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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’
On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth company to be given the green light by the European Medicines Agency. As Lead of the Janssen Campus in the Netherlands, Biology alumnus Bart van Zijll Langhout…
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.
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Alumna Natacha Harlequin: ‘When it really matters, I’m a lion’
She stands out for the moderate tone she takes in discussions on Dutch talk shows. Without judgement you can have an open conversation, criminal lawyer Natacha Harlequin learned in her student days in Leiden. ‘What I personally think of the alleged act doesn’t matter so much.’
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Philosopher of law Ali Kösedag: Hague heart, Leiden mind
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this fourth instalment: alumnus and philosopher of law Ali Kösedag (1992): ‘Philosophising about equality before the law in the Netherlands at an early-morning…
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is proving beneficiary for students and lecturers alike. We sit in during a class.
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Alumna Sytske Besemer on living and working abroad
This month's flash interview is with alumna Sytske Besemer, Criminologist, who works at a startup called Cradle. Sytske has specifically chosen to work for a company with societal impact. And she is about to move again, this time to Zürich.
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. Jasper first wrote his column from Kuala Lumpur, and it was ready to share. Then a crisis arose this week that demanded…
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From Baghdād to Baghpūr: Global Blackness in Medieval Arabo-Asia
Lecture, Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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Thesis writing group The Hague (October 9th, 15th and 23d, November 6th).
Workshop
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New light on the modern night. Computationally tracking “invisible flâneurs” in Antwerp police records (1876-1939)
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Thesis groups (9, 15, 23 October & 6 November)
Workshop
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Well-Being Moment: Spring Wisdom Walk
Student wellbeing
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Company visit at the Ministry of Finance
Course
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Thesis writing group The Hague (October 9th, 15th, 23d, and November 6th)
Workshop
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Arthur Docters van Leeuwen Annual Lecture
Lecture
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The history of the Perzian Book of Kings
Lecture, Studium Generale
- Well-Being Moment: Autumn Wisdom Walk
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Earth Day 2025 celebration The Hague
Lecture, Workshop
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Anniversary activity: City Pier City Run
450 years
- Ethics Workshop
- Climate-Conscious Living for Students
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Cancelled: Europe Debate
Debate
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Thesis writing group The Hague (October 9th, 15th, 23d, November 6th)
Workshop
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Interactive theater performance 'Safe Space'
Arts and culture
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CV of Failures Exhibition
Exhibition, Student wellbeing
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Anniversary activity: Leiden Marathon
450 years
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Young Medical Delta Symposium: Accessibility to and through MedTech
Conference
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Ethics workshop
Workshop
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Conference ‘Leiderschap onder de loep’
Conference
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Why the Old Cold War Ended, a New Russia-West Cold War Developed, and the Russia-Ukraine Hot War began
Lecture
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10th Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Season of Rains, Africa in the World Today
Lecture
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Exposure Time: the moving body of art
Lecture
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Workshop: Master your study time (science)
Study support
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The First 20 Years: Reconsidering European Union Enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe
Conference, Conversation
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Psychology Lab on Wheels with serious game for recognising emotions
Festival, Citizen Science
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Eager enlargers, reluctant reformers? Central and Eastern European perspectives on EU’s institutional reform
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Working for the EU, something for you?
Career and apply for jobs
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Book launch “Style en Society in the Prehistory of West Asia – Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse”
Conference, Book launch
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Green Friday in de Hortus
Green Friday
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Dutch Higher Education Award 2022: second place for The Learning Mindset
The Leiden University College (LUC) education team behind The Learning Mindset (TLM) has received 800,000 euro’s during the Dutch Higher Education Award Ceremony 2022. The LUC team was second behind Universteit Twente. The prize was awarded during the annual Comenius Festival of the Comenius Network.…
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Back to Leiden for the Science Run: ‘As founder, I just have to participate'
Once a year, former employee and avid runner Dennis Hoencamp returns to his old workplace. That’s when he competes in the Leiden Science Run. As an event coordinator, he once devised the relay race as an anniversary activity. It grew into an annual event for the entire University and the Bio Science…
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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Children’s contact with police no clear precursor for criminal career
Children who come into contact with the police are not destined to become long-term offenders. This appears from research conducted by Babette van Hazebroek, who defends her dissertation on 30 September 2021.
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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Recipients Meijers Grants 2023
At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researchers will be able to devote themselves to their PhD research. Let’s meet these new PhD candidates!
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Leiden Law Cast #8: Alumnus Ard van der Steur
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.