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Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022 08 November 2022October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s th...
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A diversity of mind-provoking media at the Humanities Lab Film Festival 07 November 2022How does digitalisation affect the humanities? The introductory course for the Honours College Humanities Lab challenges students to reflect on this t...
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New ‘university centre’ to be created in former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown The Hague 07 November 2022Leiden University, together with the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands, will take up residence in the Spui building at Grote Marktst...
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National platform launched for academics facing abuse 07 November 2022Academics regularly face threats, intimidation and abuse. The Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Royal Ne...
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Master Class | Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History 03 November 2022
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social ...
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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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Honours student makes documentary about Roman emperor in Katwijk 31 October 2022He could also have written a paper for his honours assignment, "but I thought it would be fun to do something creative," says history student Eden Dij...
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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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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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Ramsey Albers wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2022 17 October 2022Each year, supervisors within the Institute of Political Science are asked to nominate exceptional theses for the annual Thesis Prize. This resulted i...