450 news items found
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The wisdom of the Nahua 10 June 2021
Indigenous philosophies have been ignored for too long. This prompted Osiris González Romero to study the wisdom of the Nahua in Mexico. Their philoso...
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University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’ 09 June 2021
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protest...
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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn 07 June 2021
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and book...
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From #COVID to #GOFIT 04 June 2021
How do you get fit after these challenging times? How do you actively start a healthy lifestyle? Healthy University Leiden would like to address these...
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Why the western world was too late to respond to Covid 01 June 2021
Almost all the western countries were too late responding to the outbreak of Covid. Why was that? Three governance experts, including Leiden professor...
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Results of first online strategic plan dialogue 31 May 2021
One of the aims in the development of the university’s new strategic plan is to foster a dialogue between as many students, staff and external stakeho...
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Considerable differences in turnout for faculty and employee council elections 26 May 2021
Who will represent us on the university’s participation councils? The results of the 2021 university elections have been announced. New representative...
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EUniWell discovery project in full swing 21 May 2021
The ‘Discovery of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of EUniWell’s Consortium’s Members’ project has received a EUniWell seed grant. Sjoerd Louwaars, the r...
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Jojanneke van der Toorn organises international Workpride conference 21 May 2021
Professor Jojanneke van der Toorn has held the chair in LGBT workplace inclusion for five years. To celebrate, organised an international online confe...
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‘We teach in the FC Emmen canteen’ 20 May 2021
Alumna Louwien Eising is headteacher of Carmel College in Emmen. How have things been during the pandemic? And how has her degree in Education and Chi...
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University elections: vote now! 19 May 2021
Your vote for the University and Faculty Council counts! The councils play an important role at the university. To vote click on the link in the right...
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch 17 May 2021
Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ proj...
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’ 11 May 2021
How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other studen...
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This honours class makes you date your problem 11 May 2021
Theoretical research does not always give us the right solution to a problem in society. This message, loud and clear, is delivered during the final p...
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Join the discussion on the university's future direction 03 May 2021
What should our education and research look like in 2027? How can we make the university more sustainable and achieve greater impact? The new Strategi...