1,475 search results for “alumni in the spotlight” in the Student website
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Burkina Faso: Artisanal Gold Mining in the Context of Violent Insecurity
Over the last 5-6 years Burkina Faso has become seriously implicated in the rapid and dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation in the Sahel. The country, once reputed for its stability and safety, has come under the spotlight for the number of violent attacks and of internally displaced people.…
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Career tips & tricks
Interested in the career opportunities after your graduation? Still no idea what you want to do after graduating? Do you have questions about job market orientation or do you want to know where to find vacancies? Check out the following tips & tricks!
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NSE results: high scores for Humanities again
Each year the NSE (National Student Survey) gives students the opportunity to express their opinion on their studies. The results are important not only for improving study programmes but also for helping new students to choose the programme that’s best for them. This year the survey was completed by…
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Alumnus Simone participating in National ThinkTank: ‘A good imagination is essential’
Say biodiversity loss, and then say humanities. These two terms may not seem an obvious combination, but alumnus Simone Scholte explains that her Film and Literary Studies degree actually offers a unique perspective on the problem. She is therefore one of the 20 students participating in this year’s…
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Workshop: What can I bring to an employer
Course
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Humanities Career Event 2026
Conference
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Workshop CV & Cover letter
Career and apply for jobs
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Statements & proof of graduation
Statements & proof of graduation
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Master's Open Day on 6 February 2026
Study information
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre
Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.
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Ralph Kijk in de VegteAdministrative Shared Service Centre
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Bionda Kijk in de Vegte
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Gerlov van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Wessel KraaijFaculty of Science
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Berna GürogluSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Alexander van OudenhovenFaculty of Science
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Mariëlle BruningFaculty of Law
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Hermen OverkleeftFaculty of Science
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Thomas BäckFaculty of Science
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Jason LaffoonFaculty of Archaeology
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Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
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Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
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Sarah SchraderFaculty of Archaeology
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Rene KleijnFaculty of Science
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Peter PelsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ton LiefaardFaculty of Law
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Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
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Martina VijverFaculty of Science
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Students remain ‘very satisfied’ with their degree programme in 2022
Almost 3,000 students from the Faculty of Humanities completed the National Student Survey (NSE) in the spring of 2022. With a response rate of 38%, the Faculty scored slightly above the national average.
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible'
Too expensive groceries, diseases suddenly breaking out: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, hundreds of people documented the world around them in chronicles. A significant number of these texts have been digitised in recent years. Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and project leader…
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Successful Conference on International Cyber Security 2022
The Hague Program on International Cyber Security focuses on the various modes of governance that states and other actors can bring into play to deal with and shape the strategic challenges in the digital environment. This years conference focused on international cyber security and the role of the…
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Combating loneliness in Living Lab
Master's students of Vitality & Ageing work together with older individuals in the so-called ‘Living Lab’ to combat loneliness. You can watch four brief video’s that show their creative solutions for the course ‘the older individual’ that is coordinated by health psychologist Sandra van Dijk and former…
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From liquid to solid: revolutionary technique uncovers disease-related changes in tiny droplets within our cells
Understanding the behaviour of tiny droplets in our cells could aid the search for new treatments. A team of Leiden researchers has developed a groundbreaking method to study how these droplets transition from liquid to solid. This change plays a role in various diseases, including neurodegenerative…
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New Report Launched: ‘Deprived of Liberty, Denied Justice: Double Jeopardy for Children in Conflict Situations in Africa’.
New Report Launched by ACPF with the support of the Department of Child Law and Health Law
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Archaeologist Ann Brysbaert appointed as director of Netherlands Institute at Athens
On March 1 2022, Professor Ann Brysbaert will succeed Dr Winfred van de Put as director of the Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA). Having been a regular at the institute for several decades, she will combine her new appointment with teaching at the Faculty of Archaeology. ‘Visits at the NIA were…
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ECHO finalist Husna Jalal: We need to look past our differences
Every year, the ECHO Award is presented to students from non-western backgrounds who are committed to social improvement in the field of diversity and inclusion. One of this year's finalists is Leiden alumna Husna Jalal, who works for Afghan women's rights with her organization the Young Afghan Women’s…
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Vacancy: Programme assistant position - Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy
Education
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Hanna Swaab
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Johan ChristensenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ellen van ReulerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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3472 students filled in the National Student Survey
As many as 3,472 students from the Faculty of Humanities have filled in the National Student Survey (NSE) in the spring of 2021. This represents a 46% response rate, which is considerably higher than previous years. The results will help study programmes and the faculty to work on what is going well…
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MIRD student Ricardo: ‘Students can change the world’
During International Student Week, from 14 to 18 November, we would like to put our international students into the spotlight. Ricardo Alexandre de Jesus Vaz (21) from Portugal is in his first year at FGGA and a student in the Master International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD).
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Niels got his dream job right after graduating: ‘You work with the best here’
What would it be like if you could work with the best in your field every day? Alumnus in International Studies Niels Drost knows just what that’s like. He currently works as a junior researcher at the Clingendael Institute.
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen GuineeFaculty of Science
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Support for honours students
Find out how honours students at Leiden University get support, join a community or offer suggestions for improvements.
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Podcasts for the holidays
Long evenings and closed university buildings make a perfect combination for listening to podcasts. Over the past six months, staff, students and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have once again produced some great work.
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Alumnus Shivan Shazad: 'I would like to have been a member of a diversity and inclusion committee'
It was his thesis supervisor during his master's in Film and Photographic Studies who encouraged Shivan Shazad to pursue a second master's in diversity policy at Ghent. He is now Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.