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Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo 19 May 2021The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director...
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Russia and the region – Reading List 18 May 2021After the collapse of the Soviet Union, now thirty years ago, Russia lost much of its former prestige, influence, and territory. The ascent of Vladimi...
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Wrap-ups and recordings of the Leiden University Libraries & Elsevier seminars on Reproducible Research 17 May 2021Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in partnership with Elsevier hosted a series of online seminars on the challenges involved in achieving reproducibil...
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Extended opening hours starting 28 April 22 April 2021From 28 April onwards, national curfew restrictions will be lifted. Library opening hours will be adapted.
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Reading list - The Rise of China and the New Global Order 16 April 2021In the past half a century, China has transformed from an underdeveloped and inward-looking country to a major player in world politics. The country a...
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Bart Barendregt receives Vici grant for research on Artificial Intelligence in Muslim Southeast Asia 14 April 2021Very little is known about the relationship between religion and the digital future. Bart Barendregt, Professor by special appointment Anthropology of...
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Online Exhibition - Grotius, a Life Between Freedom and Oppression 13 April 2021In 2021, it is exactly 400 years since Hugo Grotius mounted his daring escape from Loevestein Castle, hidden in his book chest. Although his escape is...
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Digitised Leiden Middle Eastern collections available in Digital Collections 08 April 2021More than 2000 objects from the Middle Eastern collection at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been made available online through Digital Collect...
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Susanne Deen Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator at Leiden Law School and FGGA 08 April 2021On 15 April Susanne Deen will start as Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator for Leiden Law School and the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. The a...
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Death of former Librarian Jacques van Gent 30 March 2021Jacques J. M. van Gent (8 June 1932 - 26 March 2021) was director of Leiden University Library from 1983 to 1993. He was librarian in a time of transi...
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Ludo Waltman awarded the Derek de Solla Price Medal 30 March 2021Ludo Waltman, professor of Quantitative Science Studies at Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), has been awarded the Derek de Solla Price...
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Film by Visual Ethnography alumna selected for the RAI Film Festival 19 March 2021'Don’t Let the sunny weather fool you' a film made by Visual Ethnography alumna Guusje Meeuwissen has been selected for the RAI film festival in Londo...
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The coding sociologist John Boy developed Textnets: software to make large amounts of text visually comprehensible 17 March 2021Software development is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a sociologist. Three years ago, John Boy began developing hi...
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Saskia Gieling new managing publisher of Leiden University Press 09 March 2021As of April 1, 2021, Dr. Saskia Gieling will be the new managing publisher of Leiden University Press (LUP), the academic press of Leiden University. ...
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Open science means better science 19 February 2021Leiden University has an active open science community. Open science means transparency in all phases of research by precisely documenting every step ...