Overview of kids activities at the Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019 | Sat 30 November and Sun 1 December 2019 | National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden.

Dana Smit is a teacher at the Department of Bachelor's Education.

How can we re-envision the construction of a national language from below, taking into account the diversity of voices involved in these reforms? Starting from the visit of a delegation of feminist teachers from Tianjin to the annual congress of the National Association for the Advancement of Education…

With Leiden2022 drawing nearer, LeidenGlobal is busy developing extra activities to demonstrate the knowledge that is present in Leiden and to create interaction with a wider audience. With this valorisation, the partnership between several cultural and academic institutions in Leiden matches the theme…

Leiden University has an active staff association that organises a range of activities throughout the year. This autumn, members can join in many budget-friendly new activities. And two new board members would like to introduce themselves.

All staff (academic and support) of the Faculty of Archaeology are asked to follow The Active Bystander training. If you have not done so yet, we kindly request you register for one of the upcoming trainings.

Kristell Penfornis is a PhD student at the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology unit of the Institute of Psychology. She researches the role of identity processes in smoking cessation and physical activity promotion.

Riccardo graduated twice at the University of Trieste, with a BSc in 2014 in Biological Science and Technologies where he wrote his thesis in Plant Physiology on “Carbon starvation as a possible mechanism driving drought- induced tree die-off”, and a MSc in 2017 in Environmental Biology.

Earlier this year, we proudly presented the menu of activating teaching methods. Are you using it yet? We want to encourage you to apply activating teaching methods within the courses you teach, and therefore promote active participation among students.

The Institute of Psychology has ceased activity at the account on X (formerly Twitter), following the advice of Leiden University. By being inactive on X, we do maintain our account so that others cannot claim our name. Then we still have the option of becoming active again if that would be…

Soon, rooms will be booked for the coming academic year. Would you like to teach in an Active Learning Classroom or Hybrid teaching room? Then follow these steps: Check out the possibilities of Active Learning Classrooms and/or Hybrid Teaching Rooms at FGW. Contact your education coordinator no later…

As activity or budget holder you are responsible for the authorisation of expense claims, invoices, orders, and/or staff changes. Can you please make sure your workflow is empty before leaving for the summer break? Please don’t forget to appoint a substitute(s) for the period you’re on holiday and/or…

Health Day has won the LUF Relationship-Promoting Activities Prize (LUF RAP). This 5,000-euro prize is awarded to an initiative by Leiden University students that brings the academic community together.

A fresh semester means a fresh faculty calendar. There is plenty to do at the faculty again in the coming months. Five interesting activities are listed below.

Governments are increasingly cracking down on tech companies like X, Telegram and Clearview that flout the law, with a fine, ban or criminal prosecution. In practice, however, this has little effect. A tougher stance is needed, argues Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw – Center…

Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 2019, on which he subsequently wrote his PhD dissertation. Widodo: ‘Besides community, it also breeds political loyalty’

How do you get more interaction with your students during class? Paz Gonzalez has devised a method by which she gives her students an active role during class, turning (even large-scale) lectures into a seminar.

This March, Jara Bouma, Cas van der Horst and Laura Heitman from the Division of Drug Discovery and Safety and Laura de Paus, Richard van den Berg, Anthe Janssen and Mario van der Stelt from the LIC joined forces to determine how some drugs can specifically target the cannabinoid CB2 receptor (CB2R)…

As a mathematician, Fred Rohde (1948) explored the world of numbers. As a photographer, he captured demonstrations. And now he’s reconstructing his mother’s wartime story – an extraordinary tale of her stay with an Austrian family, the inventors of asbestos cement.

On Tuesday, September 17th, the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, will present the plans of the new government of the Netherlands. This government’s aspirations, led by the party (PVV) of right-wing nationalist Geert Wilders, are mostly defined by budget cuts. One of the sectors receiving such budget cuts…

Dennis Hetterscheid tries to understand and mimic bioinorganic multi-electron processes that are relevant to our future energy infrastructure. The research of Dennis Hetterscheid is carried out both in the MCBIM and CASC research groups of Leiden University.

eHealth can improve our lifestyle without the involvement of a healthcare provider. Talia Cohen Rodrigues investigated the possibilities for people with cardiovascular diseases. ‘People with a low socioeconomic status may be more difficult to reach with eHealth.’ She will defend her doctoral thesis…

William Michael Schmidli is a U.S. foreign relations historian, and his research focuses on human rights, democracy promotion, and the significance of war and militarization in modern U.S. history. He completed his doctoral degree in the Department of History at Cornell University in 2010.

Chemical Biology is the discipline in which fundamental biological processes are studied by approaches intrinsically rooted in chemistry. The research of Herman Overkleeft is characterized by the design, synthesis and application of chemical probes in glycobiology and immunology.

Since 2023 the newly arriving Archaeology students are invited to join an active introduction day during which they get to know the Faculty and each other in a playful and fun way. The activities are organised by Study Adviser Cleody van der Eijk. ‘It helps people to loosen up and get to know each o…

Every year the newly arriving Archaeology students are invited to join an introduction day during which they get to know the Faculty and each other. This year, however, for the first time, the students were invited to join in on introductory activities of a less static and more fun nature, organised…

Over a period of seven years, researchers from the International Brain Laboratory mapped 279 brain regions at the cellular level. Their findings are now published in Nature, with both data and software openly shared. Cognitive neuroscientist Anne Urai: 'Any researcher with a good question can make use…

Young Dutch people’s reading skills have been declining for years. The main reason for this is that many have difficulty with reading at greater depth. Teach pupils to read actively in order to construct meaning is what Leiden researchers Paul van den Broek, Christine Espin and Anne Helder write in…

Would you like to connect with the general public about your expertise and research? And how about helping to develop an appealing public activity? If that sounds good to you, now is your chance. In the 2025 anniversary year, Leiden University is involved in a range of public events. For…

How can I get students to collaborate more and increase their engagement? That was the question that teacher, and winner of the 2022 Faculty Teaching Award, Astrid Van Weyenberg asked herself two years ago. Her solution? A method in which the use of podcasts ensures that students actively engage with…

For many years, he was active in various management positions at the LION and even after his retirement he is still very involved. Professor Jan Aarts leads the Leiden hub of the Quantum Delta NL growth fund and is now temporarily responsible for national educational activities. In this way, he is helping…

Leiden University will share impactful research and teaching with policymakers, businesses and the general public at the Impact Fair in Utrecht on Thursday 3, Friday 4 and Saturday 5 April. Visit our stand, meet over a hundred inspiring exhibitors – and get a discount on your ticket.

In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.