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Successful Open Day for Humanities: ‘Here you feel how it really works’
Full lecture halls, a crowded information fair and a queue for coffee in the basement: during the Open Day, the Faculty of Humanities was inundated with curious prospective students.
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‘In these times you need all the help and connections you can get’
Because they could really have used it during their own time as students. For many alumni, that’s their reason for signing up for the mentors network at Leiden University. Around 2,200 alumni are ready and waiting to offer students help and answer questions about study, internships or careers. The Faculty…
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Hague city councillors on working visit: ‘The Hague is becoming a real student city’
What does the University mean for The Hague? And what are researchers and students learning from the city and its residents? The Hague city councillors visited Campus The Hague on 27 September and spoke to administrators and researchers. ‘From Schilderswijk to Benoordenhout: we are a university for…
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Executive Board column: Which parts of online learning do we want to keep?
Luckily we’ve been able to meet up on campus again for a few months now after two years of mainly online teaching. Alongside the inconvenience, enforced digitalisation has brought us valuable innovations and smart tools. The question is: what’s going well and what could we do differently? I’d love to…
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’
For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin Kroon has developed a computer system that brings us closer to finding an answer. His PhD defence is on 10 November.
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10 years of Humanities Lab celebrated in style at Capstone conference
Last week, Humanities Lab honours students presented their research through creative posters and pitches at the Capstone Conference in PLNT Leiden. It was a special edition, where alumni and teachers reminisced over the programme’s 10-year history.
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Why search engines and chatbots are becoming more alike
Search engines are getting better at answering our questions. And chatbots are increasingly likely to search the internet for relevant sources. ‘Search engines and chatbots will become more closely entwined’, says Professor Suzan Verberne.
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Honours Class reconciles students with the unpredictability of life
The course Designing Your Life helps students navigate their career pathways. As it turns out, these pathways are full of twists and turns and - as with many journeys - you only make progress once you gather the courage to take the first step.
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Professor Pieter ter Keurs: 'People collect to function'
Professor Pieter ter Keurs has spent his entire career studying collecting. Now, he is retiring. ‘I hope the focus on collections will carry on.’
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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’
Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with effect from 1 September. We asked him about his plans for the future of the LIAS.
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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer: ‘Only creativity can save the world’
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer delivered the Huizinga lecture on Friday 8 December in a packed Pieterskerk. The writer seized the opportunity of the 52nd edition to point out the importance of creativity, both for artists and scientists.
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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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Film night: 'The Raid: Redemtion' (2011) with passion talk by Casper Liem
Filmavond + lezing
- Annual meeting for programme committees 2023
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Application interview
Career and apply for jobs
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Brushes and Bites (POPcorner FSW)
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Cats & Coffee
Student well-being
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Workshop Academic Writing (basic skills)
Study support
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Meet & greet for gifted students
Meet & greet
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Well-being on the water!
Sport
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Workshop LinkedIn profile and network
Career and apply for jobs
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Managing humanity's insanity: Becoming truly human within planetary boundaries
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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POPTalk: Code of Conduct Humanities
Lecture
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Hour of Remembrance
Lecture
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CANCELLED: CareerTime FSW - CareerCollege
Career and apply for jobs
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Workshop CV and Application letter
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad
Information session
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Results of the university elections
Elections
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Inaugural Lecture by Federica Mogherini: Europe Hub Launch Event
Lecture
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Film night: 'Une femme est une femme' (1961) with passion talk by Sylvie de Leeuwe
Lecture + film screening
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Minor's Information Market
Study information
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LinkedIn profile and network
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Counterjam!
Playful Time Machines: Game jamming!
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Una Europa: Event Design workshop
Online workshop
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Workshop CV and Cover letter
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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Workshop CV and Cover letter
Career and apply for jobs
- Well-being Wednesday | Workshop: 'Small Talk'
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White Balls on Walls
Filmvertoning
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Humanities’ future of student wellbeing
Brainstorm session
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Film night: 'In Time' (2011) with passion talk by Filip van Dijk
Filmavond & lezing
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (The Hague) - 3 April 2024
Voorlichtingsbijeenkomst
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Origami Folded Festivity workshop
Study support