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Rein Dool painting to move to more public space in the Academy Building 13 June 2023The Rein Dool painting depicting board members of Leiden University will be moving soon to the Reception Room in the Academy Building, where more peo...
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Alumni in Indonesia: ‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’ 13 June 2023Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to ...
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Finally signing the walls of the Sweat Room: 'That really is the finishing touch' 05 June 2023An online ceremony, no party and then no signature in the Sweat Room: during the pandemic, many graduation traditions could not take place. Now anyone...
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Take a sneak peek at the new Gorlaeus building 05 June 2023Want to see how the most important building on our Science Campus at Leiden Bio Science Park is taking shape? Come and find out on Construction Day (D...
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Faculty of Humanities joins 'Hidden Disabilities Sunflower' 05 June 2023A hidden disability can make studying a considerable challenge, partly because of the disability itself, but also because others may not realise that ...
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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' 02 June 2023As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectivenes...
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Depot or place of honour: what to do with Nobel laureates in the museum? 01 June 2023What do you do with a museum collection full of individual white Nobel laureates at a time when diversity, inclusion and teamwork reign supreme? Ad Ma...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men 26 May 2023
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected...
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Covid graduates sign their names in the Sweat Room 26 May 2023A graduation ceremony at your laptop in your student room is a huge anticlimax. Many students who graduated during the pandemic were unable to celebra...
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Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May 24 May 2023Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard ...
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies 23 May 2023The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean ...
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Annick van Rinsum about her play: World Politics Three Times 22 May 2023MA International Relations: Culture and Politics student Annick van Rinsum created a play as a method to research her master’s thesis. “Through writin...
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UNESCO Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage 18 May 2023UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat...
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New Humanities Living Room focuses on 'feeling at home' 18 May 2023Playing a game, picking a cutting for your room or just having a cup of coffee: it is all possible in the new Humanities Living Room in the Matthias d...