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• Svetlana Kharchenkova on The Diplomat about decreased number of U.S. books in China News - 23 September 2025

  The number of books by U.S. authors released in China has drastically decreased in recent years. Assistant professor Svetlana Kharchenkova wrote an article about this for the Diplomat.

• Word by word, the first modern Japanese-Dutch dictionary is nearing completion News - 25 November 2025

  It was more than twenty years ago that the plan for a Japanese-Dutch dictionary was born. Now it contains over 65,000 words, and completion is tentatively coming into view. Dictionary makers Oscar Veltink and Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren talk about their enthusiasm for this decades-long mammoth task.

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  Lisa Cheng Professor General Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

• Remco Breuker makes documentary series about South Korea: 'The Netherlands and Korea are structurally related' News - 8 September 2025

  Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey through South Korea. How has the country developed over the past decades? And what is the impact of last December's failed coup?

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  Rogier Creemers Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Florian Schneider Professor Modern China

  Faculty of Humanities

• China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’ News - 1 July 2025

  Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.

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  Ben Arps Professor Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

• China, Protest and Asia’s Struggle against Autocracy Event - 23 October 2025

  Lecture

• Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant News - 23 October 2025

  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.

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  Keiko Yoshioka Lecturer and Head of the Japanese language programme.

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Dick Smakman University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Chris Flinterman Research support officer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Esther Op de Beek University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Anneke Wurth Teaching Methodologist for Dutch

  ICLON

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  Alisa van de Haar University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carmen van den Bergh University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Exhibition on art, culture and architecture along the Silk Road News - 14 August 2023

  Ornately decorated head pieces and jewellery, images of imposing mosques and photos of local people. The 'Splendours of the Silk Roads' exhibition depicts life and different cultures along this important trade route.

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  Inge Ligtvoet Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nancy Kula Professor African Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Interfaculty themes chosen to strengthen university’s profile News - 7 July 2025

  Leiden University is introducing 15 interfaculty themes to improve its visibility and strategic positioning. These themes can now be found on our website.

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  Bernhard Rieger Professor of European History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Johannes Müller University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’ News - 25 September 2023

  A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.

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  Victoria Nyst Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ans de Rooij-van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ying-ting Wang Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Abhishek Avtans- Lecturer of Hindi Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Geert Warnar Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Olaf Kaper Professor of Egyptology

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Lifeng Han Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

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  Karen Smith University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Peter Bisschop Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Erika Riccobon PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jin Hee Park University Lecturer Korean

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Emi Yamamoto Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Anneke Both-de Vries

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

• signs collaboration agreement with Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science News - 25 September 2024

  The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) alliance signed a collaboration agreement with the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology on 23 September.

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  Ronald Kon Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Evelyn Bosma Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alex Reuneker Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alwin Kloekhorst Professor Anatolian Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Emma Grootveld University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nicolette Mout Professor emeritus of European History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Olga Nozdracheva PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities