Philosophy of Humanities (MA)
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Dr. R.M. van den Berg
Bert van den Berg is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. He specialises in the philosophy of the Greeks and Romans. Additionally, he engages in the influence of the ancient philosophers on later philosophy and their relevance to modern times. View his full profile here.

Dr. M. Boven
Martijn Boven is a Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy. His fields of research are Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Phenomenology and more. View his full profile here.

Dr. F. Chouraqui
Frank Chouraqui is a University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy. His research has a historical side and a systematic side. View his full profile here.

Dr. J.E. de Jong
Johan de Jong is assistant professor in Continental Philosophy at Leiden University. He also holds a research fellowship in the project “Nietzsche: Experiment en nihilisme” at the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. View his full profile here.

Dr. H.W. Siemens
Herman Siemens is a Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy. He teaches modern philosophy, with emphasis on the self-understanding of modernity developed in the philosophy of the Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment. His areas of specialisation are Nietzsche and post-Nietzschean thought. View his full profile here.

Dr. R. Uljée
Rozemund Uljée is a University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy. Her research focuses on the notion of justice as found in phenomenological and post-phenomenological thought. View her full profile here.