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The Golden Dawn verdict and the inescapable element of languageOn 7 October, a court in Athens, Greece, convicted leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn party as directing a criminal organization. Marina Terkourafi,...
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‘Safety of Journalism – more urgent than ever’Register now for the World Press Freedom Conference 2020 digital edition (9 – 10 December 2020)!
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Peter Burger: 'I investigate where a strange story comes from.'Peter Burger is a university lecturer at the master in Journalism and New Media and co-founder of Nieuwscheckers. He now teaches the course Factchecke...
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Corona measures in student housing: ‘Visitors are ony allowed when everyone agrees’In many student cities, the number of corona infections grows, and in Leiden we can also see rising figures. Especially in student housing, it is some...
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Sports Centre celebrates 50 yearsOnline competitions, online sports, dietary advice for staff and students and 'What do they eat for lunch?' The first 'volunteer' is Vice-Rector Heste...
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Den Haag Draait Door: working together to solve urban problemsOn Thursday the 29th of October, Kennis Maken Den Haag organises the third edition of Den Haag Draait Door. In this online talk show, experts and poli...
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New LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and DiversityThe start of this year saw the opening of the LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and Diversity. The Centre looks at public administration and policy...
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Alumna Amber Brantsen: ‘Allow yourself to make mistakes’A glowing first-time mother-to-be with an impressive CV for someone of her age, newsreader Amber Brantsen would seem to lead a charmed life. ‘But I be...
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Corona: support for (and from) studentsThe corona crisis has also had a huge impact on our university and therefore on the lives of our students too. With our teaching mostly online and onl...
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Management changes within LurisLuris supports and advises researchers and societal partners with knowledge transfer, research impact, grant applications and public-private partnersh...
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Hello Leiden. How’s it going? Minister Van Engelshoven pays online working visit to Leiden UniversityTeaching during the corona crisis, the high workload and the challenges faced by the Faculty of humanities. In an online working visit to Leiden Unive...
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What are the University Council’s priorities this year?The University Council, with a new set of members since 1 September, has formulated six priorities where its members would like to make good progress ...
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New ‘progress pride flag’ flying on annual Coming Out DayIt is still not easy to ‘come out’ about your sexual orientation or gender identity. On Coming Out Day (11 October), the issue was the focus of global...
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Ton van Kalmthout new professor of special appointment of Dutch LiteratureAs of 1 September, Ton van Kalmthout has been appointed professor by special appointment of International Exchange of Dutch Literature in a Historical...
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William Michael Schmidli: ‘Regardless of the vote count, Trump will not leave the White House easily’With only a month until the 2020 United States elections, William Michael Schmidli, University Lecturer of American history, reflects on the latest de...