450 news items found
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’ 28 November 2022
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey,...
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Maritime historians and vocational college students together create historical database 25 November 2022
What do you do when you’re suddenly given access to a whole lot of data but don’t know how to organise and analyse it? Maritime historians in the Facu...
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Six top-rated programmes at Humanities 24 November 2022
Six programmes in the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded the designation 'top programme' by the Keuzegids. These are the bachelor’s in German Lan...
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Great enthusiasm at opening session LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability 22 November 2022
Tuesday was the opening session of the LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability. Lecturers introduced themselves, students got to know each other...
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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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Renewed LLP has started: 'Reflection is the beginning of progress' 18 November 2022
'Working on your leadership starts tonight,' says lecturer Sandra Groeneveld at the introductory meeting of the Leiden Leadership Programme. The progr...
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Leiden University’s humanities in top 30 of Times Higher Education Rankings 17 November 2022
Leiden University's humanities have one of the top places in the Times Higher Education Rankings. This year, we were placed 26th.
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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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Reunionists of Leiden Historical Debating Society celebrate 65th anniversary: 'We are more alive than ever' 15 November 2022
Friday 4 November marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Leiden’s P.C. Hooft Historical Debating Society. Although new members have not been a...
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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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Museum Talks: ‘Our access to the past starts with in-depth knowledge of objects’ 10 November 2022
Geert-Jan Janse has always been fascinated by the way objects can bring the past closer. On 16 November, he will present a Museum Talk about his work ...
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’ 10 November 2022
For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin ...