On 9 May, Minister Dijkgraaf of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), announced his plans for amending the Binding Study Advice (BSA). If the Minister...

This summer, the Faculty of Humanities is once again offering a wide range of summer schools for staff and students. From acting to Indian linguistics...

In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections prom...

The annual conference of the Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) interdisciplinary research programme will take place in The Hague...

Sexual harassment was the theme of the recent annual symposium of student ambassadors to the Leiden-Bollenstreek police in collaboration with the poli...

On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that cannot be taken for granted in many countries. We asked international students and staff what ...

Liveable Planet, the Leiden interdisciplinary research programme on sustainability, has a full presence at the LUGO Sustainability Day on Tuesday 9 Ma...

Writer and columnist Nicolien Mizee will be Leiden University’s new writer in residence from autumn 2023.

Doctors can fix a lot, but preventing or delaying disease is better. This often requires lifestyle changes, which turn out to be difficult. Sandra van...

It will be a summer filled with conferences at the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden. In the coming months, there will be something for everyone at the ...

After one bachelor’s and two master's theses, Fenna IJtsma knew for sure: she wanted to do a PhD. Her thesis supervisor warned her about the high work...

The interplay between literature and law is what Frans-Willem Korsten wants to address as a brand-new professor of Literature, Culture and Law. That m...

Leiden University is a member of the Una Europa European alliance. This partnership of 11 research-intensive universities is working to shape the univ...

The results of the 2023 university elections have been announced. Who will represent us on the university’s participation councils?

Connecting generations, reducing loneliness and slowing mental decline: these are goals of the Oud Geleerd Jong Gedaan foundation’s lectures, which ar...