Leiden was buzzing on the Evening of Languages With a sold-out programme, a buzzing atmosphere and over thirty activities, the event showcased how rich, surprising, and unifying language can be. youtu.be/TAc4x5mZV2Y

Faculty Teaching Award for Mike Schmidli Assistant professor Mike Schmidli has won the 2025 Faculty Teaching Award. The Committee praised his commitment to not only informing students well, but also helping them develop into well-rounded individuals. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes and improvements that were made in ancient times. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

🎉Historian @judithpollmann.bsky.social received the #SpinozaPrize from NWO for her research on how people dealt with change in the past and how these affected both personal and collective identities. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

🎉Célébrons le français: Symposium: 130 Years of French Language and Culture in Leiden 📍23 May 2025, 14:00 - 17:00, Waalse kerk, Leiden. This event is in Dutch and French. Register via: www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2025/...

🏆Jenneke van der Wal wins Ammodo Science Award: ‘Especially unstudied languages contribute to theory building’ Read the interview with Jenneke: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025... and watch the video: vimeo.com/1078359474

80 years after the end of the Second World War, the History and International Studies section and the Cold War Research Network are organising a roundtable discussion with Matthew Broad, Maxine David, Laurien Crump, Daniel Schade, Vineet Thakur and Jue Wang. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

After a successful career as a singer, Esmee Schoones started studying French a few years ago. It resulted in a national award of Platform Frans for her thesis on musical arrangements of Paul Verlaine's poems and a job teaching French. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

PhD candidate Sander van der Horst collaborated with Henna Goudzand to write about anti-colonial student resistance in Leiden in the recently published anthology 'Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen. Stadsgeschiedenis van Nederland en België.' www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

In a well-filled Telders Auditorium of #LeidenUniversity, university learners of Korean competed with each other to see who speaks Korean the best. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

With his research on queer migration, PhD candidate Jamel Buhari shows how complex the reality is. Read more about it! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated in a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels what made some become a success while others were quickly forgotten. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

⛵Wreck in the Wadden Sea: ‘Objects tell the story’ More than 40 years ago, a wrecked merchant ship was found in the Wadden Sea. PhD student Geke Burger looked at this archaeological find from a historical perspective. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

On 10 March, staff from Leiden University are kicking off the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts. Besides teach-outs at schools or city lectures at the Waalse Kerk, a strike action will be organised at the Garenmarkt in Leiden.

If it is up to university lecturer Evelien Walhout, in a year's time we will know exactly what people from Haarlem and Zwolle died of a century ago. Together with colleagues from other universities, she started a platform where causes of death are recorded. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Actualiteitencollege 6 march: Democracy under pressure? Lessons from South Korea Join the lecture by professor @remcobreuker.bsky.social Breuker, organised by @leidenglobal.bsky.social together with Studium Generale and @geopolitieknu.bsky.social Info: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

During the Week of the Classics at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, the theme is Law and Justice. There is a varied program! Our tip: attend one of the lectures by Renske Janssen, Jürgen Zangenberg, Bert van den Berg, Christoph Pieper, Tazuko Angela van Berkel or Ilan Peled.

Three years ago, associate professor Alicia Schrikker published De vlinders van Boven-Digoel, about the colonial life in Indonesia. Now, Rianti Manullang, assistant professor at Universitas Indonesia and PhD candidate at LUCAS, has translated the book. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Celebrate International Mother Language Day on the 21st of February. The event organised by HERLING (The Research Lab for the Study of Heritage Languages of the Netherlands) will consist various talks and presentations about Mother Languages in Motion. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

From an Open Mic event for disabled and neurodivergent individuals to a podcast about Africa and Latin American, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to diversity and inclusion. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/dossiers/...

Over a thousand women ended up in a State workhouse between 1886 and 1934. This was a place for vagrants, beggars and drunkards: people who were said to be too lazy to work. Who were these women who were sent there? PhD candidate Marian Weevers found out. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research at the Faculty of Humanities reveals that although healthcare in Asia was well organised, the VOC faced persistent problems for two centuries.

🎧Listen to the first season of College Tour, the podcast! created by master students of Journalism and New Media and journalist Twan Huys. In this new series of podcasts, Twan Huys talks to high-profile and inspiring international journalists including Eliot Higgins! open.spotify.com/show/5b9u3Iz...

