On 9 February 2026, Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, was elected as a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KH...

The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has elected six professors from Leiden as members. Sarah de Rijcke, Sense Jan van der Mole...

With ongoing protests across Iran, many are asking whether the regime is on the brink of collapse. What sparked the protests, what do Iranians want an...

When asked about the mission of the Leiden Jewish Studies network, Jürgen Zangenberg, Professor of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity at Leiden Un...

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...

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”....

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...

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...

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...

Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness...

In these times of political tensions and ethical dilemmas, the cardinals need to choose what kind of pope the Catholic Church needs. We asked religiou...

Sarah Cramsey, Special Chair for Central European Studies and Assistant Professor of Judaism and Diaspora studies, recently received an ERC grant for ...

By the time you read this message, it will already be February. But since this is our first newsletter of the year, I still feel compelled to wish all...

Leiden University has six top bachelor's programmes according to Keuzigids universiteiten 2025, a consumer guide to university programmes. This puts L...

Last year, LUCSoR welcomed a new colleague: Yves Menheere. At the start of his position at LIAS, he applied for and received a starter grant. Read in ...