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This project investigates how early print media covered distant but urgent geopolitical conflicts, using newspapers from the Low Countries, north and south.

Due to its economic prosperity, its policy of (relative) religious tolerance, and its large numbers of migrants, the Dutch Republic has long had a reputation of being the prime example of ‘tolerance’, especially during the seventeenth century. Although the great variety of newcomers in the Dutch Republic…

Leiden University has long had a special interest in and relationship with China.

The editorial board of Inter-Section happily invites contributions from ambitious archaeology students, or recent graduates, of Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology. We welcome all sorts of article submissions, as long as they are based on the original work of the author and contribute to the…

This book examines the critical role of information and knowledge in early modern Europe's global pursuits, exploring challenges in trusting distant information, the development of doubt in intercultural encounters, and the impact of misinformation.

Van Vark defended her dissertation 'Separation and immersion: the changing role of the armed forces in Northwestern liberal democracies’ on 17 October 2025. The doctoral research was supervised by Maartje van der Woude and Erwin Muller.

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Students with learning problems experience difficulties in reading, writing, and content-area learning into and throughout their secondary-school years

The deans (chairs of the faculty boards) form the Board of Deans, which is chaired by the Rector Magnificus.

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In het Sleutelstad radioprogramma Kennismakers legt hoogleraar sociaal recht, Yvonne Erkens, uit waarom dit rechtsgebied ons allemaal raakt en actueler is dan ooit.

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Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? Have you thought about developing your personal leadership style?

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Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? Have you thought about developing your personal leadership style?

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Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? Have you thought about developing your personal leadership style?

Leiden University offers you several services related to career orientation and job application skills.

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Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? Have you thought about developing your personal leadership style?

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