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Online reunion: five years of BAIS Alumni 18 August 2020
Recently, the BAIS Alumni Association organised their yearly reunion. Due to the current circumstances, there was a twist: the reunion – as many event...
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks' 28 July 2020
The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of ...
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Alumna Akke de Hoog: ‘My work is teaching me how to think in terms of opportunities’ 10 July 2020
Akke de Hoog (26) helps asylum seekers whose application has been rejected to plan their future and voluntary return to their country of origin. Her m...
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Looking for a job with impact – Check the webinar! 29 June 2020
Marliese Vollebregt (BA International Studies, MA International Relations) works at JINC, a Dutch NGO focusing on equal opportunities for children. Af...
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‘We add a bit of escape room to our lessons’ 17 June 2020
Tommy Hopstaken and Jochem Haverhoek run an escape room in Kruithuisje, a medieval tower on what was once the perimeter canal in Leiden. They are also...
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories 23 April 2020
Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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Inspired by the quote: ‘Leiden University never leaves you’ 21 February 2020
With this quote in mind, we organised an alumni event in Brussels for those alumni that live and work in the Brussels Area. 67 mostly young alumni - t...
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How to pursue a career within the European institutions 18 February 2020
Visiting the beating heart of European politics, namely, the European Council in Brussels, is a great opportunity for students. I was lucky to be able...
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At the helm of the largest Oxford college 18 February 2020
Kersti Börjars studied English language and literature in Leiden. She became a professor and now she is Master of the largest college at the Universit...
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European Union Studies in Brussels: a three stage rocket 10 February 2020
After the successful visit to Brussels of last year, staff of the MA International Relations specialisation European Union Studies, the Communications...
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Alumni employers: ‘Follow your heart!’ 06 February 2020
Where do Humanities alumni work after they graduate? And how should they prepare to enter the labour market? According to three Humanities alumni and ...
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Join the Humans of Humanities film premiere in Trianon! 24 January 2020
The humanities consist of various academic fields. But what is the common ground of all these different academics and students? And why does their wor...
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Graduated from Humanities? Take part in our Job Market Survey! 22 January 2020
Did you graduate at our faculty between 2016 and 2019? Please take part in the Humanities Job Market Survey!
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From archaeologist to chatelaine 19 December 2019
Marijke Brouwer started as an archaeologist, excavating Iron Age settlements in the Dutch polder regions. Today she is the director of medieval Huis B...
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes 05 November 2019
In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.