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Mid-term review: An open discussion about strategy for the legal programmes 20 January 2022
On Wednesday 19 January 2022, the online mid-term review of the legal programmes took place on the platform Let’s Get Digital. It was an interactive a...
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Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 - Online Exhibition 18 January 2022
Starting January 18, the online exhibition Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 can be viewed via the UBL website. The exhibition i...
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Graduated, and then what? 'We want to make sure the network stays alive and well' 18 January 2022
Alumni associations are there for both recent and older alumni to exchange experiences about the field and more. We spoke to Arla Mannersuo, board mem...
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’ 18 January 2022
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with ...
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Legal expert Reijer Passchier on the law, Big Tech and Big Brother 18 January 2022
Is the child benefits scandal an omen for the future and will people’s lives soon be fully dominated by algorithms? Assistant Professor of Constitutio...
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Alumna Gabriella Sancisi: ‘In Leiden I learned what I think is important in life’ 13 January 2022
For seven years she worked at Noordeinde Palace, as the Private Secretary of Queen Máxima. Since the summer of 2021, Gabriella Sancisi (1973) has been...
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EIBL alumna Suzanne Kingston appointed judge of the General Court of the European Union 11 January 2022
Suzanne Kingston will be officially sworn in mid-January. She graduated from the Leiden Advanced LLM European and International Business Law (EIBL) in...
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden 10 January 2022
The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who ar...
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Six prospective members of the new cabinet studied in Leiden 04 January 2022
The Rutte IV cabinet will be sworn in soon. A fifth of the prospective ministers and secretaries of state studied in Leiden. Who are they and what did...
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From in-person lectures to a first-class degree: our year on social media 21 December 2021
Covid year 2021 might have felt somewhat less strange than the year before, but the virus still left its mark on University life and our students and ...
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The most read stories of 2021 from Leiden University 19 December 2021
Research into depression in children, Leiden alumni in the Dutch House of Representatives and an exceptional achievement by one of our students: what ...
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‘As an ambassador you witness history as it unfolds’ 17 December 2021
Carmen Gonsalves has been the Dutch ambassador to Chile since this autumn. She studied history in Leiden. How useful has her degree been and what’s it...
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Flash interview with alumnus and new Faculty Advisory Council member Yousef Yousef 14 December 2021
Yousef Yousef is a 'self-made man'. But he first obtained his bachelor's degree in tax law in Leiden. 'A CEO needs to have a basic understanding of th...
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Organisations and young alumni provide valuable career tips during Meet the Employer Week 13 December 2021
Career Services of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Social Sciences, and Humanities joined forces to organise the ‘Meet the Employer’ Week...
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Katie Pentney wins Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2021 with master’s thesis 13 December 2021
The Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award is presented every two years on 10 December (Human Rights Day) in recognition of outstanding academic works i...