450 news items found
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA 21 November 2022Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natu...
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’ 21 November 2022Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iran...
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Art project has students and lecturers reflecting on pressure to succeed 17 November 2022What does it mean to be the ‘perfect student’? This is the focus of the Perspectify exhibition, which was opened on 16 November by President of the Ex...
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Tackle debt with healthcare funds: researchers on a healthier society for all 16 November 2022Technology, medical knowledge, social measures and the design of the living environment: all these needed to achieve a healthier society. In a series ...
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Painting removed from wall in spontaneous action: ‘We are going to discuss this and reach a decision’ 15 November 2022During a meeting at the University on 10 November, staff spontaneously removed a painting by artist Rein Dool from the wall in one of the meeting room...
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Exhibition marks 100 years of Indonesian Student Association in the Netherlands 14 November 2022The Indonesian Student Association in the Netherlands, ‘Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Belanda’, has teamed up with the Indonesian embassy in The Hague...
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Anne Urai and Neuromatch colleagues win prize for open science 10 November 2022Cognitive neuroscientist Anne Urai is part of the Neuromatch Conference team. With the prize for open science, Neuromatch wants to reduce or remove ba...
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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New hub for entrepreneurial students from Campus The Hague 10 November 2022This Thursday saw the launch of PLNT The Hague, an entrepreneurial hub where Campus The Hague students can learn all about entrepreneurship. They will...
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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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Parents are too hard on themselves: teens more positive about their parenting 31 October 2022Although it can be a challenge at times, parents should keep communicating with their teens. Also about how they parent. Research by developmental psy...
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Bachelor Open Day held at Pieter de la Court Building for the first time: a photo report 26 October 2022On Saturday 22 October 2022, for the first time the Bachelor Open Day took place at the faculty buildings instead of in the city centre. It was also t...