A number of election debates will be taking place in the run-up to the municipal elections on 18 March 2026. Leiden University and its partners in The Hague are also organising several initiatives that give students and staff the chance to exchange ideas with local politicians about the city’s futur…

3 October University has become something of a tradition: a bit of science among the Leidens Ontzet celebrations. During the new and improved edition, the WetenschapsWarenMarkt (Science Market), visitors spoke to researchers about the nitrogen problem, making organs and the city’s connections with A…

Frank Chouraqui is a University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.

Jeffrey Fynn-Paul is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.

Joanita Vroom is Professor in Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia, specializing in the material culture of the 7th to 19th centuries.

Roos van Oosten is an assistant professor in Medieval and Urban Archaeology at Leiden University. She has a broad research interest reflected in numerous publications on diverse topics: sanitation management, the textile industry, cemeteries and burial practices, historical cooking, ceramics and environmental…

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Louis Verreth is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Maia Casna is a PhD candidate in palaeopathology.

Rens Tacoma is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.

Carolien Stolte is Associate Professor of History at the Institute for History. She specializes in modern global history with a regional focus on South Asia.

Judi Mesman (1974) has been a professor at Leiden University since 2009 and focuses on the study of social (in)justice with special attention to intergenerational issues at individual and institutional levels. Since 2024, she has also been appointed Distinguished Professor of Social Responsibility and…

Anna Dlabacova is Associate professor in Book History and PI (Principal Investigator) of the ERC-Starting Grant project ‘Pages of Prayer. The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550 [PRAYER]’. She is also Vice Chair of the COST Action PRAYTICIPATE - Participation…

Professor Aske Plaat is Professor of Data Science at Leiden University. He is co-founder of the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS) and initiated the interdisciplinary research programme Society, Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences (SAILS). Between 2016 and 2023 he held the position of scientific…

On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.

Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…

Professor Ton Liefaard is Full Professor of Children’s Rights and Head of the Department of Child Law and Health Law. He has held the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights at Leiden University since 2012. Ton Liefaard served as Vice Dean of Leiden Law School between 2018 and 2023.

Marion Pluskota is assistant professor in Social and Economic History specialized in crime history and the history of prostitution/sex work.

Bleda Düring is a Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Title research: Persian Echoes: Irish Nationalism, Politics, and Orientalism in the Works of Vallancey, Moore, Mangan, and McCarthy

Jack Tillman is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Title research: Crime Victim’s Rights to Restitution in Indonesia: The Role of Public Prosecutor

Title research: Judicial independence in the context of accession to the European Union.

I study the functional genetics of egg development time in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), with the aim of determining the adaptive potential of this trait in wild insect populations in response to climate change.

Jaris Darwin is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Title research: Iran’s Transcendental Legitimacy of Law

Joseph (Joe) Finnerty is an Assistant Professor in European Human Rights Law at the Europa Institute, Leiden University. His primary research interest is the regulation of restrictions on rights and freedoms, particularly the purposes that are permitted or prohibited. In his research, Joe focuses on…

Title research: The Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: A Comparison under the International and Islamic Laws of War

Lydia Lois van de Fliert is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Weishuo Li (Arthur) is a PhD candidate at Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.

Jennifer Swerida is Assistant Professor in the Archaeology of West Asia.

Joep is conducting research into the effectiveness of subsidy provision.

Title research: EU rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans through judicial reforms: strengthening the rule of law through the EU driven judicial vetting process in Albania

Róisín Lambert is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Arts in Society.

Michael Liu is an external PhD candidate at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society.

Title research: Addressing business-related economic, social and cultural rights violations in post-conflict transitional justice: A case study on the extractive industries’ role during conflict and transition.

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