450 news items found
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor 04 October 2022Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by...
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Tailoring support for refugee students: ‘They are amazed at the number of options’ 04 October 2022Many people have fled to the Netherlands since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, including students. But even before this war, students with refugee bac...
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3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’ 04 October 2022‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3...
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Craft and innovation take centre stage at LeidenGlobal exhibition 04 October 2022An interdisciplinary photo exhibition about crafts and craftsmanship in different cultures will open at Oude UB on 6 October. At the opening Fridus St...
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Hague city councillors on working visit: ‘The Hague is becoming a real student city’ 29 September 2022What does the University mean for The Hague? And what are researchers and students learning from the city and its residents? The Hague city councillor...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed 29 September 2022Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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Leiden University ends participation in EUniWell pilot 27 September 2022Leiden University has decided to withdraw from EUniWell as of January 2023. The importance of synergy in our international portfolio and research and ...
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Seeing Stars: Jupiter steals the show in cloudy night skies 26 September 2022After months of preparation, the moment of truth had arrived: would the skies above Leiden clear for the promised glitzy planet-and-star show? The peo...
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‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ debate: ‘World Cup football is never just about sport’ 26 September 2022Various guests with a background in human rights, law, politics and international relations will be taking part in the ‘Human Rights and the World Cup...
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From Azerbaijani to Swedish: ‘Multilingualism improves your understanding of others’ 26 September 2022September 26 is the European Day of Languages. There are 24 official languages in Europe but some 200 languages in total are spoken on our continent. ...
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Perspectify: an imperfect art exhibition 22 September 2022The PERSPECTIVE project looks to address the concept of successfulness. What does it mean to be the ‘perfect student’, to be 'successful' at universit...
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Two new Impact Challenges at KPN for Leiden University students 21 September 2022Just like last academic year, students from Leiden University will get the chance to gain practical experience at KPN. In cooperation with the telecom...
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives 20 September 2022In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philoso...
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Lights out, stars on: Daan Roosegaarde on Seeing Stars Leiden 20 September 2022‘What if we switch off all the lights one evening? That idea crossed my mind from time to time. And when I mentioned it to a taxi driver one day, he s...
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time 20 September 2022The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he co...