450 news items found
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Come to the (science) fair on 3 October! 24 September 2024Want to find out how to assemble a human skeleton? Do you know what chemistry can be found around you? And are you easily fooled by fake news? Discove...
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Why do a Master Honours Challenge? ‘Step away from your own square millimetre’ 24 September 2024Learning how to work with people from different disciplines, that’s what Master Honours Challenges are all about. In teams, students address a challen...
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Three Leiden students in the running for an ECHO Award 23 September 2024Three Leiden students are in the running for the annual ECHO Award. This prize is for students from non-Western backgrounds who are actively engaged i...
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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden' 20 September 2024Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester s...
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Discover 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal 20 September 2024The exhibition ‘Leiden celebrates – 450 years of parades’ at Museum De Lakenhal shows how parades and society have changed through the centuries. Alum...
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The last Research Traineeship programme has ended for now: ‘We’ll bring it back as soon as we can’ 17 September 2024Amsterdam’s attitude to sex work, politeness in historical Arabic letters and malaria in the Middle Ages: again this year, there was a wide variety of...
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The forgotten world of Surinamese cloths and the Leiden Cotton Company 16 September 2024For her internship at the Textile Museum, master's student Evi van Stiphout researched the Surinamese cloths of the Leiden Cotton Company. Leiden and ...
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‘Let politics be the focus at the State Opening of Parliament’ 16 September 2024A big performance by André Rieu, food trucks in The Hague and more contact with the Royal Family: grand plans were announced in April to make the Stat...
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Eric Storm: ‘Nationalist politicians have a more international orientation than traditional parties’ 13 September 2024Nationalism is so prevalent in our society that we hardly realise it once didn’t exist. In his new book, senior university lecturer Eric Storm reveals...
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Diabolical dilemmas in timeless theatre about the Relief of Leiden 12 September 2024What is freedom worth in times of hunger? ‘Beleg’ is a modern interpretation of Lucretia van Merken’s 1774 play. With five performances in Leiden’s Sc...
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Science for Sustainable Societies: a new interdisciplinary bachelor’s programme 12 September 2024How do you tackle environmental challenges and societal transitions from an interdisciplinary perspective? Starting from September 2025 students will ...
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‘Partying is fine but we still need to protest’ 09 September 2024Leiden University was present for the second time at the second Leiden Pride on Saturday. With a boat with room for 60 students and staff, decorated i...
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Christopher Green wins Education Prize 2024 09 September 2024Christopher Green has won the Teaching Prize 2024. The assistant professor of Korea Studies was presented with the prize during the opening of the fac...
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Executive Board member Martijn Ridderbos to leave Leiden University 06 September 2024Vice-chairman of the Executive Board Martijn Ridderbos will leave Leiden University at the end of this year. As of 1 January 2025, he will take up a n...
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Queen Máxima talks to students in Leiden about mental health 03 September 2024How do you know if your idea has succeeded? The Queen coming to call a year and a half later might just be a clue. This happened to the Leiden student...