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Flash interview with Argentinian alumnus José Figuerero 15 November 2022
Alumnus José Figuerero tells us about how a Criminologist can work at Booking.com and why he would have liked to have had more law-related courses in ...
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Reunionists of Leiden Historical Debating Society celebrate 65th anniversary: 'We are more alive than ever' 15 November 2022
Friday 4 November marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Leiden’s P.C. Hooft Historical Debating Society. Although new members have not been a...
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Museum Talks: ‘Our access to the past starts with in-depth knowledge of objects’ 10 November 2022
Geert-Jan Janse has always been fascinated by the way objects can bring the past closer. On 16 November, he will present a Museum Talk about his work ...
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LIFF director Ratna Lachmansingh: ‘Writing my thesis was so much fun!’ 03 November 2022
As a student, Ratna Lachmansingh wrote her thesis on horror films. Now she is the director of Leiden International Film Festival.
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Film by CADS alumna Loes Moree screened at Field Recordings in Rotterdam 02 November 2022
The film MعLMIN made by Visual Ethnography alumna Loes Moree will be screened during the fourth Fieldrecordings event. Field Recordings is an annual ...
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Alumna Tessa Schiethart: 'If I could go back to my student days, I’d go right away' 26 October 2022
That Tessa Schiethart finished her bachelor's degree in International Studies with a thesis on Indonesian women's reasons for veiling was a coincidenc...
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Exhibition Maps: navigation and manipulation 20 October 2022
Are maps objective or do they convey hidden messages that you would miss at first glance? A map is always a simplification of reality. Mapmakers reduc...
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UN youth delegate Dennis Jansen gives young people a voice in the climate debate 20 October 2022
The goal of alumnus International Studies Dennis Jansen (24) is to make the voice of young people heard in the climate debate. In November he is going...
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LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant awarded to two researchers 18 October 2022
Anke Smits and Lucien van Beek have been awarded a Praesidium Libertatis Grant this year. Smits is an assistant professor at the LUMC and Van Beek at ...
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Former CADS PhD student Stacey MacDonald in science programme Atlas on nature policy in Bonaire 12 October 2022
In the scientific television programme Atlas, social psychologist and former Cultural Anthropology PhD student Stacey MacDonald talks about her resear...
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IIASL alumni receive awards from the International Institute of Space Law 29 September 2022
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) that took place last week in Paris was extremely successful for IIASL.
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Researching sustainable filmmaking approaches, while exploring Indigenous Futurisms through film practice 19 September 2022
ACPA alumna Dr. Itandehui Jansen is currently working on a new experimental film. The project researches sustainable filmmaking approaches, while expl...
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Alumna Sytske Besemer on living and working abroad 15 September 2022
This month's flash interview is with alumna Sytske Besemer, Criminologist, who works at a startup called Cradle. Sytske has specifically chosen to wo...
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How chemist Marc Tijhuis left business to change the world 15 September 2022
Halfway through his career alumnus Marc Tijhuis made a radical change: he left the corporate world to join the global battle against waste with the In...
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Leiden Revisited: Back to uni! 15 September 2022
During Leiden Revisited, alumni from Leiden Law School were given the opportunity to relive their student days once more. This year, the event took pl...