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These lunch seminars prepare you for upcoming world events
Climate and human rights will again become major issues on the world stage by the end of 2023. The new series of lunch seminars by the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) seamlessly tie into these events. All Leiden researchers and students are…
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Study associations sign covenant: limit your alcohol consumption and look after each other
Opting more often for mocktails or soft drinks rather than beer or wine, talking to others about their drinking and pointing out the ban on drugs. Leiden University’s new covenant on alcohol and drugs for study associations encourages providing more alcohol-free alternatives.
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Dutch people are understanding the term ‘violence’ to mean more and more
When do we say violence was used in an incident? The answer may seem obvious at first. But interim results from a study by Jolien van Breen show that Dutch people are labelling events in increasingly broad contexts as violent.
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Celebration 50 years of the University Council
Conference
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Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’
What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the European Parliament asked Leiden legal scholar Evelien Campfens. Her advice: develop a registration system, issue art with a ‘passport’ and set up a European…
- Announcement of results of university elections
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Christmas Carol Concert at Leiden University
Arts and culture
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Leiden University Career Event: Workshop Networking
Career and apply for jobs
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives
Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…
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Una Europa Internships: gain hands-on experience in communications, governance and policy
Education
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Yenching Academy of Peking University information session
Study information
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4 - 6 April 2023 - Leiden University Career Event
Course, Online Career Week
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Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Law | Introductory Course for PPP-students
Research
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Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Law / Introductory Course PhD-candidates
Research
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Onze aarde wordt onleefbaar. Kunnen we het tij nog keren?
We hebben 6 van de 9 grenzen overschreden die bepalen of menselijk leven in de komende generaties nog mogelijk is op aarde. Kunnen we het tij nog keren?
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens
It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with government agencies work better than others? These questions will be discussed at the Crafting Resilience conference (working language is English) on…
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Reaction to letter to Parliament on internationalisation
Education
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A quick call with Ella Picavet on affordable period products
Many will add them to their shopping list without a second thought, but what if you don't have enough money to buy period products each month? The university has recently started providing packs of affordable sanitary pads and tampons in the SchoolSupply vending machines. ‘It's just like providing toilet…
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Leiden University's Winter Weeks
Student wellbeing
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Leiden University Career Event: Workshop Career planning (and stress)
Career and apply for jobs
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Being the first: the university wide network for first generation academics
Thematic Meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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Bibliometric Data Sources and Indicators (online)
Research
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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lectures series | War, Peace and Overcoming Helplessness: The Role of Universities
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Vacancy: Two Una Europa Student Internships (Brussels) - Deadline May 1st, 2023
Education
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy
Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a super-massive object at the centre of the Milky Way. This picture could only be taken thanks to the cooperation of telescopes worldwide.
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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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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Third meeting of Leiden University's Being the First student network
Thematic Meeting Being the First
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Crossing the Line: your well-being during your time at Leiden University
International Experience Week
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Your study programme
These pages contain all the information you need concerning your study programme. Here you can find information about practical matters such as timetables, grades and exams. You can also find out who to turn to for guidance on matters such as study choices, elective credits, internships, research and…
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Leiden University's world-renowned collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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High response to NSE 2021: Leiden students fairly satisfied despite coronavirus
Leiden students are fairly satisfied with their degree programme. This is clear from the first results of the National Student Survey 2021, which was held this spring. The scores are somewhat lower than the national average. Students are most positive about their lecturers, their contact with them and…
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CWTS Scientometrics Summer School (CS3)
Research
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Why take the AI & Society minor? These students explain
The interdisciplinary AI & Society minor of Leiden University brings together students and lecturers from a wide range of disciplines. Together they look at the impact of AI on society. Students are enthusiastic about this merging of worlds.
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Strategic plan
Every six years, Leiden University publishes a new strategic plan that gives direction to the choices we make in the coming years.
- Forgotten heroes
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Inloopconcert Universiteitsorgel
Arts and culture
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Leiden University Career Event - Workshop How to: working as an international graduate in the Netherlands? How do I enter the Dutch labour market
Career and apply for jobs
- Over 2700 euros to Liveable Planet project thanks to NSE respondents
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Sina by the Shi’i Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Or.95 in the Leiden University Library
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Leiden Empowerment Fund
Short Course, PhD
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Academic integrity
This page provides information about what to do if you suspect a fellow Leiden University student or staff member of violating the principles of academic integrity.
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Wijnhaven
Turfmarkt 99, The Hague
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Health and Safety
When going abroad for an internship or research project, it is very important that you follow Leiden University’s health and safety advice.
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Call for contributions: FestiWell ‘22 – “Towards global sustainable well-being”
Organisation
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LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity Seed Fund
Master, PhD