811 search results for “africa in de world” in the Staff website
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Eric De Brabandere
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’
A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.
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50 jaar MRI: Hoe het LUMC dit betaalbaar maakt
50 years ago Lauterbur published the basic principle of MRI. Sine then MRI has become more expensive. Professor Andrew Webb describes what is needed to make MRI available for everybody.
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Leideners and researchers learn from each other at the Science Market
3 October University has become something of a tradition: a bit of science among the Leidens Ontzet celebrations. During the new and improved edition, the WetenschapsWarenMarkt (Science Market), visitors spoke to researchers about the nitrogen problem, making organs and the city’s connections with A…
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainable Development and Livelihood, who will give her inaugural lecture on 25 February.
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’
During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.
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Societal impact
You can apply various means to increase your societal impact: through interaction with professionals, the commercial sector or general audiences. The University can support you in this process in a number of ways.
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Liveable Planet Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Jessica Kiefte-De Jong (LUMC) and Paul Behrens (FWN) on Food & Sustainability - Discussion
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Una Europa Staff Week: Learning more about Diversity and Inclusion in Bologna
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) are core values that are a focus for us as a university. But what developments are there in D&I and how can we apply these to our university? To delve deeper into this subject, four Leiden University staff members travelled to Bologna for a week of discussions on D&I with…
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Healthy University Let's Walk Week; are you still on the move?
A week after the kick-off of the Healthy University Let's Walk Week 2021, colleagues together already have made 7276 'ommetjes'. The Let's Walk Week was entirely devoted to getting and staying active for our personal, physical and mental health.
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Royal honour for Korrie Korevaart
Korrie Korevaart, a former director and lecturer in Dutch language and culture at Leiden University, has been made a member of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Korevaart, who has retired but is still a guest member of staff at the university, has received the honour for her work at the Faculty of Humanities…
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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Apply for a PhD scholarship for a candidate with a migration background (Mosaic 2.0)
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Nominate students for the ECHO Award 2023
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Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Poland for a book they co-edited. How has this affected them? ‘This is an attempt to wear us down.’
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Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
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Anja Zonneveld
PLATO
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Eduardo Antunez de Mayolo De la Matta
Science
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…
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Nominate a student for the ECHO Awards 2022
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Student section of University Council more fragmented
In the University elections in April, the eight student seats on the University Council have gone to six parties, and newcomers the Liberal Student Party and the Party for Biomedical Students have each won one seat.
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Schoof I cabinet: These cabinet members studied in Leiden
It took a while, but the new cabinet has now finally been appointed. Four members of Schoof I studied in Leiden. Who are they?
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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How to be an Academic in a World on Fire: A Hands-On Workshop co-organized by LUGO and OSCL
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Maggeltje Verlaan-de Vries
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Jantine Liesting-de Kok
Science
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Lys Van de Voorde
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Karin den Dulk-de Beil
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Andréia Pinheiro de Castro
ICLON
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Maria Arias de Saavedra Benitez
Science
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Helias Udo De Haes
Science
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Francisca Wiggers-de Bruine
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Anita Staphorst-de Nijs
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
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Daniëlla Dam-de Jong
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Marleen Ottenhoff-de Jonge
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Pablo Mendes De Leon
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lies Meddens-de Vries
Science
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Elisabeth Kawilarang-de Haas
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Mary Hop-de Vries
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Simone Mattheus-de Vetten
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Yvonne Brandt-de Roode
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
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Anneke Both-de Vries
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elke Been-de Veth
Faculty of Humanities
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Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw
Faculty of Humanities
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Gui Pucarinho Soares de Oliveira
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs