Historian Marjan Schwegman is the new Cleveringa Professor. Her lecture on 27 November will focus on Eduard Meijers, the Jewish professor who was dism...

For almost fifty years EL CID has been the whirlwind start of their studies and student life for thousands of first-year students. With up-and-coming ...

Students were able to continue their studies in September 1945 after the University had been closed for several years during the Second World War. Thi...

President John Quincy Adams studied in Leiden. His father, John, who was also president, also stayed here and received a lot of support from professor...

Many important discoveries have been made in Leiden, and the Leiden Discoveries route guides you through the city to find them. For example, it will t...

University historian Willem Otterspeer is about to retire, and he will give his farewell lecture on 4 November. Although... it is really a farewell? ...

Leiden’s beadle, Willem van Beelen, is retiring on 29 February. How does he look back on his career and what do those in the know have to say about him?

Charles Darwin received an Honorary Doctorate from Leiden University on 9 February 1875. What traces did he leave behind in Leiden?

The success of Dutch radio astronomy in the last century was largely due to Leiden astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort. He made astute use of circumstances in...