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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University

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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University

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We study the everyday practice of individuals, groups, and communities worldwide and at home to situate them within the complex processes of social and global change. In Leiden, we specialise in the impact of globalisation on environment, equity, and economy, and the ethnographic analysis of visual and material culture.

11/02/2026

🎓 Critical information scholar Safiya Umoja Noble has received an honorary doctorate at the Leiden University's Dies Natalis.
Her work is still highly influential in creating awareness about how the internet and algorithms of platforms like Google perpetuate harmful stereotypes, racism and gender discrimination.

💬 Dr. Nurul Huda Binte Abdul Rashid (), Postdoc at our institute spoke to .leiden about her personal and professional connection to Safiya Noble's most important book: 𝘼𝙡𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙢 (2018)

📚 The book is now available in the Leiden University Catalogue!

24/10/2025

✨🎓 This week we're introducing the new Programme Committee members!

💬 ''Hi, I’m Mischa! It’s important to me that student concerns are heard and taken seriously when decisions are being made about our education, and I’m honoured to be the third-year representative this year! I take pride in my ability to mediate between different perspectives and communicate feedback constructively, and I hope to offer you a safe channel to express your concerns about our course and receive support and answers in return. I am happy to take on the responsibility of ensuring that your input reaches the right place and that your voice is a part of the conversation about CADS’ future. Feel free to reach out with any questions, concerns, or simply if you need support!'' 🍀

16/10/2025

🎓 Last week, we had a delegation from in Bhutan at CADS!

🏅This was made possible thanks to an Erasmus ICM exchange grant which we won in 2024.

🧑🏻‍🎓 From left to right: Chencho Dorji (RTC), Jelle JP Wouters (RTC), Thinley Dema (LU/RTC), Erik de Maaker (LU) and Theo Poumpalov (LU).

🌻 Spring 2026, this same grant will allow CADS to host two students from RTC for their semester abroad. In addition, the grant enables Leiden faculty and a PhD student to spend time at RTC.

14/02/2025

Not sure about your next step for your master’s?

Join our speed date session at 15:00 in the Living Lab (1B.01) and get the answers you need!

07/02/2025

FIELDWORK FRIDAY

Cristina Grasseni, Professor of Cultural Anthropology:
"A sui generis picture from ‘the field’: this is Adele, a so-called ‘research participant’ co-presenting my book The Heritage Arena. Reinventing Cheese in the Italian Alps (2017) with me, sitting next to her, at the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, in 2021. Adele Arrigoni attended the workshop with her mum, a cheese entrepreneur, co-presented, and generously offered the cheese-tasting workshop. This is an example of how, in longitudinal ethnography, multiple generations become involved in research, with the same anthropologist. It reminds us of how our interlocutors can speak multiple languages, read our books, and are concerned by the same questions that draw us to the field. Adele has given her permission and reads in copy."

The photo is courtesy of Hanine Habig of the RAI.

17/01/2025

FIELDWORK FRIDAY

Assistant Professor John Boy used to do research on urban religion. He took this photo of an empty display case outside a Brooklyn church one night in 2013.

14/01/2025

🎙️ Podcast with Jasmijn Rana in ‘Everyday Runners’

Episodes 40 and 42 of the podcast Everyday Runners by Andy Fuller and Reading Sideways Press, feature a conversation with Jasmijn Rana, our Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development. Inspired by Jasmijn’s article, “Gendered Enskilment: Becoming Women Through Recreational Running”, the two forty-five-minute episodes Jasmijn and Andy reflect on their personal experiences as runners, the dynamics of interactions with fellow runners, and the social exchanges that occur at races.
Their conversation spans a wide range of topics, such as the digital fitness tracking Strava, productivity, attire, Islamophobia, and neoliberal influences.

EDR #40: How Do We Move Our Bodies in Social-Cultural Worlds?
EDR #42: I Think People Love Sifan Hassan Despite the Fact That She’s Muslim.

🔗 to the episodes in bio

10/01/2025

Andrew Littlejohn, Assistant professor

"I read the book Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness some time ago now. But it has revolutionized how I think about many things we see as uniquely or particularly "human," from consciousness to creativity, musicality, and improvisation. Recommended for those who want their foundational assumptions shaken."

03/01/2025

FIELDWORK FRIDAY

Sander Hölsgens, Assistant professor: "In the mid-2010s, I conducted research among the Wangsimni Skate Crew in Seoul. One of the crew members, Kim Youngjoon, founded a clothing brand — Candlroute. These two pictures are from a photo series for the brand's social media channels. On one of the photographs, you see Youngjoon take a photo of Katsuya Nakazawa, a Japanese skater well-known for his stylistic tricks and light-hearted YouTube channel. On the other image, you see me — trying to pose for the camera. During this moment, I felt what I always knew: I'm more of a filmer than a model. 😅"

Photo 1: Photo by Youngjoon Kim
Photo 2: Youngjoon Kim and Katsuya Nakazawa during a photo shoot. Still taken from 'VCR' by Sander Holsgens (2017)

27/12/2024

Etienne Bourel, PostDoc."I recently (re-)discovered how anthropology and science fiction may encounter and enrich each other. A great way to reconsider the various ways time is passing, social possibilities, and our commonalities."

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