450 news items found
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Advisory report on unacceptable behaviour published 13 May 2024Today, 13 May 2024, Leiden University’s Executive Board is publishing the advice of the committee that investigated reports of unacceptable behaviour ...
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Walkout on 13 May 13 May 2024A national walkout will be staged on Monday 13 May. The aim is to express support for the pro-Palestine protests and to speak out against police viole...
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Podcast tips for Pentecost 13 May 2024Are you looking for some listening material for the upcoming long weekend? Staff members and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have been creating va...
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives 08 May 2024Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden...
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Faculty Office has moved to Herta Mohr Building 08 May 2024As from Wednesday 13 May, the Faculty Office has moved to the Herta Mohr Building.
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Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance 07 May 2024Global challenges require global governance answers. For that reason, between 5 and 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transforma...
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In search of hidden voices 06 May 2024Nearly all documents from the 16th and 17th centuries were written by more than one person but attributed to only one author. Professor Nadine Akkerma...
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Professor Pieter ter Keurs: 'People collect to function' 02 May 2024Professor Pieter ter Keurs has spent his entire career studying collecting. Now, he is retiring. ‘I hope the focus on collections will carry on.’
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world 30 April 2024Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example....
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Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other 30 April 2024North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international s...
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Student tower opened with café, common room and spectacular views 26 April 2024The 289 students who recently moved into the tower on Kolffpad at the Leiden Bio Science Park are sitting pretty. They have the keys to a self-contain...
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Results of 2024 university elections announced 26 April 2024The results of the 2024 university elections have been announced. Who will represent us on the university’s participation councils?
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Leiden University starts dismissal procedure against professor on the grounds of unacceptable behaviour 25 April 2024
A professor from Leiden University, together with a former employee (who is also the professor’s partner), has been guilty of long-term unacceptable a...
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How a healing field trip inspired Alexia to take the stage at TEDxLeidenUniversity 25 April 2024One day you feel inspired by a field trip, the next you are a speaker at TEDxLeidenUniversity. It happened to International Relations student Alexia. ...
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands 24 April 2024When you hear ‘Black Power’, you probably think of the United States. But in the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of th...