News
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Being a part of the network of Leiden graduates across the world 01 November 2019
The 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 wall 03 September 2019
Dr. 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 economy 04 July 2019
To what extent did the Netherlands grow rich from the Transatlantic slave trade? In his dissertation 'Walcherse Ketens', Gerhard de Kok looks at Vliss...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Alumnus Chris Colijn on his traineeship at a think tank, his master’s degree and advice for other graduates 01 July 2019
What does life look like after International Studies? For Chris Colijn who graduated in 2018, it involves working on his master’s in Russian and Euras...
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Refugees build a new future in Leiden 27 May 2019
Solafa Saad (29) fled her homeland of Sudan for the Netherlands in 2016. She is now following the Leiden Preparatory Year (VGL), an initiative by Leid...
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Alumni event South and Southeast Asian Studies: an inspiring afternoon 20 May 2019
On Saturday 11 May 2019, the BA South and Southeast Asian Studies programme held an Alumni Event for former students. All current students and staff w...
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Alumni stand for European Parliament 17 May 2019
Fourteen of the candidates for the European parliamentary elections on 23 May studied at Leiden University. We ask four of them about their motivation...
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‘A logical step from medieval literature to fact-checking’ 16 May 2019
Alumnus Peter Burger – along with his colleague Alexander Pleijter – is the face of fact-checking in the Netherlands. ‘My degree led straight to this.’
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New Rembrandt Route takes in seven Leiden University buildings 13 May 2019
Seven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. R...
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International Studies helped Nassim Abba broaden his horizon: ‘Everyone brings their own outlook with them’ 27 March 2019
Nassim was in the first cohort of students who began the bachelor’s programme in International Studies in 2012. His foreign classmates changed his out...
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‘Everyone who wanted to work in Brussels has got a job in Brussels’ 22 February 2019
On the day that Leiden University celebrated its 444th birthday, we organised drinks for our alumni who live and work in the Brussels area.
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’ 20 February 2019
Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rive...
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How Leiden University celebrated its first day in 1575 04 February 2019
Lifelike gods, provisional professors and the city militia with weapons a clanking. Leiden put on a colourful procession and drummed up hundreds of ci...
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Being an Indonesian PhD in Leiden: what is that like? 24 January 2019
Wija Wijayanto and Arum Perwitasari both were Indonesian PhD students at Leiden University, funded by the Leiden-DIKTI Graduate Scholarship Programme....