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- Leiden Indonesia's Pre-Departure Briefing
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Celebrating Language: WDO's 19th Lustrum Symposium
Festival, Lustrum Symposium
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Children's Response to Humor in Translated Poetry
PhD defence
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Online Master's Experience Day: Master Population Health Management
Study information
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Generating Freedom; Hegel's Conception of Political Order
PhD defence
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Conrad Gessner´s Fish Books (1556-1560)
PhD defence
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Workshop: Risk and Entrepreneurship – Old Discussions, Innovative Questions, New Insights
Conference, Workshop
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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Online Master’s Experience Day: Master Vitality and Ageing
Study information
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Data Management Plan course for PhD's
Didactics, Career development
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LTP Lecture: Quine’s naturalized epistemology of ontology
Lecture
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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Ghanaian Sign Language(s): History, Linguistics, and Ideology
PhD defence
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Memory, Modernity, and Children’s Literature in Japan
PhD defence
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Innovating China: Governance and Mobility in China’s New Economy
PhD defence
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Diagnostic challenges of today's lung cancer pathology
PhD defence
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Book Launch: Agon, Conflict and Mimesis in Nietzsche's Philosophy
Debate
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Asia Academy #11: South Korea's Chip Power
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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‘It affects me most when children are involved’
It doesn’t take long before Tim van Lit has told us what interests him: problems that shake the nation. This 28-year-old Criminology alumnus heads a team of 25 at Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. Location: Schiphol Airport.
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Lucia Langerak: ‘I'm not one to sit on the sidelines’
Lucia Langerak was awarded a Master’s degree in Egyptology with cum laude honours in 2018. Her bachelor’s degree was also with cum laude honours. ‘I’m an exceptional Egyptologist, if only because I’ve never been to Egypt.’ She is now the coordinator of the Access & Support Platform at the University…
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awarded a total of 158 Venis in this round; Leiden University's share of the awards is 12 percent.
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3 October University: big science for small people
‘I already gave a talk about planets when I was five.’ With the theme of the 3 October celebrations being ‘Jong geleerd is oud gedaan’ (meaning something like, ‘You’re never too young to learn’), this year’s 3 October University was especially for children. Many parents came with their offspring to…
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Interview with Professor Ken Meier: 'Protests, a representative government and the role of leadership'
Professor Ken Meier is one of the most prominent researchers of the world in the field of Public Administration. Meier holds appointments as a professor of Public Administration at Cardiff School of Business (Wales), a professor of bureaucracy and democracy at Leiden University (The Netherlands), research…
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against
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Social Science Matters: Climate change
Climate change is a hot topic and constantly in the news. Thousands of Dutch high school students protested at the Malieveld in The Hague. News website Nu.nl has barred climate change deniers from their comments section to prevent ‘fake news’. How does climate change impact the research community, and…
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Institute managers Marjolein and Wiesje: Ambitious on the work floor, in the restaurant and on the football field
Marjolein van Reisen has been Institute Manager Finance for a year, and Wiesje Zikkenheiner has been Institute Manager HR for two months. This duo job is by no means a luxury in an ever-growing organisation. Marjolein: 'We’re both new to this world, so we have our hands full.'
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A small ode to 412 dead
In 2011 Leiden University came into possession of the skeletons from a graveyard in Middenbeemster. But what could be done with all these bones and skulls? Well, the answer is: more than you might think. Since the excavation, it has been raining interesting scientific discoveries at the Faculty of Archaeology.…
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‘I became a stronger believer in the power of Europe’
She knew that a degree in Public Administration would be a stepping-stone to a career in politics. And that is exactly what Leiden alumna Samira Rafaela (30) wanted. Thanks to preferential votes, this member of the D66 party is the first Dutch MEP from an Afro-Caribbean background.
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Alumna Gabriella Sancisi: ‘In Leiden I learned what I think is important in life’
For seven years she worked at Noordeinde Palace, as the Private Secretary of Queen Máxima. Since the summer of 2021, Gabriella Sancisi (1973) has been the Dutch Ambassador in Slovakia, where the Embassy in Bratislava’s historic city centre is now her base.
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Weightless in the name of science
Laura Nijkamp’s biggest dream came true recently: she took a parabolic flight and was weightless for a moment. The BrainFly student team, which includes psychology students from Leiden, needed volunteers. She signed up immediately. She tells us all about her experience.
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Special anniversary celebration for Leiden University: 440 years
The celebration of Leiden's Dies Natalis on Monday 9 February in the Pieterskerk was extra special this year and was attended by many prominent guests. This was the kick-off of the special 88th Lustrum (five-year) celebrations in 2015.
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‘Morocco Institute crucial for better understanding of Arab world’
A better understanding of Morocco and the Arab world is crucial for international relations and for Dutch society. This was the key message of Minister of Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker and Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, at the opening of the renewed Netherlands Institute in Morocco…
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Iron-immune interactions in Alzheimer's disease
PhD defence
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LTP Lecture: Frege’s Logic: From 'Begriffsschrift' to 'Grundgesetze'
Lecture
- What's Next? Alumni speak about their research career
- What's Next? Alumni speak about their research career
- What's Next? Alumni speak about their research career
- What's Next? Alumni speak about their research career
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Graduation ceremonies Advanced Master's Leiden Law School 2020
Graduation ceremony
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SNAP! The night sky through a Leidener’s lens
Exhibition
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Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice
The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice word. If you see the connections between things, you immediately see the logic behind the processes.’ Her career has taken her…
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Leiden University's Academic Challenge: deadline for presentations
Conference
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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
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Symposium in honor of Adamantia Panagopoulou's PhD defence
Conference
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Leiden University Green Office / L.A.S. Terra Movie Night
Arts and culture
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Managing humanity's insanity: Becoming truly human within planetary boundaries
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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Children's acquisition of Mandarin Chinese verb-copying sentences
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Valedictory lecture prof.dr. P.D.S. Dijkstra
Valedictory lecture
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'Born Free - Mandela's Generation of Hope' by Ilvy Njiokiktjien
Exhibition