News
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‘We add a bit of escape room to our lessons’ 17 June 2020
Tommy 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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Alumni still meeting, but then online 17 June 2020
Masterclasses, network meetings and coaching cafés: the Alumni Office was offering a whole range of activities every month for the University’s alumni...
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‘Nature likes a mess’ 20 May 2020
Wouter Moerland is on a two-year secondment as ecology adviser at the Municipality of Leiden. This biology alumnus talks animatedly about his work. ‘W...
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Students meet alumni at digital meeting place in Corona time 18 May 2020
The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) has always been proud of its network, and most notably its alumni. These unprecedented Corona...
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Leiden graduate starts petition for visa extension because of Covid-19 07 May 2020
Yuven Muniandy (36) from Malaysia recently obtained a PhD from Leiden University. His ‘orientation year’ visa gives him a year to find work in the Net...
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Advocate-General Simon Minks discusses the 'Context' terrorism trial 30 April 2020
Advocate-General Simon Minks was involved as a public prosecutor in the Context proceedings. In this interview he shares some insights with the Centre...
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New Video Air and Space Law 29 April 2020
Check out our new video for the Adv. LLM in Air and Space Law
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories 23 April 2020
Remembrance 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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NGL presents: biweekly lectures on Corona 22 April 2020
The Natuurwetenschappelijk Gezelschap Leiden (Leiden Science Society) is organising short online evening lectures, every two weeks on Thursday, held ...
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Recording CPL & ICCT Live Briefing – Right Wing Extremism In Europe: Case Studies from Germany – 20 April 2020 22 April 2020
Over 300 people from 38 different countries took part in the online lecture "Right Wing Extremism in Europe: The Case of Germany" this week, with gues...
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Government, media and citizens: Watch out for the nocebo Corona effect 20 April 2020
We are confronted on a daily basis with news about the Corona virus and its consequences. We read alarming headlines like 'Dutch becoming increasingly...
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GP in Spain in times of corona 20 April 2020
What’s the situation like in Spain in these times of corona? Dr Jan Otto Landman (Medicine, Leiden, 1979) has a GP practice in Torremolinos and Fuengi...
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Working in intensive care: ‘You can make a real difference here’ 16 April 2020
Many alumni are frontline health workers and are working day and night to treat thousands of corona patients. Intensivist Michael Frank (53) is one of...
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The Yenching Academy selects Honours Student of LUC The Hague 09 April 2020
Sylvie Ramakers of Leiden University College The Hague has been accepted to the prestigious Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing China, ma...
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Psychologist Jos Brosschot in LD on how isolation can cause stress 08 April 2020
Chronic stress weakens the immune system, psychologist Jos Brosschot warns in an interview with Leidsch Dagblad newspaper. Social isolation can cause ...