1,492 search results for “life” in the Student website
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Flash interview with alumnus Joost Bunk: As a diplomat, you know there's a risk of being declared persona non grata
When Russia attacked Ukraine in the night of 23-24 February, alumnus Joost Bunk, who was working as a diplomat in Russia, knew that everything would change.
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Faculty of Archaeology launches dinosaur-focused research
Many an archaeologist, at some point in their career, is asked what type of dinosaur they discovered. Instead of once again patiently explaining that we do not do dinosaurs, the Faculty Board has now decided to listen to society’s call. ‘It is clear that the general public feels that dinosaurs are relevant…
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Philosopher of law Ali Kösedag: Hague heart, Leiden mind
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this fourth instalment: alumnus and philosopher of law Ali Kösedag (1992): ‘Philosophising about equality before the law in the Netherlands at an early-morning…
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Michiel Westenberg advocates prevention for social anxiety: ‘Why wait until the damage has been done?’
Shyness is perfectly normal, Michiel Westenberg stated in his farewell lecture. But that doesn’t mean that social anxiety shouldn’t be identified and addressed in good time. ‘Serious shyness has strong genetic roots; you don’t just get over it.’
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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Movie Screening: I'm Not the River Jhelum (2022)
Movie Screening | SSEALS
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Getting Done With Snouck
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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ASCL Seminar: Plotting human-plant futures in Uganda
Lecture
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Career talk for MSc and PhDs: academia or industry?
Lecture, Career talk
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Mara Buchbinder - Scritping Death
Lecture, Online webinar
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HOPweek 2022
Introduction week
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Museum Talk: Art amid the Ruins
Lecture
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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A New History of Fishes: Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880)
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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ASCL Seminar: Hope and uncertainty in African migration - a case study of involuntary return to Ghana
Lecture
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Exploring Leiden University College: A personal journey with alumna Georgina Kuipers
It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught up with one of those pioneering graduates.
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The ancient Egyptians were just like us
The people who lived in Saqqara, City of the Dead in Egypt, died thousands of years ago, but they are not all that different from us. This is what a study by the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands concludes. If you wanted to prove that you had good taste in ancient Egypt then…
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The colour purple: why it's important to our new Dean
During the New Year's Reception at FSW, new Dean Sarah de Rijcke gave her maiden speech. The first official moment at which she's able to share what she stands for and what to expect of her. In case you weren't there, or you want to read the speech at your own pace, below you can find the integral copy…
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Judi Mesman awarded Stevin Prize for research on upbringing and diversity
What influence do children’s upbringing and education have on their world view? This is the question Professor Judi Mesman is trying to answer. For her research and public outreach activities, she has just been awarded the prestigious Stevin Prize, the highest award in the Netherlands for a researcher…
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Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’
Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and others decline early.
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Warfare: technology and ethics - a reading list
While the United States continues to carry out drone strikes, and China conducts large-scale cyber and information operations, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers live in trenches, and NATO sends tanks to the Donbas front to force a breakthrough. Has war changed dramatically in recent decades as a result…
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Retirement is not an option for ‘an old warhorse’ like Osinga
He has had to accept early retirement due to his military profession, or ‘FLO’ (Functioneel Leeftijdsontslag) as it is more commonly referred to within the Dutch Ministry of Defence, but the words ‘retirement’ or ‘winding down’ do not appear to be part of Frans Osinga's vocabulary. His appointment at…
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Interview Roxane de Massol Rebetz – ‘Vulnerability doesn’t come out of a vacuum.’
The legal distinction between victims of human trafficking and victims of migrant smuggling is unjust, argues De Massol Rebetz in her PhD thesis. In certain instances, smuggled migrants should be treated the same as victims of human trafficking.
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Flash interview with alumnus and new Faculty Advisory Council member Yousef Yousef
Yousef Yousef is a 'self-made man'. But he first obtained his bachelor's degree in tax law in Leiden. 'A CEO needs to have a basic understanding of the principles of law', he says.
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Get to know the new Faculty Council of Archaeology
Organisation
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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International Women's Day workshop: Freedom and refugees
LeidenGlobal Workshop
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Anna Corwin - Embracing Age
Lecture, Online webinar
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with with Naja Hulvej Rod
Lecture
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Workshop Finding a Compass on Purpose
Career and apply for jobs
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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FMNST Platform x POPTalk: The Journey of (Student) Activism
Lecture
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How to Study a Polymath
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The Myriad Avatars of Izumi Shikibu in Medieval Japan
Lecture
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Workshop Compass on Purpose
Career and apply for jobs, Study support, Personal development
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Career Talk with Maurien Olsthoorn
Debate, Career Talk
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Experimental Ethnographies
Lecture
- Summer winter schools
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
- Summer winter schools
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Graduation ceremony BSC Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
- Well-being Booster Workshop - Positive Emotions
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How to Disappoint your Parents
Career and apply for jobs
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Graduation ceremony MSC Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Master Vitality and Ageing | Student for a Day
Study information, Student for a day
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The Answer to Inequality is in the Past
Lecture
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
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European Music Meets Japanese Culture: a Lecture on the Essence of the Funeral Culture in Japan
Lecture
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CCLS Seminar
Lecture, Seminar