Title research: Textualism: the final solution?

Mohammed Raiz Shaffique is a Researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies. He is conducting research on Age Assurance and Online Child Safety, as part of the Better Internet for Kids+ initiative of the European Union. He is doing his PhD on Law and Robotics (Physical…

Dr Gavin Robinson PhD LLM is Assistant Professor in Criminal Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University.

Dr. Henning Lahmann is Assistant Professor at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies.

Dr. Carlotta Rigotti is an Assistant Professor at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University. Her research sits at the intersection of law, gender, and technology, where she examines contemporary manifestations of structural and intersectional subordination of women that are…

Marie Kolbenstetter is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Marie Schwed Shenker M.A. is a PhD candidate at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies. She is conducting research on Law and Robotics (Social Assistive Robots) as part of the ERC StG SAFE & Sound project.

Glyn Muitjens is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Professor B.H.M. (Bart) Custers PhD MSc LLM is full Professor of Law and Data Science and head of eLaw, Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University.

Gelijn Molier works since 1 September 2006 for the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law at the department of Jurisprudence, first as an assistant professor and since 2013 as an associate professor.

Berthe Jansen is Assistant Professor of Tibetan Studies at Leiden University. She has a PhD in Buddhist Studies from the same university. Jansen has wide academic interests but most have to do with the confluence of religion and society. Her monograph The Monastery Rules: Tibetan Monastic Organization…

Prof. Dr. Miranda van Eck is professor of Cardiovascular and metabolic therapeutics at the Division of BioTherapeutics, and Programme Director for the MSc programme of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Alireza Mashaghi is a principal investigator at the LACDR Division of Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Leiden University, since 2016. He leads the Medical Systems Biophysics and Bioengineering group. His lab conducts experimental and computational research at the interface of physics, engineering,…

Jan kolen is Professor of the History and Heritage of European Cultural Landscapes at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Simone van der Hof is a full Professor of Law and Digital Technology at the Center for Law and Digital Technology (eLaw) at Leiden Law School, Leiden University.

James McAllister is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Institute for Philosophy.

Joost Beltman is assistant professor at the Division of Drug Discovery & Safety.

Peter Webb is University Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Arabic Literature and Culture at Leiden University. He specialises in early Arabic poetry and prose, combining philology, literary analysis, and anthropological approaches to examine how poetic, narrative, and historiographical traditions shaped…

Martin Berger is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Archaeology and a member of the interdisciplinary research group Museums, Collections, and Society. His research interests include (etnographic) museums and collections histories, indigenous forms of representation, and the impact of globalization…

Hoe kan het dat universele mensenrechten wereldwijd niet hetzelfde in de praktijk worden gebracht?

In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, challenges the long-held belief that early humans had minimal impact on their environment before the rise of farming.

‘Critical thinking’ is an expression all academics have heard of: it’s the first learning objective in the Leiden Vision on Teaching and Learning. It’s both a historical topic with roots that reach back a long way and a topical problem too. The question on everyone’s lips is whether critical thinking…

Who assembled the collections of museums? The answer to this question seems to point to men as collectors. Apart from for rare exceptions, female collectors hardly seem to exist. Yet there were indeed women collectors. For the project Museums, Collections and Society, researcher Holly O'Farrell will…

A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…

Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa Lecture as planned on 26 November. She reflected on the protest and the importance of open debate, within the university and within a democracy.

Ksenia Fedorova is a university lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Within the Modern and Contemporary cluster of LUCAS, she is affiliated with the Environmental Humanities sub-cluster.

Sarah Wolff is Professor in International Studies and Global Politics at Leiden University. Her research concentrates on EU-UK foreign and security cooperation, EU migration and asylum policies, EU-Middle East and North Africa, as well as EU’s policies on gender and religion abroad.

Rik van Gijn is professor by special appointment of ethnolinguistic vitality and diversity in the world at the Centre for Linguistics. His interests focus on the indigenous languages of South America, and in particular on the question of the historical development of the stunning linguistic diversity…

Eelco van der Maat is a University Lecturer at the institute for History.

Krista A. Milne researches book history and medieval English and French literature at Leiden University.

From 2018, Anne Gerritsen holds the Chair of Asian Art at Leiden University. This position is generously sponsored by the Royal Asian Art Society in the Netherlands, Hulsewé Wazniewski Foundation, Isaac Alfred Ailion Foundation, Foundation for the Study of China at Leiden University, and the Jan Menze…

Dr. Gerlov van Engelenhoven is an assistant professor at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), teaching courses on postcolonial memory, law & culture, and cultural interaction. His most recent book is titled Postcolonial Memory in the Netherlands: Meaningful Voices, Meaningful Silences.…

Susanna de Beer is a Senior University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, and Endowed Professor Receptions of Classical Antiquity at the University of Groningen. Currently on detachment as Director of Ancient Studies and Classical Reception at the Royal Netherlands Institute…

There are many tributaries to Rosalin Kuiper’s story and they all lead to the sea. The 28-year-old sailor was one of the five-person Team Malizia in the world’s most prestigious sailing competition: the Ocean Race.

The results of the 2025 university elections are in. Who will represent us in the participation organs?

The development of the Faculty Strategic Plan (FSP) did not come to a standstill over the summer. We now have a draft version of the Plan that incorporates the feedback on the strategic objectives that we obtained from various meetings and bodies before the summer. The Research Directors and a number…