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Application and admission
Find out how you can apply for the Honours College and what the admission requirements are.
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Nationalism by Eric Storm in several Spanish newspapers
Associate professor Eric Storm’s book on nationalism has been reviewed in two Spanish newspapers. Three newspaper published interviews with Storm.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: ‘Shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has put America’s gun lobby at odds with the White House’
In an article for The Conversation, university lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains how the shooting of nurse Alex Pretti has affected the pro-gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA).
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Timo Kos: ‘We want our buildings to be as open and safe as possible’
Speaking for the Executive Board, Timo Kos reflects on the university’s security policy and what lies ahead. ‘We want to keep our buildings open, but we also need to be able to guarantee the safety of everyone there. It’s a real balancing act.’
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Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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East Europe’s Forgotten Peasant Revolution: The Era of World Wars Reconsidered
Lecture, Seventh Annual Austrian Studies Lecture
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Jaap van den HerikFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Stop the cuts to education’
Scrap the radical cuts to research and teaching. This was researchers and students’ message to government at the opening of the new academic year. Various speakers in Leiden’s Pieterskerk highlighted the importance of science for society.
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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World Women's Committee Against War and Fascism (WWCAWF) 1934-1941
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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Improved Financial Outlook Faculty of Humanities 2026–2030
In the short term, no reorganisation is foreseen within the Faculty of Humanities, nor are any compulsory redundancies expected. Nonetheless, structural changes remain necessary. This is evident from the faculty’s draft budget for 2026 and the accompanying financial multi-year outlook.
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Update Executive Board: Implications of caretaker government for the university
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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Update Executive Board: Budget examined by Senate, vote on 8 April
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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Update Executive Board: Response to parliamentary letter on internationalisation
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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Meeting held about Wijnhaven protest and occupation on 6 May
On Tuesday 27 May a first meeting was held in response to the demonstration and occupation at the Wijnhaven building on 6 May. The aim was to explore how the university can balance the fundamental right to protest with ensuring a safe environment for all students and staff.
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Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’
During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.
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Ruhama Yilma AbebeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carolien JacobsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hoko HoriiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva PolmanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Benthe van DelftFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sam Botan -
Mark KlaassenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Igor Djakovic -
Andreas KinnegingFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maurijn van der Zee -
Jenneke EversFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Asmaa KhadimFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Elias Tissandier-NasomFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marie Kolbenstetter -
Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Adam Benfer -
Valerie FrissenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ann SkeltonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Wim VoermansFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carol van Driel-Murray -
Heleen AndriessenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nuranisa NuranisaFaculty of Humanities
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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities