Gabrielle van den Berg has been appointed Scientific Director of LIAS from 1 September. 'I hope to be able to make a difference.'

Is your strategic vote actually strategic? How can the Netherlands form a stable government? And what should the next government do about migration, d...

What to do when more than forty boxes, filled to the brink with archival materials from the study of religion ranging all the way from the 1960’s up u...

Stopping people at the border does not result in less refugee migration, but providing relief in the region where migrants come from does. What else w...

The academic year has kicked off—and how! On 2 September, Dr. Yves Menheere opened our year with a lecture on “The What and Why of Chinese Religions”....

When 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...

Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey throu...

On 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...

Now that it is becoming increasingly easy to digitise texts, it seems almost obvious to do that with everything that has ever been written. University...

Last week, the sad news reached us that Dr Jan Schmidt passed away on 11 August 2025. We wish his partner, friends and family strength and comfort as ...

From medicines from snake venom to supercrops and the origin of words. Thirteen researchers from Leiden University will receive Open Competition XS gr...

For over six centuries, the Tatars have been part of Poland’s social and cultural fabric. In this 8-episode series, released weekly, professor Maurits...

If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joan...

It is mid-July and as I sit in my office in the Herta Mohr building, I notice how quiet it is around campus. Yet, this is in direct contrast with a fl...

On 11 June 2025, the MA in International Relations (MAIR) Programme convened its 2nd Humanities & IR Graduate Conference at The Hague Campus (Schouwbu...