During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.

Sara Brandellero is a University Lecturer in Brazilian Literature and Culture at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS). Her teaching and research focus on Brazil, also in global perspective, especially in its connections with the Portuguese-speaking world, Europe and Latin America.…

Denise Groeneveld is a dual PhD candidate at Leiden University Dual PhD Centre. Working title thesis: ‘Interventions leading to behavioral spillover. Goal activation through pro-environmental behaviors'.

Marloes van Roon is a Dual PhD candidate at Leiden University Dual PhD Centre. Working title thesis: 'Geheugen en strategiegebruik van leerlingen, de rol van de leerkracht'.

Carola Hein is Professor Water, Ports and Historic Cities at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University.

Patrick Antenbrink participates as a PhD-candidate in the programme of the Dual PhD Centre in The Hague. Thesis working title: 'Public-private cooperation in intelligence and the influence on public accountability’.

Karien Ris is a dual PhD candidate at Leiden University Dual PhD Centre. Working title thesis: ‘Relevance of stakeholder dialogue before and during turnaround situations‘.

As a sociolinguist, I critically explore the ways in which language reflects, reinforces, or contests social inequalities, in the online and offline worlds. Passionate about languages, open science, and research-led, student-driven higher education, I bring an interdisciplinary perspective to the…

Dr. Silvia D’Amato is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), part of the research groups Terrorism and Political Violence and War, Peace and Justice. Silvia is also Secretary General of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS).

Ruben Poelstra is an external PhD Candidate at the Centre for the Arts in Society.

Samten Yeshi is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Area Studies.

Working title dissertation: 'A Revaluation of Trust – Does Open Government Promote Public Trust? ' PhD-candidate at the Leiden University Dual PhD Centre in The Hague.

Dr. Zakia Shiraz is Assistant Professor of Intelligence and Security. Her expertise lies in Latin American political history and security, and research connects the fields of Area Studies, International Security, and Intelligence Studies. In 2024, she was awarded a Starter Grant for her research on…

Rita Spithoff participates as dual PhD-candidate in the programme of Leiden University Dual PhD Centre The Hague. Working title : 'The deletion and retention of the particle ne in negations in spoken contemporary French: morpho-phonological factors'.

Our main research interest is to understand the underlying mechanisms of plant protection against (a)biotic stresses mediated by microorganisms. Our group is specialized in the development of new multidisciplinary approaches to systematically correlate microbial genes and biosynthetic gene clusters…

Anthony Brown has a Master of Science degree in Astronomy from the University of Leiden and obtained his PhD there as well. He held positions as PostDoc at the Leiden Observatory, Instituto de Astronomía in Ensenada and at the European Southern Observatory. Currently he is working at the Leiden Observatory…

Ernst van Alphen is a professor emeritus of of Literary Studies at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Dr Maxine David is a Lecturer in European Studies at Leiden University. She is a Foreign Policy analyst, specialising in Russian and EU foreign policy. She has co-edited and contributed to a number of special issues and edited collections on EU-Russia relations. Maxine also researches and has published…

Anita van Dissel is a Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for History.

Helen Westgeest is a Senior University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Joni Reef is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and a Research Fellow at the Department of Criminology, Leiden University.

Janet Grijzenhout holds the chair of English linguistics.

Petra van den Bekerom is an Assistant Professor in Public Management at Leiden University and program director of the Bachelor’s program in Public Administration. Her research centers on how public service delivery shapes equity in outcomes and how different groups experience and benefit from public…

During my PhD at KU Leuven (Belgium, 2000–2005), I explored evolutionary and ecological patterns in the wood anatomy of flowering plants. As a postdoctoral researcher (2005–2010), I expanded my focus to functional anatomy, allowing me to link wood anatomical traits to drought tolerance. This integrative…

Aparajita Dutta participates as a dual PhD candidate at Leiden University Dual PhD Centre. Working title thesis: 'Internationalisation within higher (Art) education in the Netherlands'.

Paul Hudson is Associate Professor of Physical Geography and Sustainability. He is a Dutch-American academic, and has been in the Netherlands since 2010 where he has considerable experience managing and leading educational programs across the university landscape. His teaching and research in environmental…

Ferry A. Ossendorp is Professor Molecular Vaccin Biology and head of the Tumor Immunology group in the department Immunology of the Leiden University Medical Centre. He is also member of the Scientific Board of the Dutch Cancer Society KWF.