557 search results for “discovery of the year” in the Student website
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden University is travelling to the past and the future for its 450th birthday
Leiden University is celebrating its 450th anniversary in 2025 with a feast for the eyes, ears and spirit. The anniversary year opens with an extra special Dies Natalis on 7 February. Highlights includes an alumni festival, three exhibitions and a canal concert.
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Rogier CreemersFaculty of Humanities
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago
An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Wanted: musical students, staff and alumni for the Leiden Canal Concert
Organisation, Social
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying
Over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortus botanicus reveals the similarities and differences in 450 years of student life.
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Running Leiden Marathon in a 450th-anniversary t-shirt
Nearly 19,000 runners lined up at the start of Leiden Marathon on Sunday, among them students and staff from the university. For some this was their first race, for others a highlight of their year. This year, in celebration of our 450th anniversary, they ran in a special jubilee t-shirt.
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Liselotte KleineFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Meriem RebbaniFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eric Olijdam -
Pauline MemelinkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lisette PluimgraaffFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ilone de Vries-Lemaire -
Rhea MammenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Wiebke WiesigelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Michèle VerbergFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daniel BertramFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Chenlin Feng -
Evelien UrbanusFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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What will it be like to study in 2075? Uni-visionaries help shape the university’s future
LEGO creations, a clothesline of visions and a journey into the past and the future: just some of the highlights of Uni-vision day, where creatives developed their vision of the future of study.
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New Year’s speech 2023 & Meijers Medal
On Tuesday 10 January, the Meijers Lecture was held followed by the New Year’s reception in the restaurant of the Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw. Dean Joanne van der Leun opened the reception with a New Year’s speech. The following is a short overview of the event.
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Creativity for beginners
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Lucinda Truijers-JansenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Saskia van der Werf-BijvoetFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marlena Antczak-Mackowiak -
Monique Arntz -
Regina NoortFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Grants for board members
Student organisations can request financial support from Leiden University to reward their board members.
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These are the nominees for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023
Paul Gobée (LUMC), Kirsty Rolfe (Humanities) and Frank Takes (Science) have been nominated for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023.
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New academic year: orientation weeks and opening ceremony
Social
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Update Executive Board: The consequences of the announced budget cuts
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Prime Minister gives lecture to first-year students
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, gave a guest lecture to first-year law students at Leiden University. He spoke about democracy, the war in Ukraine and the role of the Netherlands.
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The new faculty academic year has been opened
On Tuesday 5 September, the opening of the faculty year took place at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. Staff and students gathered in the Cleveringa Room to take part in the interactive part of the programme.
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Leiden University Student Platform (LUS)
The Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) is a student-led ‘think-tank’. It consists of eight members: one representative from each of the seven faculties plus one chair.
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Photo report of the university float in the Grand Parade
The Grand Parade was a festive highlight of the 450th anniversary celebration of 3 October. Students and staff members from Leiden University participated with an impressive float.
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A university in times of corona: one year on
It is exactly one year ago that the university had to close, bang in the middle of the academic year. Suddenly, on that third Monday in March, we found ourselves at home, working and studying online – many of us from that cramped attic or student room. The momentous coronavirus year in pictures.
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Andrew Sorensen -
Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Bernardo Ribeiro de AlmeidaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Harry Fokkens