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Why take the AI & Society minor? These students explain
The interdisciplinary AI & Society minor of Leiden University brings together students and lecturers from a wide range of disciplines. Together they look at the impact of AI on society. Students are enthusiastic about this merging of worlds.
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Why stress could be good for you
Acute stress seems to have a surprisingly positive effect on our health. Researcher Erin Faught received an NWO veni grant to find out why that is and how we can use that knowledge to our advantage. For her lab research, she uses a remarkable small animal to learn more about our own stress levels.
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An Early Start: Welcoming the Class of 2024!
Although the official start of the academic year has to wait for another fortnight, Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) welcomed the Class of 2024 to the Anna van Bueren campus this week. The new cohort of 204 incoming students will spend the next three years studying different majors and minors…
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Fiffy the chimpanzee can see again thanks to unique operation at the LUMC
Fiffy the chimpanzee had rapidly developed cataracts in both eyes that made her as good as blind. Eye doctors at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have now managed to replace the lenses in both her eyes. As far as we know, Fiffy, who is thought to be between 30 and 40 years old, is the first…
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Vacancy Student mentor - BSc Security Studies
Organisation, Human resources
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This is the library you did not know you had been looking for
2,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been transferred to the Institute of Biology Leiden. To plant biologist and contact person for this library Pingtao Ding this is a true treasury. ‘To bring…
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New Economics degrees to be launched in The Hague
Leiden University is going to offer two new Economics degree programmes at its campus in The Hague: the bachelor’s in Economics and Society and the master’s in Public Sector Economics. The NVAO has decided to award accreditation to both programmes, which will be taught in Dutch. The bachelor’s programme…
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From Jean-Paul Sartre to the power of theatre: resilience can be found everywhere
Students of the Bachelor Honours Class 'Strategies of Resilience' are exposed to a unique educational experience. Through philosophical insights and creative exercises, participants explore what it means to be resilient. ‘I really feel like it helps you develop as a person.’
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Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights
Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights
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Graduation Ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2023-2024
Graduation Ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2023-2024
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…
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Five tips for The Night of Discoveries
Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University are taking part.
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Universiteit Leiden introduceert eerste bacheloropleiding Cybersecurity & Cybercrime
Vanaf september 2025 biedt de Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs de bacheloropleiding Cybersecurity & Cybercrime aan. Deze unieke Nederlandstalige opleiding leidt studenten op tot veelzijdige cyberexperts. ‘Er is veel vraag naar specialisten op het gebied van cybersecurity en cybercrime’.
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Archaeologist Valerio Gentile investigates Bronze Age spear combat
How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team from Leiden and Göttingen University present a new approach to answering these questions: they simulated the actual fight…
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A cocktail of chemicals in surface water is more toxic than each substance individually
Pesticides can form a toxic cocktail when they occur in combination in surface water. This is the finding of research that Leiden University and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) presented on Monday 14 October. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management…
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An overview of Dutch politics and Political Science in the Netherlands: the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics
Dutch politics has long been a paragon of stability. Think, for example, of our party system until, say, the last decade. At the same time, we also see occasional changes and significant shifts. Society has changed and this is reflected in, among other things, how we vote and how policy is made. About…
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10 years of OPIC - Pathways of Access to Justice for Children
Conference
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights & Transitioning to a Sustainable Society
Conference
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Herðubreið - Mountainous Geo-Power and Deep Time
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Workshop Keep on writing: becoming a disciplined writer
Study support, Study support
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BASIS North Korea Lecture
Lecture
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Workshop Develop an academic writing style
Study support, Study support
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Workshop Creating a clear structure
Study support, Study support
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Fariba Karimi
Lecture
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Webinar/onsite exchange: Is this genocide? Untold stories about occupied Palestine
Lecture
- Futures from the frontiers of climate science
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A New History of Fishes: Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880)
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Workshop Basic skills in academic writing
Study support, Study support
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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Thesis kick-off
Study support, Study support
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Florence Nightingale Colloquium
Lecture, colloquium
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Exhibition of sound installation 'Bird language' by Helena Nikonole
Exhibition, Exhibition
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ASP and Studying with a Disability
Lecture
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Thesis Week 2 & 6 May - Campus The Hague
Study support
- Celebration highest building point Cluster Zuid
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Paleonerds Lecture: Visual Palaeopsychology
Lecture
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Thesis kick-off: The design of your thesis
Study support, Study support
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Science & Cocktails: Why do People Fight?
Lecture
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Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture by Jason De León
Lecture, Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Tamas David-Barrett
Lecture
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Thesis kick-off: The design of your thesis
Study support, Study support
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Visible hands, audible voices: Economy as a Matter of Fact and a Matter of Concern by Douglas R. Holmes (Binghamton University)
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Narratives of Vulnerability
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Non-Criminalisation and Super-Criminalisation of Same-Sex Love
Lecture
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Thesis week Leiden
Study support, Study support
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: What Use are Networks Anyway?
Lecture
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Roundtable: 2024 Elections Pakistan, Indonesia and India
Roundtable | SSEALS