450 news items found
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Student research projects on societal issues in Leiden 23 June 2023How safe do people feel in the parks in Leiden? Why are kids playing less outdoors? And why are people not insolating their homes? Students looked int...
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Marie Soressi produces documentary on Neandertal Legacy 22 June 2023The genetic material of currently living Europeans is partly of Neandertal origin. Were our ancestors successful because they were hybridising and int...
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book 21 June 2023This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The ...
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The choice is yours! Three introduction weeks for Leiden University students 20 June 2023Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new Leiden University students should choose: EL CID, HOP or...
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‘When you work together, you get a much broader understanding’ 20 June 2023At the Capstone Conference, Honours College students of the Humanities Lab presented their final projects. In small groups, they conducted research on...
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Vincent Niochet investigates intercultural connectivity in the deep past with an NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant 20 June 2023For already two years, Vincent Niochet has been affiliated with the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology as an external PhD candidate. Now, he has been award...
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Extraordinary treasures on National Finds Day 19 June 2023Is it a prehistoric mammoth tooth or just an ordinary pebble? It was National Finds Day at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities on Saturday 17 Jun...
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Archaeologist Mink van IJzendoorn receives LUF grant to investigate late amphorae 19 June 2023Amphorae are usually associated with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. ‘Yet, in some cases, such as Byzantium, amphorae existed for c...
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University concerned about minister’s plans to curb internationalisation 16 June 2023Leiden University is concerned about the plans presented by Minister of Education, Culture and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf to limit English-taught cours...
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Story from the field: Field School in Aruba 16 June 2023Four bachelor’s students in archaeology have embarked on a month-long field school in Aruba. They will work with Harold Kelly, a local archaeologist a...
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An archaeological perspective on South Holland and its Water Past and Present 16 June 2023Four students of the Faculty of Archaeology investigated how the current and past inhabitants of the Dutch province of South Holland deal with water. ...
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Leiden through the student lens: Student Loïs de Jong wins Leiden Media Contest 15 June 2023A TikTok by student Loïs de Jong from Leiden University in which Leiden sparkles as a student city won the final of the Leiden Media Contest on 13 Jun...
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Psychologists at Lowlands Science: can virtual reality trigger a psychedelic experience? 15 June 2023Fantastic plants, dizzying patterns and pulsating sounds: researchers from Leiden are going to study the effects of a simulated psychedelic trip on th...
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Rein Dool painting to move to more public space in the Academy Building 13 June 2023The Rein Dool painting depicting board members of Leiden University will be moving soon to the Reception Room in the Academy Building, where more peo...
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Alumni in Indonesia: ‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’ 13 June 2023Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to ...