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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with eff...
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Carel Stolker to retire: donate to the Leiden Empowerment FundsCarel Stolker will retire as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University on 8 February. As a retirement gift he is setting up a fund for first-generation s...
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‘In these times you need all the help and connections you can get’Because they could really have used it during their own time as students. For many alumni, that’s their reason for signing up for the mentors network ...
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From healthy eating to the art of failing: join in the Student Wellbeing WeeksIt’s good to know you’re not alone in these strange times. That’s why Leiden University is organising the Student Wellbeing Weeks from 18 January to 1...
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Alumna Natacha Harlequin: ‘When it really matters, I’m a lion’She stands out for the moderate tone she takes in discussions on Dutch talk shows. Without judgement you can have an open conversation, criminal lawye...
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‘The COVID-19 crisis just goes to show how things can go wrong’Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmacy at University College London (UCL). As a female scientist of colour, she was initially reluctant to play an ac...
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaireRector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repr...
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Zoom available for teaching from 22 January onFrom 22 January on, the video conferencing app Zoom will be available for students and teachers at Leiden University. The University is responding to ...
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2020 Hall of fameIn 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.
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NWA-grant for project 'Streaming the past'Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Archaeology, with the support of the communication departments of these Faculties and th...
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Challenging the digital nativesHow do you engage students in times of corona? Sara Brandellero, co-chair of the study programmes for Latin American studies, created assignments that...
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‘Our pirate image scares people off, but that’s exactly what we want’Controversial environmental organisation Sea Shepherd fights illegal fishing all around the world and is not afraid to take direct action. Alumnus Gee...
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On our way to barrier-free studyingThe University wants to remove the barriers experienced by students with disabilities as quickly as possible. Our teaching must also become inclusive,...
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Researcher Marte Luesink: ‘I’ve always been interested in crisis situations.’Alumna Marte Luesink took both a bachelor’s in International Studies and a master’s in International Politics at Leiden University. Very quickly after...