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Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences12 July 2021Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemi...
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Your PhD, what next? PhD Career Event 202107 July 2021
Do you already know what comes next after your PhD? Are you wondering how to accomplish the transition from academia to the labour market? Join our Ph...
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Historian Nadia Bouras: ‘I wanted to succeed, for my parents and myself’06 July 2021In the Pioneers of Leiden University series, we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this seco...
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Pioneer Christiaan Weijts: clandestine novelist in literary circles28 June 2021In a new series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this first instalment: novelist and co...
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How a region's contradictions shaped Boris Kowalski's career25 May 2021Sometimes student life merges rather smoothly into a working adult life. This is the case for Boris Kowalski. At International Studies, he chose Russi...
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Aisha Hassan’s lifelong fascination for developing countries25 May 2021Aisha Hassan came to the Netherlands when she was two months old. Her mother had fled Somalia and made a new home here. Aisha doesn't remember much ab...
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Mattias Brand awarded Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Award 202120 May 2021
Mattias Brand’s dissertation, The Manichaeans of Kellis: Religion, Community, and Everyday Life (Leiden, 2019) has been selected for one of the five p...
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Alumnus Rennie Roos: ‘My work has more impact in Indonesia’17 May 2021While studying Indonesian languages and cultures, Rennie Roos started a company. Today he has been working in Indonesia for more than eight years. Whe...
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Online Campus The Hague Career Event gives hopeful message to students20 April 2021From 12 to 16 April the joint Career Services of the faculties present on Campus The Hague organised the Online Campus The Hague Career Event. Around ...
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Alumna first female rector of Venice: 'More women needed in academia'09 April 2021Alumna Tiziana Lippiello became the first female rector magnificus of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice last year. In this way, she hopes to contribute...
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ACPA alumna Bárbara Varassi Pega publishes The Art of Tango, the re-work of her doctoral dissertation25 March 2021In 2014 Argentinean pianist and researcher specialized in tango music, Bárbara Varassi Pega, obtained her PhD degree on the thesis titled 'Creating an...
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Finding a job in times of COVID02 March 2021
Finding a job can be quite a challenge, especially when there is a global pandemic that seriously impacts the job market. Needless to say, this makes ...
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‘In these times you need all the help and connections you can get’18 January 2021Because 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 ...
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LIAS alumnus Dr Ruixuan Chen awarded Ernst Waldschmidt Prize21 December 2020Dr Ruixuan Chen, an alumnus of the LIAS and now assistant professor in Buddhist Studies at Heidelberg, has been awarded the Ernst Waldschmidt Prize. T...
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Mouse & Manuscript: a Collection of Interactive Lessons on Codicology and Oriental Manuscripts18 December 2020This week sees the first edition of the textbook Mouse&Manuscript published online. Mouse&Manuscript is a collection of interactive lessons on codicol...