is the only viable option at the moment. Dimiter Toshkov, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Bernard Steunenberg of FGGA analyse what the Bulgarian caretaker government can learn from its Dutch counterpart.

• Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy News - 31 August 2021

  This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.

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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern' News - 29 April 2021

  On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’

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  Alistair Kefford Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ruth Clemens Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Max Willem Lenssen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Humanities

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  Wei Chu Researcher and assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Hisashi Owada Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yunnan Ye PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Humanities

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