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New Cluster Zuid building is taking shape 21 February 2023A lot has happened at Cluster Zuid since the highest point of the building was reached in December. See the photo report below.
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Collection of anatomical drawings available in Europeana 16 February 2023Almost 4400 anatomical drawings from the collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) are now available through Europeana. The collection shows me...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants 13 February 2023The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 April 2023. ...
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Alenka Prinčič appointed as Head of Centre for Digital Scholarship at Leiden University Libraries 09 February 2023From March 1, Alenka Prinčič will be the new Head of the Centre for Digital Scholarship (CDS) at Leiden University Libraries. Her expertise in the are...
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis 08 February 2023The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came u...
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Gianne Derks new Scientific Director of the Mathematical Institute 07 February 2023As of 1 May Gianne Derks is the new Scientific Director of the Mathematics Institute. Derks succeeds Hermen Jan Hupkes who temporarily assumed the rol...
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Honorary doctorate for Arabist Beatrice Gründler 30 January 2023Beatrice Gründler, professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Freie Universität Berlin, will receive an honorary doctorate in Oriental Manuscr...
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Friendship in poetry - a reading list 26 January 2023How do we view friendship? And how have writers throughout the ages described that unconditional bond of trust in poems and literature? It's Poetry We...
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Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales 15 December 2022Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers...
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries 29 November 2022Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ...
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Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows do research in Leiden Special Collections 22 November 2022In November, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) welcomed the first Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows in the Special Collections reading room. Fellows Chin Ny...
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA 21 November 2022Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natu...
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New ‘university centre’ to be created in former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown The Hague 07 November 2022Leiden University, together with the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands, will take up residence in the Spui building at Grote Marktst...
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National platform launched for academics facing abuse 07 November 2022Academics regularly face threats, intimidation and abuse. The Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Royal Ne...
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’ 31 October 2022The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight part...