450 news items found
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How can criminal law protect democracy? 13 December 2022
Politicians, academics and journalists regularly say that our democracy is under threat. Should criminal law have a greater role in protecting this de...
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Leiden University takes another step in becoming smoke-free with 'Peukenzee' initiative 12 December 2022
In recent months, the university has been running the 'Smoke-free university' campaign because of the large number of cigarette waste on and around th...
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum 12 December 2022
From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them m...
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Roeland Böcker: 'Problems of multilateralism are a never-ending debate' 09 December 2022
On 8 December, in honour of Human Rights Week, Roeland Böcker gave a public lecture about his experiences as ambassador to the Council of Europe. Betw...
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HC Law students receive certificate at awards ceremony 06 December 2022
After three years of hard work, the students of the Honours College Law received their certificates on 22 November at an awards ceremony held at Schel...
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Exhibition sculpture ‘Zie Justitia’ at Leiden Law School extended until January 2023 23 November 2022
The art committee of Leiden Law School has extended the exhibition of the sculptures by the Leiden artist Koen de Vries in the C-wing of the KOG build...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga awarded ERC Starting Grant 22 November 2022
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of 1.5m euros enab...
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA 21 November 2022
Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natu...
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’ 21 November 2022
Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iran...
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Job Faber wins Moot Court Challenge Cup 21 November 2022
This was the tenth occasion that the Moot Court Challenge Cup has been awarded! This time for the best oral argument at the Moot Court held in the spr...
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Art project has students and lecturers reflecting on pressure to succeed 17 November 2022
What does it mean to be the ‘perfect student’? This is the focus of the Perspectify exhibition, which was opened on 16 November by President of the Ex...
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Painting removed from wall in spontaneous action: ‘We are going to discuss this and reach a decision’ 15 November 2022
During a meeting at the University on 10 November, staff spontaneously removed a painting by artist Rein Dool from the wall in one of the meeting room...
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Flash interview with Argentinian alumnus José Figuerero 15 November 2022
Alumnus José Figuerero tells us about how a Criminologist can work at Booking.com and why he would have liked to have had more law-related courses in ...
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Exhibition marks 100 years of Indonesian Student Association in the Netherlands 14 November 2022
The Indonesian Student Association in the Netherlands, ‘Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Belanda’, has teamed up with the Indonesian embassy in The Hague...
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Career Café Leiden Law School 14 November 2022
Are you still not sure what direction you want to take within the field of law? Would you like to hear more about career opportunities and meet profes...