There’s more to life than studying hard; sometimes you just need to relax. It’s good to know then that The Hague’s offering in the area of sport and culture is surprisingly extensive.

Lecture

The latest news on diversity and inclusion and an overview of coming D&I-activities within Leiden University.

Lecture, Online Museum Talks

Together with the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and creative partner Big Orange, Laura Bertens, Sara Polak, Yra van Dijk, and Thony Visser will investigate possible uses of the voice in cultural memory.

Lecture, Online Museum Talks

Career and apply for jobs

What better way to represent women in the present than to ask them? The Museums Matters Class decided to ask Leiden’s Leading Ladies to loan an object which they felt encompassed their time here, from those in their undergraduate to one of the 23 female professors, with many positions in between.

What is your preferred career path? Would you prefer a job that involves communication? Or do you want to work on research projects in a museum environment? Or would you like to continue in academia? You will find that your Arts, Media and Society degree is a perfect preparation for the career of your…

The Garden Club is a ProParte sub-group.

The third project, worked on by dr. Rina Knoeff, is a synthesising project directed at studying the Leiden anatomical collections as important parts of ‘public history’. It will use the results of the other projects in order to analyse anatomical collections (their focus, significant silences, audiences,…

Diversity and inclusion are important priority areas at Leiden Law School. The D&I Sounding Board was set up to gain a better understanding of the role and extent of D&I across the length and breadth of the faculty. Ten members of staff from all sections of the faculty have joined this Sounding Board…

The Faculty of Humanities has two advisory groups for Diversty & Inclusion: one for staff members and one for students.

Pressing Matter: Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums is a large-scale research project funded through the Dutch National Research Agenda, and led by Wayne Modest and Susan Legêne (Vrije Universiteit). Work Package 3 on “Value” phrases its main research question as follows:…

Lecture, Online Museum Talks

Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?

This dissertation contains four works during my PhD. Different biomaterials have been designed based on coiled-coil peptides. These biomaterials have a range of applications, inclusing drug delivery, cell sorting to cell-cell fusion.

There are a number of different people in the Faculty of Humanities who deal with aspects of diversity and inclusion. This web page has been developed to make it easier to find the contact details for the right person for you.

The Leiden Leadership Centre conducts research into the development of effective public leadership within and between organisations. On the basis of our research and development agenda ‘Furthering Public Leadership’, we focus on public leadership in a public context, on its societal impact, and on leadership…

Leiden University is involved with various grants and prizes stimulating initiatives in the field of diversity and inclusion.

Who assembled the collections of museums? The answer to this question seems to point to men as collectors. Apart from for rare exceptions, female collectors hardly seem to exist. Yet there were indeed women collectors. For the project Museums, Collections and Society, researcher Holly O'Farrell will…

Open up a world of opportunities with your master's degree in Archaeology from Leiden University!

Op zaterdag 3 juni vindt de Museumnacht Leiden plaats. Ook dit jaar zijn Leidse wetenschappers en studenten onderdeel van de programmering.

Investigating the relations between Tupi Indigenous Knowledge, Museum Collections and the Dutch Colonization of Brazil

The Lorentz Center organises public events with lectures by internationally renowned scientists.

Yearbook of Women's History.

Marvel at our rare collections.

The field of science communication is very broad. Below is a list of organisations where SCS students can fulfill internships or where alumni have found jobs.

PhD defence

Interested in studying Ancient History at Leiden University? Find out what our alumni said about this master's programme.

Lecture, Topical Issues in Museums

The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) aims to demonstrate its relevance to society by means of high-quality research, excellent education and various outreach activities. A few highlights:

Lecture, Seminar

Conference, D&I Symposium

Lecture, social event

With its iconic buildings, Leiden University has a strong presence throughout the city. The university has left its mark clearly on museum collections in the city.

In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We give the floor to Dr Martin Berger, who joined…

Leiden University offers ambitious students the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.