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Astrid Van Weyenberg wins Faculty Teaching Prize 2022 12 September 2022
University lecturer Astrid Van Weyenberg has won the Faculty of Humanities Teaching Prize. ‘Astrid is a lovely person who can teach well.'
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Students complete research traineeship: 'This is a good start for a career as researcher' 09 September 2022
After seven months of hard work, the participants in the Research Traineeship Programme concluded their research on Friday 2 September with a pitch an...
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From solar panels to tables made from old jackets: University opens its doors on Heritage Open Days 07 September 2022
The theme of the Heritage Open Days Leiden on 10 and 11 September is sustainability. At four University locations guides will talk about the history o...
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Surprising insights, experiments and magic tricks at interactive ‘Wijsneus Festival’ 07 September 2022
What should we do about litter in the countryside? Can you tell from camera images if someone is guilty? And what does your heart rate really look lik...
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International students start a master’s thanks to a LExS 06 September 2022
This academic year 49 promising international students will start their master’s degree here thanks to a Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LEx...
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’ 05 September 2022
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times...
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Get Started campaign kicks off: Make students aware of the importance of the library 05 September 2022
Assignments, work groups, deadlines and the first exams in sight! The Get Started campaign of Leiden University Libraries aims to help new students to...
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Leiden researchers organise first Week of Ancient Writing 02 September 2022
This month marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. NINO, the Language Museum, Things that Talk and th...
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that 01 September 2022
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was suppos...
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Urban Studies students conduct practical research into the Humanities Campus: ‘It needs lots of green spaces and light’ 01 September 2022
Over the past few months, Urban Studies students have been helping to think about the realisation of the Humanities Campus. To test their knowledge in...
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Writer in residence Maxim Osipov: ‘Writing is the development of truth’ 29 August 2022
Since criticising the war in Ukraine, Russian author and cardiologist Maxim Osipov has fled Russia. Come September, he will be Leiden University’s wri...
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Students from all around the world discover The Hague 22 August 2022
A day at the beach, games, a visit to an embassy and a pub crawl. The activities at HOPweek help new students get to know not just The Hague but each ...
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road 22 August 2022
An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Centra...
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These are the nominees for the 2022 Faculty Teaching Prize! 21 August 2022
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students, and a jury – comprising students and lec...
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana 18 August 2022
From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-centur...