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ASCL Seminar: When Africans speak
Lecture
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Demystifying Alexandria: Insights from Alexandria about 21st century Orientalism and (post-)Colonialism
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Spui Campus: a celebratory start
Opening
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Ground Truths: Ethical Dilemmas in Archaeology
Debate, Lunch discussion
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Visit Royal Norwegian Embassy in The Hague
Career and apply for jobs
- Asian Studies events
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Belonging first: in conversation about an accessible university
D&I Event
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FGGA in 2025: This was the year of our faculty
2025 was a year full of impact and milestones for FGGA: From a record number of graduates and new programmes to international collaborations, prestigious awards and research that pushes boundaries and provides insight into current challenges.
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is proving beneficiary for students and lecturers alike. We sit in during a class.
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Professor Jos Schaeken: 'I had no idea where Leiden was, but I did know I wanted to study there.'
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their families to go to university. In this third instalment we talk to Jos Schaeken (1962) dean of the Honours Academy and Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and Cultural History: 'I had to…
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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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Vote for your representatives in the Programme Committee CSM & BaSS
Education, Organisation
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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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Leiden University outlines approach to responsible collaboration following advice of Committee on Human Rights
Leiden University is announcing its approach for sensitive collaboration with external partners. This has been prompted by the ongoing, troubling situation in the Middle East and the recent advice from the Committee on Human Rights and Conflict Areas regarding current collaboration with Israeli part…
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The Authenticity Ouroboros
Register for Workshop
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Inspiration Session Social Safety
Conference
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Student for a Day - Clinical Neuropsychology (MSc Psychology)
Study information
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Analysis of clustering algorithms and performance evaluation metrics applied to samples of the Tell El-Yahudiya ware typology
Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group
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Webinar: 'Choosing your Master degree'
Career and apply for jobs
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Workshop: Entrepreneurship with Sjoerd Louwaars and Vahit Güzel the founder of Choco & Things
Career and apply for jobs
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CV of Failures Exhibition
Exhibition, Student wellbeing
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Student for a Day - School Psychology (MSc Psychology)
Study information
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Panel: 'Peace-washing': the case of Palestine
Conference
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Reading Group: The Silence of the Sea
Reading group
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Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project
Lecture
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Student for a Day - Occupational Health Psychology (MSc Psychology)
Study information
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Student for a Day - Child and Adolescent Psychology (MSc Psychology)
Study information
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Student for a Day - Methodology and Statistics in Psychology (MSc Psychology)
Study information
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Workshop Competences in Humanities
Career and apply for jobs
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Opening exhibition 'CV of Failures'
Exhibition
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Student for a Day - Applied Cognitive Psychology (MSc Psychology)
Study information
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Student for a Day - School Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Economic and Consumer Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Fifty years of left-wing extremism examined: 'Lenient approach has a positive effect'
After a career spanning decades in intelligence services, Berrie Hanselman could have simply retired, but he chose not to. The Achterhoek native decided to continue and even earn a PhD on his subject: left-wing extremism. Gaining insight into the life of the left-wing activist who does not shy away…
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Highlights of 2025 at Leiden Law School
2025 was a year to remember at our faculty. We celebrated our 450th anniversary, launched new degree programmes and welcomed many inspiring speakers, yet we also felt the weight of budget constraints. Our year in a nutshell:
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Nasreen Javanjoo reflects on the 'Care and the Jewish Experience' Conference
The "Care and the Jewish Experience" Conference, organized by the Leiden Jewish Studies Network, hosted many talented young researchers alongside established scholars of different fields. Our guests got a chance to listen to a great presentation titled “Women of Valor: Tradwives and the Sacralization…
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‘People are equal but not the same’: diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective
What is written in law and what equality, inclusion and diversity mean in practice is not always the same. This was the focus of this year’s D&I symposium on 13 January. The plenary sessions were watched by hundreds of participants and there was a wide range of workshops covering different aspects of…
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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'Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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Back to Leiden for the Science Run: ‘As founder, I just have to participate'
Once a year, former employee and avid runner Dennis Hoencamp returns to his old workplace. That’s when he competes in the Leiden Science Run. As an event coordinator, he once devised the relay race as an anniversary activity. It grew into an annual event for the entire University and the Bio Science…
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Marieke Liem: ‘Hidden warning signs preceding femicide deserve visibility’
Each year, around forty women in the Netherlands lose their lives, most often at the hands of a (former) partner or family member. Judges, lawyers and survivors now turn directly to Professor Marieke Liem for expertise. For her, this is telling: ‘The time has come for greater knowledge and a coordinated…
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Inaugural lecture Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp
During her studies, professor Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp developed a deep passion for spinal surgery. From exploring unknown fields and supervising PhD candidates to providing appropriate care for patients and making the most of data: her fascination remains strong to this day.
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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Archaeologist at Binnenhof: ‘Even the staff ate heron’
An Iron Age skull, a unicorn for cleaning your ear and thousands of beer jugs. Alumnus and archaeologist Chris Muysson has made remarkable discoveries at the Binnenhof government complex in The Hague. ‘Each puzzle piece tells us more about its history.’
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Crisis on campus: 'Both terrible and incredibly fun'
Chaos in the Lipsius building! Master's students zigzag through the classroom, write on whiteboards and discuss tensely. In a simulation of the Leiden Leadership Programme, they experience what it is like to deal with a crisis as an office holder.
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Archaeology brings 3D scanning into the classroom
In the course 'From Ceramics to Plastics: The Mediterranean in 12 objects' students were taught to work with 3D scanning technologies. One of the underlying reasons to introduce students to this technology was to teach them to reproduce objects. ‘More and more archaeological information is stored in…
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Autism and loneliness at school: ‘I always have to stifle my feelings’
Echoing corridors, chaotic lessons and the obligatory chit-chat in the playground: for pupils with autism, an average day at school is exhausting. As a result, many of them feel lonely. Elijah, an expert from personal experience, says: ‘In the breaks, I’d sit on my own in a room.’
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The Social Dynamics of Gender-Based Violence
From street harassment to coercive control: gender-based violence has many faces. University Lecturer Mischa Dekker has studied street harassment in the Netherlands and France, and supports institutions and organisations in embedding structural change.