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New Faculty of Humanities spending reduction plan 28 January 2025The Faculty of Humanities has shared a new spending reduction plan with its students and staff. Although the plans are less sweeping than previous one...
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When university isn’t the obvious choice 27 January 2025They confounded expectations and went to university anyway – as a woman of colour, a working-class student or refugee... Throughout the centuries the ...
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New project seeks best collaboration methods for creating carbon-neutral neighbourhoods 27 January 2025How do you get citizens more involved in energy transition projects? This is the central question of the new transdisciplinary research project EmPowe...
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‘If we want to be really inclusive, we need to step outside our comfort zone’ 24 January 2025The experiential expertise of people with a disability needs to be integrated in diversity & inclusion policy. This message was the common thread at t...
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Bringing aid to Ukraine: ‘Now others were also benefitting from my studies’ 23 January 2025Russian Studies master’s student Fien Lurvink was nominated as Leidsch Dagblad’s Person of the Year for her charity work as chair of the Keep Them War...
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Developments Humanities Campus: Renovation of De Vrieshof starts and changed plans Lipsius South 22 January 2025There are some changes in the plans for the development of the Humanities Campus. The Faculty of Humanities along with the central organisation and th...
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Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean 22 January 2025Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities fro...
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Chairperson Susan van Grol: We need to be critical but realistic 21 January 2025After 14 years of chairing the Faculty Council, Associate Professor Jan Sleutels is handing over the baton. Student Susan van Grol takes over the chai...
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Mayor Heijkoop feels like an ‘ambassador’ for the university 21 January 2025Leiden Mayor Peter Heijkoop visited the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the Faculty of Science on 20 January. He met various university...
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Princess Beatrix to attend 450th Dies Natalis 21 January 2025Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will attend the Dies Natalis ceremony at Leiden's Pieterskerk on Friday 7 February to celebrate...
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Grants boost collaboration between university and The Hague 21 January 2025How can we make our cities greener and more people-friendly? Two Campus The Hague projects have secured a grant from the Municipality of The Hague. Th...
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The face of the city: university buildings in Leiden 20 January 2025The university has been shaping the city of Leiden for 450 years. A brief history of the university buildings that have helped define the city.
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Healthcare and the Dutch East India Company: Two centuries of arrogance and challenges 20 January 2025The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research reveals that alt...
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Leiden University is travelling to the past and the future for its 450th birthday 14 January 2025Leiden University is celebrating its 450th anniversary in 2025 with a feast for the eyes, ears and spirit. The anniversary year opens with an extra sp...
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450 trees for Leiden: join us 14 January 2025Leiden University and Stadslab Leiden invite you to improve the Leiden and The Hague environment with 450 extra trees – a living reminder of 450 years...