On 20 October 2026, Jackie Ashkin successfully defended her PhD thesis at Leiden University, titled ‘Brackish Knowledge: Materiality, Numerical Modell...

On 26 and 27 October 2026, Leiden Law School hosted the third General Conference of the ICON-S Benelux Chapter, under the title Trust in Transition: P...

Igna Bonfrer and Tom Overmans have been appointed professors by special appointment in Fiscal Relations at Leiden University. The chair was establishe...

The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 February 202...

Five bachelor’s programmes at Leiden University have been designated as ‘top programmes’. This is according to ‘Keuzegids universiteiten 2027’, a cons...

Combined with linguistics and archaeology, a DNA study of thousands of old skeletons has yielded a wealth of insights: European languages spread diffe...

Detecting a single photon is a challenge in itself. But what if you also want to know exactly how many photons arrive at a particular point at the sam...

ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) are playing an increasingly significant role in our daily lives and across society. Driven in ...

The second episode of the new ‘Inequalities’ podcast series focuses on the differences between the Global South and the West. Professor Dorine van Nor...

Nickie Groen was among the first students to enrol on Leiden’s Master’s in Child Law in 2012. Now, after more than thirteen years as a lawyer speciali...

Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognis...

On Tuesday 28 October the Team of Greek and Roman History ran a very special edition of her Ancient History Research Seminar: three of our students pr...

For three days, journalists from the Netherlands and abroad stepped into the world of quantum technology in Zuid-Holland. Having visited Rotterdam, De...

Mathematics is essential when doctors are faced with difficult decisions. Professor of Applied Mathematics Marta Fiocco is convinced of this. Building...

This year, the Master’s thesis prize committee was very impressed by all 19 nominations they received from Master’s thesis instructors. However, one t...