450 news items found
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Rector Magnificus presented with long list of missing Iranians 14 December 2022
Hester Bijl, the Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, was handed a ‘shockingly long list’ of names of missing Iranians in her office at the Adminis...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen about resilience research and public engagement on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad 14 December 2022
In a one-hour interview on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad, Anne-Laura van Harmelen talks about her research into the role friendships in adolescent...
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Thomas Ansell: 'Our biggest goal is to bring people together' 12 December 2022
For this interview, we spoke with Thomas Ansell: Head of Communications at The Hague Humanity Hub. The organisation facilitates and supports innovatio...
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Leiden University takes another step in becoming smoke-free with 'Peukenzee' initiative 12 December 2022
In recent months, the university has been running the 'Smoke-free university' campaign because of the large number of cigarette waste on and around th...
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum 12 December 2022
From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them m...
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Lecture on 'Visible and invisible violence against women' by Marieke Liem and Renate van der Zee 12 December 2022
On Friday 9 December, Renate van der Zee and professor Marieke Liem held a lecture on 'Visible and invisible violence against women' at the Campus The...
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Orange the World: Visible and invisible violence against women 01 December 2022
On 25 November, the global 16-day campaign 'Orange the World' against violence against women and girls started. Leiden University will also be paying ...
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Successful signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the CCOE and ISGA/FGGA 28 November 2022
On 24 November a High-Level panel discussion on the occasion of the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the NATO Civil-Militar...
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Six questions about the book 'Ruminations' by Tahir Abbas 28 November 2022
Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, is organising a book launch for his new book: 'Rumin...
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Call for Papers and Panels: Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023 24 November 2022
From 7-9 June 2023 Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) organises its second international conference in The Hague. Deadline for su...
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Leiden University College The Hague: 'Top rated Programme' since 2013 24 November 2022
Leiden University College The Hague received the 'Top rated Programme' seal from the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2023 (Dutch University Guide). It is the...
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First lunch meeting ‘Missie Menselijke Maat’ is a great success 23 November 2022
Customisation is high on the political agenda, but how do you make it work? Many public organisations are struggling to find an answer to this questio...
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Alanna O'Malley in The Irish Times about the risk of expelling the Russian ambassador in Ireland 22 November 2022
Alanna O'Malley, Associate Professor at Leiden University Institute for History, talks about the possible expelling of the Russian ambassador Yuriy Fi...
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA 21 November 2022
Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natu...
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’ 21 November 2022
Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iran...