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Join the Humans of Humanities film premiere in Trianon!The humanities consist of various academic fields. But what is the common ground of all these different academics and students? And why does their wor...
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How the Dutch Press brought foreign suffering close in the Seventeenth CenturyThe big European wars of religion ended with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, but still religious minorities were persecuted in Europe....
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Two Van Bergen Prize winners: bringing Dutch and international students togetherNot one, but two initiatives have been awarded with the Van Bergen Prize at the Diversity Symposium on 22 January. ‘Leiden City Safari’ will give inco...
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‘There’s a difference between inclusion and change’If you want to talk about inclusion, you have to bring up the subject of race. This is what Kamna Patel said at Leiden University’s annual Diversity S...
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How do you tell the story of eighteenth century princesses?Historian Joost Welten has written a book entitled 'De vergeten prinsessen van Thorn' (The forgotten princesses of Thorn). For his book, he analysed t...
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‘You end up in a completely different world’What did psychology student Jessie learn while working at a psychiatric hospital in The Gambia? And why is Noman from Yemen now studying political sci...
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Colonisation and migration in New-AmericaMigration is nothing new. A lot of people immigrated to the United States after it was ‘rediscovered’. The Netherlands also colonised a part of the Ne...
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Bio Science Park: from empty fields to hip neighbourhoodNew housing in old labs and striking architecture for University buildings and high-tech companies, not to mention waterside parks. An exhibition in O...
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Stephan Raaijmakers appointed Professor by special appointment of Communicative AI (Artificial Intelligence)Since November 2019 Stephan Raaijmakers is Professor by special appointment of Communicative AI (Artificial Intelligence) at LUCL. Raaijmakers investi...
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Help to shape innovation in your own educationEver thought things could go better and faster at the University? Good news: this means you have an opinion and your experience makes you an expert. T...
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Vivian Ng: ‘Because of my job, I’m meeting new people, so it doesn’t feel like working to me’Vivian studies the Global Political Economy specialisation of the MA International Relations and is the coordinator of the Humanities Buddy Programme....
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Eighteenth Century Dutch slaves in Morocco already had orientalist viewsThe idea that prejudices about the (Middle)-East came to be during the colonisation of North-Africa in the 19th century is false. Mounir el-Badri wrot...
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‘The ILLP has been helpful for every human relation I have’What is leadership? Can it be taught, and if so, how? The International Leiden Leadership Programme (ILLP) helps students find their own style, say IL...
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2019 Hall of fameOver the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Recommendations from the Student Well-being TaskforceWe know from national and international research that many students struggle with psychological problems. How about students in Leiden? Leiden Univers...