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European scientists sign open letter on relaxation of pesticide regulations 16 September 2026More than 500 scientists and doctors from the EU are calling on the European Parliament to suspend its consideration of new European regulations on fo...
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Budget Day: government invests in higher education and research again 16 September 2026The government will invest more than €580 million extra per year in higher education and research in the coming years. This largely reverses the earli...
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Not all roads lead to Rome, researchers conclude in Nature 15 September 2026Although Rome was the political centre of the Roman Empire, geographically it lay closer to the edge of the road network than to its centre. That is t...
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Ancient trees reveal how the climate and landscape changed 15 September 2026Remains of trees that grew thousands of years ago can tell us how the climate and the landscape changed in the distant past. In his inaugural lecture,...
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From Egypt to Panama: Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grants awarded 11 September 2026Five Leiden University projects will receive an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grant this year for exchange projects with non-European partner...
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Worlds on a string: how beads in the sixth century travelled the world 09 September 2026On September 17, Mette Langbroek will defend her dissertation. For her PhD, Mette investigated the contact that people from Northwest Europe had (part...
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Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants 09 September 2026Researchers Caspar Jacobs (philosophy) and Fiamma Salerno (immunology) have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant 2026. Jacobs will study mathematical eq...
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King to receive findings of research into his family’s role in colonial history 09 September 2026King Willem-Alexander will visit Leiden University on Friday 2 October, where he will receive the results of an independent study of the role of the H...
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Archaeology student Sofía Espinoza Gutiérrez nominated for ECHO Award 08 September 2026Master's student Sofía Espinoza Gutiérrez has been nominated for the prestigious ECHO Award in the category Current Affairs. The award recognises stud...
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NIOD Director Martijn Eickhoff is the new Cleveringa Professor 08 September 2026Martijn Eickhoff, a cultural historian and Director of the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD), has been appointed the Cleveringa...
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Archaeologist Rachel Schats wins LUS Teaching Prize 2026 07 September 2026Associate Professor and Education Director Rachel Schats has won the LUS Teaching Prize 2026. The award was presented during the Opening of the Academ...
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Twenty-five years on: what was the impact of 9/11 on the Netherlands? 07 September 2026Was 9/11 a turning point for Dutch society? Twenty-five years on, researcher Thijs van Dooremalen puts that idea into perspective. He compares the imp...
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New: DEAI Library in Van Steenis 04 September 2026A cabinet of books on diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion now stands in the common area on the first floor's landing of the Van Steenis bui...
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Marie Soressi appointed Head of the Department of World Archaeology 04 September 2026The Faculty of Archaeology is pleased to announce that Professor Marie Soressi has been appointed Head of the Department of World Archaeology, one of ...
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Throwback to the Faculty Opening of the Academic Year 03 September 2026Welcome back at the Faculty of Archaeology! We hope you had a nice summer. On Tuesday September 1 the Faculty festively opened the academic year of 20...