Dies Natalis On 7 February 2025 Leiden University celebrated its 450th anniversary. News articles First time in the cortège: ‘I wanted to be part of it’ 11 February 2025 Is my cap on straight? Where in the cortège will I be walking? These are some of the questions asked by professors joining the Dies Natalis procession... Dies Natalis Festival for Alumni: a birthday party for 700 guests 10 February 2025 Workshops, tours, talks, music, an AI photobooth, interviews, a special poem and the launch of the LUF Children’s Fund. Alumni celebrated their alma m... Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’ 07 February 2025 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 freed... Honorary doctorates for Eliot Higgins, Kelly Chibale and Bonnie Honig 08 October 2024 Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder an...
