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Lecture by Al-Babtain Visiting Fellow Salwa El-Awa 01 November 2022Dr. Salwa El-Awa delivers a talk on Wednesday, November 2nd, on "Ambiguity in the Qur'an".
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Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans 27 October 2022Fans of the Korean music movement K-pop go through hell for their idols. In return, artists care deeply about their fans: they even get to decide thei...
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High school students at the Open Day: 'I want to do my own thing' 24 October 2022Last Saturday, the Turfmarkt in The Hague, where during the week thousands of commuters make their way to the many ministries in the city centre, was ...
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Executive Board column: Let’s be alert to unacceptable behaviour 21 October 2022This is a difficult time. Above all, for all those directly involved in this horrible case – unacceptable behaviour by a professor and his removal fro...
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea 20 October 2022In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explai...
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’ 19 October 2022Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cl...
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Introducing the new assessor: 'I immediately knew: this is what I want' 18 October 2022With the new academic year, the Honours Academy welcomes a new assessor: Maarten Kolpa. What does an assessor do? And what can he do for honours stude...
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Leiden University professor removed for extremely unacceptable behaviour 18 October 2022A professor from Leiden University has subjected various colleagues to intimidating and unacceptable behaviour for a longer period. These are the find...
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Alisa Lavrenchenko fled Kyrgyzstan and has now been nominated for an award 18 October 2022At the age of 16, Alisa Lavrenchenko fled to the Netherlands with her mother. She is now taking a Master’s in Russian and Eurasian Studies at Leiden U...
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University signs Digital Sustainability Manifesto: ‘We need a Delta Plan’ 18 October 2022Digitalisation can make a huge contribution to a greener future, but it must also be as sustainable as possible. To make significant progress, more co...
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The minefield that is unacceptable behaviour 14 October 2022University is often a period of sexual exploration and experimentation, generally to the satisfaction of all involved. But sometimes you want it and t...
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Assessor talk: Anne Wellink succeeds Ebrar Kaya as assessor 13 October 2022Being a student member of the faculty board? Ebrar Kaya fulfilled this role last year as assessor of the Faculty of Humanities. In September, Anne Wel...
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler 11 October 2022Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian governmen...
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University energy campaign: ‘Warm yourself, not the world’ 10 October 2022Sky-high energy prices and a climate that keeps getting warmer: it’s clear that we have to turn down the heat. Sustainability Day on 10 October will m...
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‘When I leave the lecture and students are still discussing, I know I did a good job’ 05 October 2022‘It was the biggest bunch of flowers I’d ever seen,’ says Emily Strange about the moment she won the Leiden Teaching Prize 2022. The judge praised the...