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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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A hornets’ nest: Leiden University during the Second World War
‘That hornets’ nest in Leiden must be destroyed,’ said Dutch National Socialist Party member Robert van Genechten in November 1942. He was referring to Leiden University. Why this hatred? Emeritus Professor of University History Willem Otterspeer has written a book about Leiden University during the…
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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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Twinkle, twinkle, giant star
Up above the world so high a giant star twinkles. Could an 83-year-old astronomer unravel the mystery of this megastar? ‘At times I thought: that’s it! I give up! It’s beyond me.’
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Social Science Matters: Confidence in the future?
After a long period of formation, the Rutte III cabinet presented itself on 26 October 2017. The coalition agreement on which ministers will build is called ‘Vertrouwen in de toekomst’ ('Confidence in the future'). But what impact will this new cabinet have on our future? We asked our researchers in…
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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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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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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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Workshop: Making up Migrants / Disabilities
Workshop
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In the Making #5: Barbro Scholz and Li Lorian, Experiencing Text and Textile, with Guest Speaker Suzanne Knip-Mooij
Lecture, Conversation
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In the Making #4: Marcel Cobussen, MinJi Kim, Kevin Fairbairn and Nele Möller, Ecology and (Sounding) Art
Lecture, Conversation
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In the Making #1: Rabih Mroué, Sand in the Eyes
Lecture, Conversation
- Annual Medieval Middle East Meeting 2024
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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Foundations and futures of scientometrics - a tribute to the legacy of Loet Leydesdorff
Seminar
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Research & Funding Opportunities
AMT’s mission includes encouraging innovative high-quality research in Leiden on Asia. On this page you will find an overview of AMT related research projects, grant possibilities, publications and vacancies.
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
The Joan van der Waals colloquium is an ongoing bi-weekly lecture series.
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Chair of UN Studies in Peace and Justice
From 1 August 2018, Alanna O'Malley was appointed as Chair of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, focusing on the ‘lesser-known actors’ of the UN: women, the youth, the agents of informal diplomatic networks within the UN and actors from the Global South. This Special Chair has been created…
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Exposure Time: the moving body of art
Lecture
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10th Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Season of Rains, Africa in the World Today
Lecture
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Liveable Planet Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Jessica Kiefte-De Jong (LUMC) and Paul Behrens (FWN) on Food & Sustainability - Discussion
Lecture
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What Contribution can Scholarship make to the Development of International Criminal Law?
Conference, Discussion
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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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Interfaculty Lunch: Internationalisation in the Age of De-Internationalisation
Interfaculty lunch
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Finding our way out of the hyper-nervous society? ‘Time to pause and reflect on our basic human needs’
Hit the brakes! That’s the advice of the Council for Public Health and Society in a recent report. Eight psychologists share their insights on how to slow down and reconnect.
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Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of war
Paul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. The war years brought his lightning career to an abrupt end: his son was murdered and he himself was imprisoned in a concentration camp. A sad family…
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Museum visit: A talk with Colombian Artist Nika Sorzano
Arts and culture
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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LCN2 seminar May 2024
Lecture
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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LCN2 Seminar: NETWORKS Match Makers Seminar
Lecture
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Young Medical Delta Symposium: Accessibility to and through MedTech
Conference
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Silence, Faith and Sexual Violence: Reflections on Methodologies for Trauma in Early Modern France
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Planning for Peace in Ukraine
Conference
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Complex networks in perspective
Conference
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Earth Day 2025 celebration The Hague
Lecture, Workshop
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LCN2 Seminar: Network model selection via the Minimum Description Length principle: the effects of ensemble non-equivalence
Lecture
- Museum Night
- Climate-Conscious Living for Students
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Public Leadership in the Digital Age
Debate
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Anniversary activity: Leiden Marathon
450 years
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The history of the Perzian Book of Kings
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Anniversary activity: City Pier City Run
450 years
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Europa Lecture
Lecture
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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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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: Rita Pucci
Lecture
- Lecture: Climate Change & Health
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Psychology Lab on Wheels with serious game for recognising emotions
Festival, Citizen Science
- Teaching East Asian Languages (TEAL): Challenges, Ideas and Innovations
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The First 20 Years: Reconsidering European Union Enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe
Conference, Conversation