450 news items found
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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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A quick call on the war in Ukraine: 'Putin has made a diplomatic end almost impossible' 23 September 2022The war in Ukraine is entering a new phase with the announcement of a partial Russian military mobilisation and the intention to annex four Ukrainian ...
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Sara Brandellero: ‘We need to protect the city from an excess of light’ 22 September 2022On 25 September, lights throughout Leiden will be turned off for the Seeing Stars event. What makes the urban night so special? We asked university le...
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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...
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Open day at space research institute at Leiden Bio Science Park 20 September 2022SRON, the Netherlands Institute for Space Research, is holding an open day on Sunday 25 September. It has had a branch at the Leiden Bio Science Park ...
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A more sustainable Leiden through citizen science 15 September 2022In the Leiden Municipality Challenge, 25 students investigated how Leiden could become more sustainable. In doing so, they enlisted the help of the ci...
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Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden 15 September 2022A ‘world class institute’ with a ‘vibrant atmosphere’, doing research on a continent that is ‘becoming increasingly important’. That is how Annetje Ot...
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How chemist Marc Tijhuis left business to change the world 15 September 2022Halfway through his career alumnus Marc Tijhuis made a radical change: he left the corporate world to join the global battle against waste with the In...
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Ten years of International Studies: ‘During lectures I sometimes felt my brain was exploding with all the new insights.’ 14 September 2022The bachelor's programme in International Studies is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Ko Voskuilen was among the very first batch of students to fol...
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BrAInpower exhibition: tremendous and troubling uses of AI in our daily lives 12 September 2022Care robots, medical treatments, deepfakes and self-driving cars all with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). The BrAInpower exhibition at Rijksm...
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From solar panels to tables made from old jackets: University opens its doors on Heritage Open Days 07 September 2022The theme of the Heritage Open Days Leiden on 10 and 11 September is sustainability. At four University locations guides will talk about the history o...