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Jiyan Ilbrink: ‘Gardening allows me to put my research into practice’Humans of Humanities 18 September 2025When assistant professor Jiyan Ilbrink isn't working at the university, she can be found in her vegetable garden. On the plot of land around the corne...
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Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’16 September 2025The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by ne...
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Berber: ‘I like doing new and different things’15 September 2025Throughout the year, master's student Berber Kommerij is busy analysing medieval and early modern books and paintings. Every summer, however, she leav...
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New DH-AI Minor students tour the Humanities Hub12 September 2025Future proofing student skills with a new cohort of Digital Humanities & AI students.
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CfP: Human Development and Its OutliersCall for papers for workshop 26-27 March 2026 at Leiden University 09 September 2025We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a workshop organized as part of the project 'Human Development and Its Outliers', taking place on 26–...
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Remco Breuker makes documentary series about South Korea: 'The Netherlands and Korea are structurally related'08 September 2025Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey throu...
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Sunny message during rainy Faculty Year Opening08 September 2025It was pouring with rain during the Opening of the Faculty Year, but in the Oranjerie, Dean Henk te Velde had a positive message for those present: th...
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Faculty Teaching Prize for Mike Schmidli08 September 2025Assistant Professor Mike Schmidli has won the 2025 Faculty Teaching Prize. The Education Committee praised his commitment not only to teaching student...
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80 Years of Peace in Europe?08 September 2025On 15 May 2025, a roundtable '80 Years of Peace in Europe?' was convened with students and staff at Leiden University to reflect on the anniversary of...
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‘Louisiana wanted to restart the transatlantic slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century’08 September 2025In 1808, the United States banned the transatlantic slave trade. Not everyone was happy about this, as Marcella Schute discovered. In her thesis, she ...
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Stephan Raaijmakers: ‘Everyone within Humanities can contribute to the study of AI’03 September 2025Stephan Raaijmakers has been Professor of Communicative AI since 1 May. Prior to this, he had held this position for five years as professor by speci...
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Gijsbert Rutten new professor of Dutch Linguistics03 September 2025Gijsbert Rutten has been appointed professor of Dutch Linguistics with effect from 1 July. In this position, he will focus on language change and lang...
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Three Leiden researchers awarded an ERC Starting Grant02 September 2025Three researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. The subsidy will allow the researchers t...
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International Studies degree: a skillset to navigate the world01 September 2025On Friday 29 August 2025, 370 students received their Bachelor's degree in International Studies. The diplomas were awarded in the historic setting o...
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Hi Mette, bye Nova: changing of the guard for student member of the Faculty Board28 August 2025Nova Verkerk has represented the interests of students as assessor for the past two years. Now her term has come to an end, and on 1 September she wil...