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Ali Shobeiri
Ali Shobeiri is Assistant Professor of Photography and Visual Culture at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS)
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Graduation ceremony bachelor & master Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
On Monday 9 March 2026 the bachelor's and master's graduation ceremony of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology will take place in the Academy Building. Depending on the number of students, the ceremony may be held jointly for both master's and bachelor's students, or as separate events. We…
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Sandra Irmisch
Plants are extraordinary biochemists and produce a plethora of valuable specialized metabolites (i.e. natural products), including some of our most important medicines. In my lab we want to understand specialized metabolite biosynthesis on a molecular level to improve cultivated plant systems and advance…
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Student for a day at Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Curious what it’s like to study Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University? During our shadowing days, you’ll join a student to attend a real lecture and get a feel for the atmosphere at the institute.
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Olga Lundysheva
Olga Lundysheva is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof.dr. Michaël Peyrot and Prof.dr. Sasha Lubotsky. She investigates Tocharian B manuscripts with a special focus on palaeography and codicology.
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Siavash Rafiee Rad
Siavash Rafiee Rad is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants
Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…
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National Meat Free Week: the main reasons to switch to a plant-based diet
National Meat Free Week (Nationale Week Zonder Vlees, 7–13 March) is an initiative to reduce meat consumption. Assistant professor Paul Behrens is studying what impact a change in our food consumption would have on the world. What, according to him, are the main reasons to switch to a (mainly) plant-based…
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Plant-based party on campus: discover and enjoy during Meat and Dairy-Free Week
It’s National Meat and Dairy-Free Week from 3 to 9 March – an invitation to the entire country to try a plant-based diet for a week. At the university, you will also have the chance to taste and try plant-based food and discover how delicious and varied it can be. During the week, no meat or dairy will…
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Adriana Churampi Ramirez
Adriana Churampi Ramirez is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.
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Jitske van Welsen
I am a PhD candidate at the IBL in the group of Prof. Ákos T. Kovács, where I study how circadian clocks shape interactions between the beneficial soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, using molecular biology and microscopy approaches.
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Jiaxin Zhang
Jiaxin started as a PhD researcher at the Environmental Biology department of CML in September 2022.
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Tinde van Andel
As an ethnobotanist, I study traditional plant use. Together with several PhD students, postdoc fellows and MSc students, I am involved in a number of research projects.
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What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz
Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.
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Paul Kessler
I am a LUF professor ‘Botanical Gardens and Botany of South East Asia’ and Prefect of the Hortus botanicus Leiden. I'm especially interested in the taxonomy, evolution and distribution of tree families, especially Annonaceae, Phyllanthaceae, and Podocarpaceae.
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition
This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussion, and music.
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Sustainability prize for research into the effects of a plant-based diet
Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-based diet.
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Salma Balazadeh
My group focuses on understanding the regulatory mechanisms by which plants integrate abiotic stress-derived signals into growth and developmental programs, and the molecular machinery that underlies stress memory in plants.
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Alette Vonk
Alette Vonk holds an MA in Development Sociology and Practitioner certificates in the fields of Intercultural Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Culture and NLP. She has more than 25 years experience in both organizational and community development in international settings: she…
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Carmen van den Bergh
Carmen Van den Bergh is assistant professor in Italian Literature at the Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society (LUCAS) where she is director of the Italian Language and Culture Department, track leader for Italian in the MA Literary Studies and quartermaster for the new BA programme Modern Languages.…
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Gül Aktürk Hauser
Dr Aktürk Hauser is Assistant Professor at the Department of Heritage and Society.
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Nienke Beets
My main research subjects are urban flora and citizen science. I am working on a citizen science project where we map out where and what different pavement plants grow in cities and towns, together with citizens. Additionally, we want to see if participants will develop more attention for urban flor…
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Graduation ceremony master and master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
On Monday 5 October 2026 the master's graduation ceremony of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology will take place in the Academy Building.
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Alisa van de Haar
Alisa van de Haar is Assistant Professor in historical French Literature. Her research focuses on historical multilingualism, the history of the language sector, and the intersection between language and migration. From 2022 to 2026, she conducted a Dutch Research Council Veni project titled ‘Languages…
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Isabel Siles Asaff
Isabel is a PhD candidate at the Environmental Biology Department at CML. Her research focuses on soil ecology and how to harness soil microbiome to enhance crop quality in agricultural systems.
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Nadine Akkerman
Nadine Akkerman, FRHistS, MAE is a Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture at the Centre for the Arts in Society.
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Remko Offringa
Prof. Dr. Remko Offringa is Professor of Plant Developmental Genetics. His research focusses on the role of the plant hormone auxin in developmental responses to environmental signals and on plant developmental phase transitions.
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Johannes Müller
Johannes Müller is a university lecturer and researcher at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.
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NWO grant for novel plant-derived pest-control strategies (without side effects for humans and wildlife)
Maurijn van der Zee searches for insecticides that protect crops without harming wildlife or leaving residues in our food. His GREENSHIELD project received funding from the NWO Open Technology Programme.
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Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl: Dissecting Latino power, language and culture
At a turbulent time in which world leaders are struggling to take stand against Trumpism, an artist from the small island of Puerto Rico sent a powerful message at none less than the unofficial national day of the United States. With over 128 million views, Bad Bunny’s performance broke NFL social media…
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Krista A. Milne
Krista A. Milne researches book history and medieval English and French literature at Leiden University.
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Mitchell van Vuren
Mitchell van Vuren is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Arts in Society. He studies the globalisation of Chinese science fiction/speculative fiction in the digital age, especially focussing on the platformisation of SVOD services.
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Ilios Willemars
Ilios Willemars is Assistant Professor in Cultural Analysis and Literary Studies at Leiden University. Ilios works on placeholders, replacement, contagion, insurance, immunity, infrastructure, digitalization, the work of Franz Kafka, and animals that commit suicide.
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Bernhard Rieger
Bernhard Rieger is a Professor of European History at the institute for History.
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Lydia van de Fliert
Lydia Lois van de Fliert is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.
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Maarten Jansen
Maarten Jansen is emeritus professor in Heritage of Indigenous Peoples (with focus on the Americas) at the Faculty of Archaeology.
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Carlos Roos Muñoz
Carlos Roos is a lecturer at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), where he teaches for the Minor Music Studies and the PRE-University Programme.