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Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’
An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freedom: these all featured in Leiden University’s 450th Dies Natalis celebration and the official start of its jubilee year.
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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‘Prehistory holds up a challenging mirror to us’
Leiden alumnus Luc Amkreutz is a curator at the National Museum of Antiquities. His exhibition about the submerged landscape of Doggerland highlights what we can learn from prehistory. ‘Just like the people of Doggerland, we are confronted with climate change, but we are responsible for the speed of…
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Retirement is not an option for ‘an old warhorse’ like Osinga
He has had to accept early retirement due to his military profession, or ‘FLO’ (Functioneel Leeftijdsontslag) as it is more commonly referred to within the Dutch Ministry of Defence, but the words ‘retirement’ or ‘winding down’ do not appear to be part of Frans Osinga's vocabulary. His appointment at…
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Festival showcases anthropology students’ work: scope of visual ethnography is widening
Visual ethnography has become an integral part of anthropology in Leiden. The students from the master’s specialisation will present their work at the LUVE festival on 8, 9 and 10 October. ‘For a film you have to negotiate with your research participants.’
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco
A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.
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No study is as relevant as Security Studies, you learn about everything that is going wrong in the world right now
Four students who completed the Bachelor's in Security Studies share their experiences. What did they learn? Where did they end up after graduating? And do they still use the skills they acquired during their studies?
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In memoriam Harold V.J. Linnartz 1965 – 2023: Unlocking the Chemistry of the Heavens
With great sadness we share the news that Prof. Harold Linnartz passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday 31 December 2023. We are all in shock, and our thoughts are with his wife and children, other family, and friends. Harold was at the heart of our institute, as a researcher, as a supervisor,…
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Students HC Law visit neighbourhood centre: 'You think that's bizarre? Welcome to our world'
Do young people trust the law? That is what HC Law students are trying to find out. Regular guest speaker and social worker Carlito Jones invited the students to the Bezuidenhout-West neighbourhood centre in The Hague to talk to youth workers and neighbourhood police officers: what do they run into…
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Belonging first: in conversation about an accessible university
D&I Event
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”
The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…
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Van de Waal Lecture 2024 - Barkcloth: wrapping people, places and ideas
Alumni event, Lecture
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Defending Nature’s Rights: Paradoxes and Challenges
Masterclass
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Modes of Human Becoming: Towards a Process Archaeology of Mind
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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If You Encounter Strife, Return to Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Psychology MSc February 2026: Start Course Enrolment
Study information
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Thesis week The Hague
Study support, Study support
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European Mining Conference: Developments in Deep-Sea Mining and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Conference
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VIVAS by Angélica Cruz Aguilar
Orange the World 2025
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Leiden Shorts - Pluto in Aquarius: Celestial Bodies
Film Festival
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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
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Ukraine and the Failure of Global Security
Lecture
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AI for Bad: Superpowers, Cydiplo and the Myth of Global Regulation
Lecture
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Violence, Interventions, and Policing
Study information, Student for a Day
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ASCL Seminar: Waves of Memory in the Red Sea: Unpacking Mixedness through Italo-Eritrean Livescapes
Lecture
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Testing linguistic theories with deep learning: a case study on meaning predictability
Lecture
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European Border Policing Amidst (Geo-)Political Turmoil
Lecture
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ASCL Seminar: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Rwanda: A Feminist Analysis
Lecture
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The Securitisation of Leiden University
Panel discussion
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Research
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eLaw Summer School: 'Regulating AI and data in an age of EU digital reforms', 24-28 June, Leiden (Registration now open!)
Course, Summer School
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Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC)
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Opening of the academic year
University ceremony
- 10th Anniversary Celebration Adv LLM ICR
- Give your physical and mental health a boost during Student Well-being Week
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FGGA experts on freedom: 'We are only truly free when everyone feels free'
On 5 May, we celebrate the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 and the fact that we have been able to live in freedom ever since. But what does freedom mean, and how does it relate to our safety? Various FGGA experts draw connections with their own fields of expertise.
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On this public day on psychedelics, researchers transcend the media hype
Never before has so much research been carried out on the therapeutic effect of psychedelic drugs. Researchers at the LIBC Public Day are happy about the effect the drugs can have on depression, anxiety and PTSS, but at the same time they have some doubts. ‘The hype is bound to crash before long.’
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’
On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth company to be given the green light by the European Medicines Agency. As Lead of the Janssen Campus in the Netherlands, Biology alumnus Bart van Zijll Langhout…
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. Jasper first wrote his column from Kuala Lumpur, and it was ready to share. Then a crisis arose this week that demanded…
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Flash interview with alumnus Joost Bunk: As a diplomat, you know there's a risk of being declared persona non grata
When Russia attacked Ukraine in the night of 23-24 February, alumnus Joost Bunk, who was working as a diplomat in Russia, knew that everything would change.
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Vote for your representatives in the Programme Committee CSM & BaSS
Education, Organisation
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Liveblog: Leiden University strikes against government cuts
Staff from Leiden University are starting the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts on 10 March. Follow the strike in this liveblog.
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CRM 2025
Moot Court
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Stephen Ellis Debate on the role of African philosophy in peace and security
Debate
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Speeddating with traineeships
Career and apply for jobs
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Where is the Caribbean in the Dutch WPS National Action Plan?
Lecture
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Hybrid workshop: Narrating Highland Heritages of Bhutan
Lecture, Hybrid workshop