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From chemistry teacher to founder of outdoor escape room company
Alumnus Vincent Renken studied Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences in Leiden and is now co-founder of an outdoor escape room company. ‘I asked myself: do you want a standard life or an adventure?’
- Workshop 'Charitable Institutions in the Early Medieval Mediterranean'
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Hester Bijl on racism, inclusion and diversity at Leiden University
We talked to Hester Bijl about the worldwide protests sparked off by the death of George Floyd. A demonstration against racism will also be held in Leiden on 14 June. How does she, as Vice-Rector responsible for diversity and inclusion, view this issue? What steps is the University taking? And how can…
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Reflections on the painting in the Leiden Academy Building
Conference
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The Sociolinguistics of Rhotacization in the Beijing Speech Community
PhD defence
- Masterclass: Religious Imagination in the Late Medieval Low Countries
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BOOK TALK: Offshore Attachments Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean
Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk
- OSCoffee: Making data reusable in the social sciences
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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International Summer School Global History in the 2020s
Conference, Summer School
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden
The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who are these alumni?
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‘Some think I’m too lightweight, others too highbrow’
Cornald Maas was able to ‘pioneer’ in Leiden. This Dutch Studies graduate, presenter, programme maker and publicist combined an active student life with studying hard.
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Antithrombotic therapy in the Netherlands- New insights from nationwide data
PhD defence
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“Book Diplomacy” in the Cultural Cold War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Conference
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Rule of Law in the EU: Beyond Poland and Hungary
Panel discussion
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Kamran Ullah: ‘I love working at De Telegraaf’
‘People talk at the coffee machine about what’s on the front page of De Telegraaf.’ Kamran Ullah took office as deputy editor-in-chief of De Telegraaf on 1 January this year. Ullah began studying Public Administration at Leiden in 2002.
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Opening exhibition- Finding Happiness in the Soft Spots
Exhibition, Practicum Artium
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3rd History and Philosophy of Physics in the Netherlands Workshop
Conference
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music and dance followed by a panel discussion on artistic doctorates in the performing arts
PhD defence, Symposium
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Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community
PhD defence
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Planetary Thinking in the Era of Global Warming
Inaugural lecture
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Tocharian and Iranian in the Tarim Basin and beyond
Conference, Workshop
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Kusundic, a possible linguistic substrate in the Himalayas
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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‘The depletion of the Earth’s resources is coming closer every year’
A packaging-free shop, small mobile homes, solar panels on all Leiden's roofs… Jeroen Schrama, alumnus of Public Administration, is a creative world improver. ‘If we really want to save the world, we have to make much more radical choices.’
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Techno-power in the Food Supply Chain
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
- Info Session: Study in the Netherlands at Leiden University
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LCCP Research Seminar "Geoconstitutionalism: Authoritative Lawmaking in the Anthropocene"
Lecture
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Characterization of innate immune cells in the glioma microenvironment
PhD defence
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Characterization of innate immune cells in the glioma microenvironment
PhD defence
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Making and Breaking Global Order in the Twentieth Century
Conference, INVISIHIST Conference
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Strategies in the Battle Against Neonatal Nosocomial Infections
PhD defence
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Understanding syncope in the framework of transient loss of consciousness
PhD defence
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Dynamics of the opioid crisis in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Biomarkers and Prognosis in Cardiac Surgery in the ICU
PhD defence
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Food insecurity, dietary quality and health in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes
In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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Alumnus (90) donates historic house to Leiden University
Alumnus Ruurt Hazewinkel (90) has presented Leiden University with a special gift: a historic house on Leiden’s Rapenburg canal. He handed over the key to Rector Carel Stolker on Monday 25 January.
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Pluriform prosody in the voice, face, and hands
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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Alumnus Anne Speckens opened a mindfulness centre in Nijmegen
Professor of Psychiatry Anne Speckens studied medicine in Leiden and did her psychiatry training there too. She opened the Radboudumc Center for Mindfulness in Nijmegen. What does she do there and how does she look back on her time as a student?
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Voice of the ocean
There are many tributaries to Rosalin Kuiper’s story and they all lead to the sea. The 28-year-old sailor was one of the five-person Team Malizia in the world’s most prestigious sailing competition: the Ocean Race.
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?
In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of the House over the Republicans. But the Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate. Three of our researchers, experts on US politics, share their…
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‘Leaving the master and into the desert. Slaves escapes in the Spanish Sahara in the 1940s and 1950s’, Ali Al Tuma
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Diversity & Inclusion Career Session
Course
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
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A New industry in an Ancient Land: Archaeology and Tourism at the crossroads
Conference, Public event
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
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Seventeenth-century depictions of sacred sites in the Kailasanathar Temple at Nattam, Tamil Nadu
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.
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LUCDH Workshop: An Introduction to Large Language Models in the Humanities
Lecture