450 news items found
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Executive Board President Luc Sels introduces himself: ‘A great honour’ 07 November 2025Since 1 November 2025, Prof. Dr. Luc Sels has been the new president of Leiden University's Executive Board. In a message to our university he introdu...
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‘Literature is our compass in a turbulent world’ 07 November 2025Literature – and films and social media too – helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, e...
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Alex Geurds appointed new Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology 06 November 2025Alex Geurds, Professor of Central American Archaeology, will become Dean of Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology on 1 January. He succeeds Jan K...
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Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society' 06 November 2025In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases i...
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Cleveringa Professor Landemore: ‘I want to patch the holes in our democracy’ 05 November 2025Rich, white, urban: Western politicians often represent a small segment of the population. Political scientist Hélène Landemore advocates for a more i...
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Open Day as a compass for prospective students 03 November 2025Chinese Studies, History or Urban Studies? How do you choose the right degree programme for you? Hundreds of prospective students tried to find out at...
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‘Teach young people to take control of technology’ 30 October 2025Technology is spreading its tendrils into the classroom. But who is in control? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Nadira Saab calls for ‘digital age...
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How can we make unacceptable behaviour a man’s issue? 27 October 2025During Consent is Key Week, we’re exploring ways to eliminate sexual violence within our university community. We spoke to Assistant Professor Mischa ...
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New eye tracker for the Babylab 27 October 2025The Babylab, part of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) and SSH Labs infrastructure, has recently introduced a new eye tracking devic...
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Civility, not opinions, was the real surprise in student debate 24 October 2025The student debate in Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal promised to be ‘the key to your vote’. That may sound hyperbolic, but what this well-attended debate d...
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon 23 October 2025Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ a...
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Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture 22 October 2025In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Ki...
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Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’ 20 October 2025Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciti...
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CV of Failures exhibition opens in the Herta Mohr Building 17 October 2025Doctorates, scholarships, or a trip around the world during a sabbatical: when it comes to our careers, we often talk about what went well. The CV of ...
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Alisa van de Haar: ‘People with linguistic skills have always played a very important role in society’ 17 October 2025Who was professionally involved in language between 1550 and 1650? And what were the financial returns of this language sector? Assistant Professor Al...