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The Geopolitics of Japan: 2025
Debate, BASIS The Hague, Universiteit Leiden
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A Luwian song in Old Hittite and its relevance for the study of negation compounds
Lecture, CIEL Seminars
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Modality without moods? Preliminary considerations for a systematic study of modal strategies in Hittite
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium | Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road
An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Central Asia and their inhabitants.
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Quality of master’s programme rated in Keuzegids 2025
Leiden University’s Master’s in Advanced Studies in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration is one of the 15 ‘excellent master’s programmes’ at Dutch universities. This is according to the Keuzegids consumer guide to master’s programmes for 2025.
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New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices
At the end of the 7th century something curious occurs in Northwestern Europe. Suddenly, people start burying the dead next to their dwellings instead of in communal cemeteries. Professor Frans Theuws recently published a book on this phenomenon. ‘We wanted to know if the study of these farmyard burials…
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Exploring the materials and heritage involved in the Belt and Road Initiative
Dr Maikel Kuijpers, a staff member at the Faculty of Archaeology and a guest researcher at the Centre for Environmental Sciences (CML), is participating in an exploratory interdisciplinary study on the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Made possible by a Seed Fund of the Leiden University Global…
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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Archaeologist Mette Langbroek works on beads exhibition: ‘Humans have a special relationship with beads'
Beads are among the oldest types of human artistic expression. Even so, the small ornaments have a bad status record regarding archaeological investigation. PhD candidate Mette Langbroek, usually at home studying early medieval beads, had the opportunity to work on a publication and exhibition on 5000…
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’
How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
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Sei'ichi Kondō and Sanae Kagaya are the Artists in Residence for 2025
In December 2025, Leiden University welcomes Professors Sei’ichi Kondō and Sanae Kagaya as the 2025 JAPA-UL artists in residence. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a workshop series that focuses on Japanese cultural heritage and butō dance. There is a limited number of places…
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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Slice of 'Zeeuws' life: the complex stories behind human burials in Koudekerke
A team of three students affiliated with Leiden University is shedding new light on the lives, diets, health, and mobility of individuals buried at the historic church site in Koudekerke, Zeeland. The project, a collaboration with the Walcherse Archeologische Dienst and funded by the Municipality of…
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Nadine Akkerman appointed professor: 'Interdisciplinarity also strengthens the humanities'
Leiden University has a new professor. On 1 June Nadine Akkerman became Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture, a position she feels is designed to help her help others.
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Archaeology student Anne Wagemakers wins LISF prize for report on research in Spain
With the help of a LUF grant, archaeology student Anne Wagemakers investigated an archaeological assemblage in Spain. Now her research report has won the annual LISF prize.
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
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Quality of master’s programmes assessed in new guide
The Air and Space Law (Advanced LL.M.) master’s programme at Leiden University is among ten ‘excellent master’s programmes’ at Dutch universities. This is according to ‘Keuzegids masters 2024’, a guide to master’s programmes in the Netherlands.
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Grant for workshop series on Ocean Governance
Dr. Vanessa Newby (ISGA) and Dr. Catherine Jones from St Andrews won a grant worth over €23.000 from the RSE Saltire Facilitation Network Award entitled: ‘Worse Things Happen at Sea’: The Governance & Security of the Ocean. The grant will comprise three workshops in 2022: one in Leiden, one in Edinburgh…
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Streaming the Sagas: a live role play in the North-European Age of Heroes
Hwæt! You've heard of the adventures of the mighty Beowulf. You've heard of the brave folk standing beside him, and the awe-inspiring foes standing against him. But where their legend still lives, their tale ended long ago... Let us begin a new saga, let us find new heroes, weave a new story - by the…
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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COUNTERRR Project Launch & Roundtable Discussions: Current trends in the study of government and community responses to jihadi insurgencies in Africa
Roundtable
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Reducing or Reinforcing Gender Bias? A Study on the Application of ChatGPT in Translation from a Feminist Perspective
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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Aholi SoFaculty of Humanities
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East Europe’s Forgotten Peasant Revolution: The Era of World Wars Reconsidered
Lecture, Seventh Annual Austrian Studies Lecture
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Mirae KimFaculty of Humanities
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Keynote Address: The Kindness of Others: Jews, Christians and Early Childhood Care in Medieval Europe
Lecture
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Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany
Debate, Book Launch
- Doing Fieldwork with the Police: Methodological and Ethical Considerations
- Evening Lecture Series: Practitioners in War
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Leiden Medievalists Blog meet-up
Lecture
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The Biblical Covenant and its Afterlife
Lecture
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An Evening of Druze Voices
Lecture, Event
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Bridging Micro- and Macro-Sociohistorical Perspectives: A Study of Multilingual Practices in a Franco-Manitoban Family Correspondence (1939–1999)
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Sai EnglertFaculty of Humanities
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Interpreters’ Note-Taking: an international writing system?
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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Yves MenheereFaculty of Humanities
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Lital AbazonFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea GiolaiFaculty of Humanities
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Campus Den Haag hosts 'On Campus' Experience Days
Last Saturday, Wijnhaven Campus and the Anna van Buerenplein were the setting for the first 'on campus' Experience Days in The Hague since the restrictive measures in higher education were introduced in March 2020. Spread over the day, some 200 students visited the campus to delve deeper into the 3…
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Wonkyung ChoiFaculty of Humanities
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Pelin Onar ValkFaculty of Humanities
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Yi-Hsien HsiehFaculty of Humanities
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Integrated Project on physical violence and public order 2021
The first year students of Bachelor Security Studies finished their final block with the course Integrated Project 1. As part of the programme's teaching philosophy ‘Explore, Understand, Do’, students were required to combine the knowledge and understanding they’d gathered throughout their first year,…