💡Chairperson Susan van Grol: We need to be critical but realistic After 14 years of chairing the Faculty Council, Professor Jan Sleutels is handing over the baton. Student Susan van Grol takes over the chairmanship. Time for an introduction to Susan: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

An endoscopic camera was used to record images of reused medieval fragments on the inside of book bindings from 1500-1700. The research is part of the project: ‘FragmEndoscopy' by senior university lecturer Thijs Porck and student assistant Iris van Kuijk. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Esther Op de Beek and Stijn Bussels begin as New Education and Scientific Directors of the LUCAS Institute of the Faculty of Humanities: 'Communication with Staff is Paramount' www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

When discussing enslavement, attention often focuses on Africans forcibly shipped to South America. Timo McGregor's new Veni research sheds light on a lesser-known method, whereby indigenous populations were enslaved through the households of colonisers. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

Professor Beatrice de Graaf held the 53rd Huizinga Lecture on Thursday 12 December. In front of a sold-out Stadsgehoorzaal, she spoke about how history can be used in times of crisis to give meaning to the situation. Read more: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building of #UniversityLeiden is officially opened. It comprises labs with digital facilities for students and researchers, who are also at hand to help use these digital research tools. The labs include an AI Lab, a film studio and a podcast studio.

🌍 The future of Europe is not about Europe More autocracies, less gender equality and growing anti-liberal sentiment. These are just some of the developments Professor Sarah Wolff will highlight in her inaugural lecture on the future of Europe. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

💡Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate this. Read more: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

📢 New protest on 25 November - Make your voice heard against the cuts to higher education 📢 Staff and students from Leiden University will protest on 25 November at 1:00 PM at the Malieveld in The Hague against the billions in cuts to higher education. Will you join us?

Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. Andries Hiskes, PHD researcher at the #LeidenUniversity Centre for Arts in Society, researched the disabled body and the reactions it can bring. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’ states Diego Salama, PhD candidate at #LeidenUniversity. He examines how the Middle East operations (1967 - 1982) were connected and their impact on the region. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

Medieval and early modern literature viewed through the lens of Artificial Intelligence? Bram Caers, University lecturer of Dutch Literature at Leiden University, will tell you more about it during the Letter en Geest lecture (in Dutch) on 18 April. www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2024/...

When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. Leiden University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change and will research the development of the early Shia community. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

PhD candidate Sebastiaan van der Lubben of #leidenUniversity has written live blogs about Leiden politics. But how do you go about covering an event while it unfolds? Much proved to be unknown about this relatively new journalistic genre. Read more about it! bit.ly/3VP19xQ

‘Language is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early age’ says Nivja De Jong, Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy at University Leiden. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

‘Language is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early age’ says Nivja De Jong, Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy at University Leiden. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The series (2 April - 21 May) is held as a prelude to the new Middle Eastern Library, which will be opened coming academic year. bit.ly/3VIQBAe

@ronaldgiphart.bsky.social will be Leiden University’s new writer in residence this autumn. As writer in residence, Giphart will explore some of his own fascinations together with Leiden students. Read more: bit.ly/3TDaPZE

Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: 'A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible' says Professor of Early Modern Dutch History of the Faculty of Humanties and project leader Judith Pollmann. bit.ly/4aiRJyB

With the help of the JEDI fund, Fatima Al Moufridji and Thijs Porck went in search of cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Together they made four knowledge clips that can now be seen on YouTube. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

How do we address historical power dynamics in new slavery and emancipation histories? Which critical methods apply to studying preserved archives? A new book series aims to address these questions. Karwan Fatah-Black and Ilse Josepha Lazaroms are happy to receive new manuscripts. bit.ly/3v9f5YP

Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments require moral interpretation - and they get it in the form of art. Lotte Pet wrote a dissertation about it. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

Alisa van de Haar is one of three humanities scholars to win a KNAW Early Career Award this year. The university lecturer of Ancient French Literature is receiving the award for her innovative research on multilingualism and migration. bit.ly/43b8TvX

With her Veni research, investigator Rosanne Baars from the Institute of History aims to demonstrate that women played a role in the eighteenth-century diplomatic circles of the Ottoman Empire. ‘We already know that one woman led the entire embassy.' www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of women in leadership positions is still lagging behind. PhD candidate at LIAS Yorum Beekman investigated why this is. Read more: bit.ly/3IvTVqB

How do you move 3,000 fragile clay tablets that date back thousands of years? This was the challenge faced by staff from the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO). After years of preparation, the Liagre Böhl collection has been moved on trolleys to its new home. bit.ly/clay-tablets