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1,427 search results for “contemporary africa politics” in the Student website

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  Jelke Bethlehem Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Vishwesh Sundar Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Frits Meijerink Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Alp Yenen University Lecturer Modern Turkish History and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Stijn De Cauwer University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kim Dankoor Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joris Dormans University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs Event - 13 May 2026

  Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People

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  Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Bart Verheijen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maarten van Leeuwen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Reza Shaker Ardekani Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Matthew Hoye Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Wim Voermans Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Tom Buitelaar Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Jonathan Crock External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Clare Fenwick Guest Staff Member

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Marina Terkourafi Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jiyan Ilbrink University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Keynote by Mayke Kaag at UN about trust and security sector reform News - 13 June 2025

  On 2 June, Prof. Mayke Kaag gave a keynote speech at the UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting was organised by the UN’s Security Sector Reform & Governance Unit.

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  Daný van Dam University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Antonella Maiello Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

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  Luca Bruls PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022 News - 8 November 2022

  October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s thesis. For 2021-2022, fifteen theses were nominated. During the various graduation ceremonies the two final winners were announced: Essi Maria Teresia…

• Sarah de Lange, new professor of Dutch Politics: ‘We should not take our democratic constitutional state for granted’ News - 17 September 2025

  ‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, the Dutch party system, and specifically how the rise of extremist parties influences democracy. She will start as a professor in Leiden in mid-October…

• Programme South Asian Studies (MA)

  When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

• LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize News - 3 September 2021

  Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many ways, border-crossing scientist contributes with her research to more effective vaccines against parasitic infections and better medication for inflammatory…

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  Johan Christensen Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Mark Rutgers Chair of the Board ASCL

  Faculty of Humanities

• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• NICA is moving to Leiden News - 21 January 2021

  Since 1 January Leiden has a new graduate school. The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), previously based at the University of Amsterdam, has moved to the Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).

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  Jeanne Viet Communication staff member

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Roos van der Haer Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Fotini Vassou Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Eldad Vainstoc Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Tilko Arne Swalve Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Thomas Scarff Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Can Kurban Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Sara Bolghiran PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Between Power and Public Opinion: State Reform in Nepal News - 8 April 2025

  On 24 April 2025, political scientist Pawan Kumar Sen will defend his PhD dissertation, "Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)," at Leiden University. His research examines how Nepal’s major political parties navigated key state restructuring reforms—republicanism,…

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  Toon Kerkhoff Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Jay Huang Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Madeleine Hosli Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Anna Notsu PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Tin Kapetanovic Dual PhD candidate - guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Developments in local politics research Event - 8 April 2025

  Lecture

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  Jeroen Duindam Professor

  Faculty of Humanities