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Looking for a job with impact – Check the webinar!29 June 2020Marliese 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 2020Tommy 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 stories23 April 2020Remembrance 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 2020With 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 institutions18 February 2020Visiting 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 college18 February 2020Kersti 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 rocket10 February 2020After 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 2020Where 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 2020The 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 2020Did 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 chatelaine19 December 2019Marijke 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 woes05 November 2019In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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Being a part of the network of Leiden graduates across the world01 November 2019The students of European Union Studies visited Brussels this October, and it was another successful and worthwhile trip for those students in the MA I...
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Finally signing the Sweat Room wall03 September 2019Dr. Mikihiro Moriyama was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1960. He first came to Leiden for a year in 1988, and then stayed from 1992 to 1995 and was back aga...
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The impact of the slave trade on the Dutch economy04 July 2019To what extent did the Netherlands grow rich from the Transatlantic slave trade? In his dissertation 'Walcherse Ketens', Gerhard de Kok looks at Vliss...