450 news items found
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Leideners find more than 2,000 species in urban biodiversity inventory 30 June 2025Around 1,300 Leideners found 2,265 species during the Expeditie Stadsnutuur urban biodiversity inventory. ‘It’s been a huge success’, says scientific ...
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CfP: Transnational Conversations: Heritage, Memory, Climate, and Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean, Europe, and Beyond 27 June 2025
We are pleased to invite submissions for a conference exploring how heritage and memory practices, alongside the legacies of climate coloniality, shap...
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Students, staff and alumni to share the stage at Leiden Canal Concert 27 June 2025Music lovers are welcome at this free open-air concert celebrating 450 years of Leiden University, on Sunday 6 July. This special jubilee edition of t...
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Spinoza Prize for historian Judith Pollmann: ‘We continually reference the past’ 26 June 2025How did people in the past deal with change? And how did such change influence personal and collective identities? For her research on these questions...
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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment 25 June 2025NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what...
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‘I can feel the pain on both sides of the border’ 24 June 2025How can the Netherlands help secure a peaceful future for Israel and Palestine? At a recent meeting at the university, two remarkable speakers shared ...
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Update Executive Board: Implications of caretaker government for the university 24 June 2025The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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Jeanette Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’ 24 June 2025When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical ...
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Architect Aleida Nijland: ‘The building will become greener in many ways’ 23 June 2025Now that the Herta Mohr building is fully operational, construction work is moving to the other side of the University Library. Over the coming years,...
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From horror to silence that speaks volumes: Leiden researches emotions at Lowlands 23 June 2025This summer, Leiden University will be setting up camp at Lowlands with two research projects. From a spine-chilling haunted house to a silent perform...
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Damaged by Disgrace: report on involuntary relinquishment and adoption of babies in the Netherlands 19 June 2025For decades, unmarried girls and women in the Netherlands were forced to give up their newborn children. The impact was profound and persists to this ...
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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...