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More than 100 years of studying South Asia: ‘The view of the area is changing’ 17 June 2025At the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), scholars have been studying the Indian subcontinent with attention and expertise for more than 100 ye...
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Floris Harm studied Chinese, just like one of his ancestors: ‘We’re both trying to promote mutual understanding’ 17 June 2025When Floris Harm took up his role as director of the Leiden Asia Centre, he made a remarkable discovery on the university website. It turned out that ...
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Faculty Board column: Where do we stand now? 16 June 2025Read the latest column from the Faculty Board here, with an update on the faculty's current situation and our next steps.
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Fifth edition of LEAP launched 16 June 2025After a semester of brainstorming, writing, rewriting and editing, the time has come: the fifth edition of Leiden Elective Academic Periodical (LEAP) ...
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A village on campus: De Kattekop nursery run by psychologist Ellen Buschman 16 June 2025Parents from all corners of the university bring their children to De Kattekop, the university’s day nursery. De Kattekop is celebrating its 45th anni...
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This course brings opera into the classroom: ‘Many themes are still relevant today’ 13 June 2025What can opera tell us about societies in the past and present? Leiden honours students went looking for an answer, together with students from the Du...
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The Chinese Queer Collection - A Workshop for Activists, Archivists and Academics at Leiden University 12 June 2025To celebrate the formal launch of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏), promote Chinese queer studies scholarship, and raise the vis...
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede 11 June 2025Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede (1750-1837) fought for greater popular influence with blazing pamphlets and even a coup d’état. In his PhD dissertation, ...
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Alumni from the French Language and Culture programme return to Leiden: ‘I feel like an ambassador for the language’ 10 June 2025The pews of the Walloon Church were filled on Friday 23 May, as more than 120 former students of the French Language and Culture programme gathered to...
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‘We’re already at war – we’re just acting as though we’re not’ 10 June 2025‘Our infrastructure is under attack, elections are being influenced and political assassinations being committed. We’re already at war – it just looks...
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English Department turns 75: English Studies alive and kicking in Leiden 06 June 2025At the end of May, the Leiden English Language and Culture Programme, formerly known as the Department of English Language and Literature, celebrated ...
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Between Fact and Fiction, looking to the future: HSVL symposium supports child welfare through LUF 05 June 2025'Between Fact and Fiction' was the intriguing theme of this year's annual HSVL symposium, which took place on 7 May. This theme was the thread running...
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“Hope springs eternal”: Protest and social movements in the Netherlands 05 June 2025Mariska Jung (FGGA), Looi van Kessel (FGW), and Jasmijn Rana (FSW) have received a KIEM grant of €10,000 together with the Institute for Social Justic...
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Demonstration, security and university ties: Executive Board answers University Council’s questions 03 June 2025The University Council meeting on 2 June was largely dominated by the demonstration, occupation and policing in The Hague last month. Questions were a...
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD 03 June 2025A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition ...