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In extremis: five extremes in 450 years of Leiden research
By looking at what is different, researchers often discover the special, the unusual. And that has already brought a wealth of highlights – also in Leiden.
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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450 years of Leiden University: anniversary wishes from students, staff, and alumni
During the Opening of the Academic Year 2024-2025, we asked guests for their wishes and ideas for Leiden University's anniversary year in 2025.
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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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Levina de WolfFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew HoyeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Peter VerstratenFaculty of Humanities
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Bert KoendersFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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William LippertFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Gideon Manger
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Paul Oling
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Florian Wätzel
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Florien HollanderFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Peter Schrijver
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Robin SchroederFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sebastian FroweinFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Maud Duit
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Tess HorlingsFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Somia SadiqFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Saskia Pothoven
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Martina AbissoFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Christian Patz
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago
An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.
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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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University couple marries ‘in front of all of Leiden’ on 3 October
They have known each other since they were small but Rianne and Tom first fell in love when working together at the university. That love culminated in a fairytale wedding amid all the revelry last 3 October.
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Stop the cuts to education’
Scrap the radical cuts to research and teaching. This was researchers and students’ message to government at the opening of the new academic year. Various speakers in Leiden’s Pieterskerk highlighted the importance of science for society.
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying
Over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortus botanicus reveals the similarities and differences in 450 years of student life.
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Evelien UrbanusFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.
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Opening of the Academic Year: 'Relentlessly follow your curiosity and see where it takes you'
The opening of the new academic year highlighted students' and lecturers' personal motivators. Incoming students were encouraged to be bold, forge their own paths and grow by trial and error.
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Pepijn Tuinier
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Maarten Broekhof
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Gerald AchoFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Bas RietjensFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Emma Elisabeth van der Meulen
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mohamed MuseFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sophie VériterFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Adam LichtenheldFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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New academic year: orientation weeks and opening ceremony
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In 450 days... 450 years of Leiden University
In exactly 450 days’ time, on 8 February 2025, it is the university’s 450th anniversary. We are obviously going to celebrate this with our students, staff and friends. Do you have any ideas for this celebration?
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Prime Minister gives lecture to first-year students
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, gave a guest lecture to first-year law students at Leiden University. He spoke about democracy, the war in Ukraine and the role of the Netherlands.
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Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’
An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freedom: these all featured in Leiden University’s 450th Dies Natalis celebration and the official start of its jubilee year.
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew Sorensen