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• Research Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology

  Our Institute’s research focuses on ‘global vulnerabilities and social resilience’. Specifically, we highlight three interconnected themes: diversity, sustainability, and digitalisation.

• Extracurricular Assyriology (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme in Assyriology offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Extracurricular Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Programme structure Global Archaeology (MA)

  In this unique master’s programme you will first deepen your knowledge on specific areas of the world and then learn to reflect upon this in a global context.

• Programme structure Archaeological Science (MSc)

  Dive into the heart of archaeological science: explore the flora and fauna of bygone ages, study human bones and teeth, analyse the cultural biographies of material objects, or become an expert in the use of computational methods in archaeological research.

• Extracurricular Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (research) (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Programme structure Heritage and Museum Studies (MA)

  Learn about current approaches and ethical issues in heritage management and experience some of these in daily practice.

• Research Institute of Security and Global Affairs

  Within the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, research is organised in seven main research groups:

• Schilperoort Park Dossier: Building projects

  Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden worked together on the development of the Schilperoort Park. This new public space is situated in the north-eastern part of the Leiden Bio Science Park. The park ambience is extended into the adjacent residential area, where former medical laboratories…

• Professional learning Humanities

  Would you like to develop further and be challenged academically in your field or beyond? The Faculty of Humanities offers a wide range of courses to boost your career, learn new skills or broaden your knowledge.

• Changing Patterns of Animal Exploitation Research project

  This part entails the analysis of an extensive sample of animal bone (c. 30,000 pieces) retrieved from well-defined archaeological contexts of the early period at Tell Sabi Abyad, c. 6800-6200 BC. It comprises aspects of taphonomy, ageing and osteometry, the reconstruction of the local spectrum of domestic…

• Isis on the Nile Research output

  The fourth conference of Isis Studies was organised by Liège college and has now been published by Laurent Bricault and Miguel John Versluys.

• Extracurricular Classics (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Extracurricular Egyptology (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme in Egyptology offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Extracurricular Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Extracurricular Egyptology (research) (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme in Egyptology offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Reconstructing the past through languages of the present: The Lesser Sunda Islands Research project

  What can languages spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands today tell us about the histories of its various population groups?

• Week 1: 8-10 January 2026 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon Research project

  This project, South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon (SAPPHIRE), investigates population dynamics in western South America on the basis of traces in the geographical, genetic, archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic record.

• Extracurricular Assyriology (research) (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme in Assyriology offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Extracurricular Classics (research) (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme in Classics offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Ancient History: Empires, Societies and Cultures (MA)

  This programme explores Graeco-Roman political, social, and cultural dynamics, focusing on empire development and its societal impact. It shows how imperial rule shaped cultures, religions, and identities, using inscriptions, papyri, coins, and archaeology to highlight perspectives beyond elite sour…

• EMERGENCE: Early Medieval English in Nineteenth-Century Europe Research project

  In the 19th century, Old English poems were claimed as cultural heritage by various non-Anglophone nations, including Scandinavians, Germans and Dutch. These competing nationalistic, cultural appropriations happened against the backdrop of a growing interest in early medieval English language and literature…

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  Hans Hulshof Professor emeritus

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  Luz Rodriguez Professor Emeritus

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  Nathaniel Martin Professor

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  Louise Müller Guest

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  Fernanda Korovsky Moura Postdoc

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  Paul Hoftijzer Professor emeritus

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  Adriaan van der Weel Professor Emeritus by special appointment

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