About the Journal

The New Scholar is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal at the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University. Their mission is to enable pioneering academic collaborations within and among our disciplines, ranging from Philosophy to Linguistics to International Studies. Dedicated to cutting-edge scholarly practice, the online journal is fully open-access. While focused on excellent papers, it is open to submissions in new media formats, including video essays, posters and infographics. They make top-level scholarship highly accessible and engaging for every student. 

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Vol. 2 (2024): The New Scholar
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Thanks to Dr. Paz González, humanities students now have the possibility to publish the work they conducted during their studies at Leiden University. She saw an opportunity which has been realized with the Comenius Senior Fellowship she was awarded in 2022 and together with students she established The New Scholar: Leiden Student Journal of Humanities.