1,850 search results for “new religion and alternative spirituality” in the Staff website
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Materiality, Religion and the Senses
Conference, L*CeSAR Masterclass
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Kevin SpiritusFaculty of Law
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Markus DavidsenFaculty of Humanities
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Eric JorinkFaculty of Humanities
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Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality
Lecture, Keynote
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Rijk van DijkAfrican Studies Centre
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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NWO Open Competition for research on inclusive religion and identity: 'Impact on LGBTQIA+ community still underexplored'
What is the impact of religion and its discourse on the lives of queer people in countries where LGBTQIA+ individuals are not accepted? University Lecturer Eduardo Alves Vieira wants to know just that. With an NWO-grant, he will take a closer look at the inclusive religion movement in Brazil.
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Religious Studies students "learn with the city": bridging the gap between religion and society
Three students in Elpine de Boer’s class “Practicing Religious Studies” have been working together on a “Leren met de Stad” (“Learning with the City”) project with community centre Morschwijck, located in Leiden. The students were asked by the organization Incluzio to investigate to which extent cultural…
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Award ceremony Alternative Reading list Awards 2025
Arts and culture
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Veni grant for research on ‘lost pearl’ in Buddhist philosophy
University lecturer in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy Jingjing Li has been awarded a Veni grant for her research on feminist theories within the Buddhist philosophy of consciousness-only. Jingjing Li explains her plans and the importance of her research.
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Michiel van ElkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Willem van RooijenFaculty of Humanities
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Peter BurgerFaculty of Humanities
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Addie de MoorFaculty of Science
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Mini organs-on-chips: an alternative to drug testing on animals
Mini organs-on-chips allow us to study how diseases develop and how drugs work. Although the technology is not new, it is becoming increasingly advanced. PhD candidate Bart Kramer hopes it will eliminate animal testing in the future.
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Religion and Fantasy (12th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
Lecture, Symposium
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Elpine de BoerFaculty of Humanities
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Tessa HagensFaculty of Science
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Salwa TareenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ashley WilkinsonFaculty of Humanities
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Fang-I ChuSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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researchers receive KIEM grant to explore materiality in ancient religions
A KIEM grant was recently awarded to a diverse group of Leiden researchers, aiming to organise an interdisciplinary conference with the title ‘Ancient Religions and the Materiality of Danger’ in 2026. The topic of the conference marks a shift towards the study of the role of objects.
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Astrid VandendaeleFaculty of Humanities
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Fia van HeterenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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KNAW subsidy strengthens cooperation between Leiden religious scholars and secondary school teachers
Markus Altena Davidsen was 'extremely happy' when he heard that he and his colleagues had been awarded a grant from the KNAW pilot fund for science communication. Together with partners from all over the country, they are working on a book that should inspire secondary schools to renew their education…
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
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John BoySocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Arnold ZiegelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Jasmijn RanaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Wouter van BeekAfrican Studies Centre
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen van Beukering-RosmullerFaculty of Law
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Tiffany BousardFaculty of Humanities
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Book presentation: 'Coping with Versnel: A Roundtable on Religion and Magic'
Lecture, UMW Research Seminar
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Bart LabuschagneFaculty of Law
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Arman HasanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Bart BarendregtSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Mukh MahmudiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nadia SonneveldFaculty of Law
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Alternative demonstration in Leiden and The Hague against cuts has ended. Read the news article
Organisation
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Alternative Humanities Campus in Leiden city centre
Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden will develop new plans for an alternative Humanities Campus in the city centre. This means they will not proceed with the compulsory purchase of the De Doelen housing complex to facilitate the construction of the new Humanities Campus. The plans to demolish…
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Tommy van AvermaeteLeiden University Library
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Miguel MiraFaculty of Humanities
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Going forward with an alternative Humanities Campus
In the past months of the coronavirus crisis, work continued steadily on constructing the Humanities Campus. The Arsenaal has been completed. Colleagues have moved to the Reuvens and Huizinga buildings, and the South Cluster is ready for the renovation to start. And now we have suddenly had to stop.
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Ewine van Dishoeck after pontifical appointment: ‘Science and religion can coexist’
Pope Francis has appointed astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. She joins an illustrious list of Nobel Prize winners, such as Ernest Rutherford, Max Planck, Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger. What is her view on this? An interview with our professor of Molecular astrop…