65 search results for “ancient here” in the Student website
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Mariëtte KeukenLeiden University Libraries
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Paul BeliënFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien van ZoestFaculty of Humanities
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Libraries
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
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Nico StaringFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
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Ilan PeledFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Jacques van der VlietFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Pam de GrootFaculty of Humanities
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Jurjen DonkersFaculty of Humanities
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Gus Kraus
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Carlo van Oosterhout
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‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’
Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to see their lecturers once again.
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Interview with Rector Hester Bijl: ‘There is no place for antisemitism here’
Leiden University is under fire: it is allegedly doing too little to tackle antisemitism. Rector Hester Bijl responds to this accusation and to a video from 2014 on social media in which extreme remarks are made. ‘We can be short about such comments: they are unacceptable. The university is and always…
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Grégory Schneider -
Uhlenbeck scholarship programme for mandatory study abroad
Master
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Theatres and museums
In the centre of Leiden there are thirteen museums, all within walking distance of each other. Leiden is also home to the oldest theatre in the Netherlands, the Leidse Schouwburg. The Hague on the other hand has no less than thirty museums in and around the city, as well as a wealth of theatres. So…
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Uhlenbeck conference scholarship
Master
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations
For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path, compared with the rest of Europe. An international research team has now published these findings in Nature.
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
- Daring questions in Islam
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Uhlenbeck scholarship research master students
Master
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long while because of the lockdown. Visitor numbers picked up again from September, but it the next few weeks will be tense now the hospitals are full again. Halbertsma:…
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Keuzegids Master’s guide: which programmes score above average?
Four of Leiden University’s master’s programmes score above average across the board according to the Keuzegids Masters 2026 guide.
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Martina Revello Lami -
Wouter Veenendaal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch
Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ project and will be available on the popular streaming platform Twitch. The first livestream will be on Thursday 20 May.
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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The FSW building is now called Agora
As of 12 Januari 2026, the FSW faculty building is called Agora. This name was chosen by the FSW community. In ancient Greece, the agora was the heart of the city: a place for meeting, dialogue and the exchange of ideas. This is exactly how we see our faculty building: an open space where knowledge,…
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10 maart: Universiteit Leiden start estafettestaking tegen bezuinigingen
Medewerkers van de Universiteit Leiden trappen maandag 10 maart de estafettestaking af van de Nederlandse universiteiten tegen de kabinetsbezuinigingen.