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Annelieke HagenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Faculty-specific sessions
Discover the unique options offered by your faculty, designed to enrich your academic journey and broaden your global perspective. Join our faculty-specific sessions to explore how studying abroad can enhance your education and open doors to exciting new experiences.
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Marina CalculliFaculty of Humanities
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Anke KleinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tessa HagensFaculty of Science
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Gelijn MolierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Karishma ChafekarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Müge Kinacioglu
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tycho RoordaFaculty of Science
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Geert-Jan KroesFaculty of Science
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University and associations join forces to beat loneliness during Winter Weeks
Not all students spend the holidays with family and friends. The Leiden University Winter Weeks gives these students the opportunity to take part in a range of fun and free activities. The student well-being team worked again with student organisations from Leiden and The Hague to organise this year’s…
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Elise KortinkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Semiha AydinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nina KomrijFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sara VelthuizenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Enjoy free pizza while helping to build your Una Europa Local Task Force
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Leonie VreekeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Esther van den Bos
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Janna Marie Bas-HoogendamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Janna HouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Anne MiersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Michiel WestenbergFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Melle van der MolenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anika BexkensFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Simone VogelaarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jiemiao ChenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Niki van SteinFaculty of Science
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’
Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iranian regime should not be underestimated, says Senior Assistant Professor and Iranian Babak RezaeeDaryakenari.
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‘War with Russia more likely now Trump has spurned Europe’
Europe’s security suddenly looks uncertain now President Trump has started negotiations with Putin. What does this mean for the Netherlands? What do we need to do?
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Carolien RieffeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Consent is key
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Health Day wins LUF Relationship-Promoting Activities Prize
Health Day has won the LUF Relationship-Promoting Activities Prize (LUF RAP). This 5,000-euro prize is awarded to an initiative by Leiden University students that brings the academic community together.
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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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Leiden University signs Declaration on Student Well-Being
Leiden University and four other parties have signed a declaration in which they agree to improve the well-being of students in Leiden. They signed this Declaration on Student Well-Being on 5 April at the Leidsch Besturendiner, a dinner for student associations, universities, local government and bu…
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Victoria NystAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Protest against higher education cuts: ‘This government is turning its back on the world’
Over 20,000 students, lecturers, administrators, support staff and many others protested on 25 November against the plans to make billions of cuts to higher education. Students and staff from Leiden University also travelled to The Hague to voice their objections to the disastrous plans.
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In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967 - 2025)
It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that our dear colleague Andrea Evers passed away on Monday, 4 August 2025. Since 2013, Andrea had been affiliated with the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Leiden University as Professor of Health Psychology. She was an undeniable driving force…
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.
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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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Unique exhibition translates science into music, images and dance
Leiden researchers from different disciplines look together at complex social problems. What happens when they join forces with artists? The results could be seen on Tuesday 11 June during a unique exhibition. Take a look for yourself:
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Why we need to look underwater to understand our past
Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. In his inaugural lecture Martijn Manders will explain why underwater archaeology is important to understanding our history.
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Ministry and Leiden Law School to work together more closely
The Ministry of Justice and Security and Leiden Law School are planning to collaborate on a more structural basis. This is the outcome of a meeting that took place at the Academy Building in Leiden on 19 October. Those present at the meeting included the Minister for Legal Protection, Franc Weerwind,…
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2024
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. What did the university achieve in 2024? A small sample.
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450 years of Leiden University: anniversary wishes from students, staff, and alumni
During the Opening of the Academic Year 2024-2025, we asked guests for their wishes and ideas for Leiden University's anniversary year in 2025.
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Student section of University Council more fragmented
In the University elections in April, the eight student seats on the University Council have gone to six parties, and newcomers the Liberal Student Party and the Party for Biomedical Students have each won one seat.
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War
In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britain. ‘Soldier of Orange’ is the most famous, but who were the other ‘England voyagers’ or Engelandvaarders as they are known?