Companies in Poland employ North Korean forced labourers on a large scale. Some of these companies are supported by the European Union. These are the ...

On April 19, Pax Initiative, a youth led NGO, held its first ever event at the Museon in the Hague. The event, “International Court of Justice Ideal...

docARTES candidate Tony Roe performs with the Metropole Orkest in interactive multimedia experience

Erik-Jan Zürcher, professor of Turkish languages and cultures, returns his Turkish medal to protest against the repressive regime of Erdogan's governm...

Public Defence by Jaap Brouwer and activities of prof. Marcel Cobussen PhD, Dick de Graaf, Nizar Rohana, Brigitte Kovacs, Lilo Nein, Danne Ojeda, Hans...

Two books that recently appeared in the Debates on Islam and Society series at Leiden University Press are now available in Open Access through the Kn...

The Netherlands Institute in Morocco (NIMAR) will be opening its doors on 21 April under the flag of the Leiden Faculty of Humanities. The day marks t...

LUCIS is well connected to the Dutch National Research Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda/NWA). Both Petra Sijpesteijn and Jan Michiel Otto have a se...

Psychiatrists in Morocco can't ignore Islam. Driss Moussaoui was one of the first modern psychiatrists in this North African country. He delivered the...

The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch S...

Sensational, is how Leiden Egyptologist Olaf Kaper described the discovery of two new chambers in the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun. He hopes that a sec...

Activities of Nizar Rohana, Catalina Vicens, Andrea Stultiens, Shaya Feldman, Jack Segbars, Karen Lohrmann, Patrizia Bovi, Susan Williams, Giuliano Br...

While Old Germanic studies might seem dated and, regrettably, occupies a less than secure position in various academic institutions, exciting new rese...

For the duration of a month, the portraits of female professors only will hang in the Senate Chamber of Leiden University. This is the initiative of A...

Activities of Magda Dourado Pucci, Dick de Graaf, Henri Bok, Catalina Vicens, Patrizia Bovi, k.g. Guttman, Andrea Stultiens, and Lilo Nein