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‘In those days you could learn as much as you wanted at university’ 19 November 2020
Having flirted with Egyptology and Italian, Dieuwertje Kuijpers found her true calling in the Master’s in European Union Studies. She is now a freelan...
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A flash interview with a foreign alumna: Selina about hagelslag and what inspires her at working for a large firm 16 November 2020
German alumna Selina Holstein tells us all about the Dutch broodjes & hagelslag, the team diversity and variety in work while working for a large firm...
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Leiden alumni who graduated between 2016-2018 soon found a job 13 November 2020
Most Leiden master’s students who graduated between October 2016 and September 2018 soon found a job that was related to their degree programme. These...
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica writes youth novel about Rwanda 26 October 2020
Writing a story from the perspective of a Rwandan girl set in Africa is not an easy task. Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica did it. Her debut no...
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‘Surgeons and rowers have a lot in common’ 19 October 2020
Rower Boudewijn Röell (31) already has one Olympic medal, but he's hoping to win another in Tokyo. 'At some point, though, you do have to stop.' Easi...
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Air and Space Law graduates present paper at IAC 2020 19 October 2020
Recent graduates of the Adv. LLM in Air and Space Law presented their paper titled "Leiden LLM students and the legal and policy aspects of space reso...
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Alumna Amber Brantsen: ‘Allow yourself to make mistakes’ 15 October 2020
A glowing first-time mother-to-be with an impressive CV for someone of her age, newsreader Amber Brantsen would seem to lead a charmed life. ‘But I be...
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New chairperson for the Leiden University Alumni Association in Indonesia 13 October 2020
The Indonesian Leiden University Alumni Association - IKALI bid farewell to Mutiara Indriani, the first Chair of the association since its establishme...
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Virologist Eric Snijder: ‘Vaccination will be going well in 2021’ 12 October 2020
The research group of Eric Snijder, Professor of Molecular Virology (LUMC), has been conducting research on coronaviruses for decades. Then in March t...
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‘The corona crisis could have been much worse’ 06 October 2020
The banking system was in dire need of an overhaul; that much was clear from the credit crisis in 2008. The EU has made significant changes since. PhD...
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Van der Helm is 'Stadsfotograaf' Leidsch Dagblad 28 September 2020
Every year a photographer portrays Leiden as Stadsfotograaf (City Photographer) of the Leidsch Dagblad. This year it is the honor to Leonie van der He...
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Congratulations to the first Arts, Media and Society cohort! 23 September 2020
The Groot-Auditorium of the Academy building was recently stage to the graduation of the first cohort of the BA-track Arts, Media and Society. This im...
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Jeroen Wolbers on Capacity and Network Management Dilemmas during the Corona Crisis in The Netherlands 22 September 2020
Decision makers are faced with dilemmas as result of the corona crisis. Dr. Jeroen Wolbers, Assistant Professor Crisis Governance at the Crisis Resear...
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How can we tell the story of multivocal the Netherlands? 17 September 2020
At a time when statues of figures from history have an uncertain future Valika Smeulders has just become Head of History at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. W...
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Leiden Alumni China events 16 September 2020
Living in China and want to meet other Leiden Alumni? Read about the new Leiden Alumni Chapter in China and join them on LinkedIn and the upcoming e...