News
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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...
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From Leiden student to Australian Ambassador to the Holy See 15 September 2020
Chiara Porro from Australia studied International Relations and Diplomacy at Leiden University and has been Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See sin...
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Special alumni gift to Indonesia at 75 11 September 2020
The Republic of Indonesia celebrated its 75th Independence Day on 17 August 2020. As a gift to celebrate this, on the initiative of a group of Leiden ...
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Send us a photo of yourself with your diploma! 09 September 2020
With a wall full of people who preceded them as a backdrop, the (bachelor) Science graduates will receive their diplomas this autumn. Send in your pho...
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ACPA alumnus Riccardo Giacconi has been awarded a LUF grant 04 September 2020
In November 2019 visual artist and PhDArts candidate Riccardo Giacconi obtained the doctoral degree with the research project The Variational Mode. Th...
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Leiden Humanities graduates more likely to find graduate-level job 03 September 2020
Our humanities graduates are doing well: 70% of our bachelor’s and master’s students find their first job within two months of graduation. And for 83%...
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Still the cat’s whiskers: De Kattekop nursery at 40 01 September 2020
If there’s one place at the University where it doesn’t matter where you come from, it’s De Kattekop. This, the University nursery, celebrates its 40t...
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International Studies students receive their diploma 28 August 2020
Organised in four separate sessions throughout the day, and broadcast live online to guests and families who could not join, a total of 260 students r...
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Leading international politics site publishes article of student Aileen Schuurmans 18 August 2020
Aileen Schuurmans finished her MA International Relations this summer. She wrote an article titled 'How to Change the Story of the Pandemic with Daois...
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Online reunion: five years of BAIS Alumni 18 August 2020
Recently, the BAIS Alumni Association organised their yearly reunion. Due to the current circumstances, there was a twist: the reunion – as many event...
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks' 28 July 2020
The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of ...
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CEO Andrew de la Haije: ‘Optimally serving our clients is more important than growth or profit’ 21 July 2020
Andrew de la Haije is Director of the Dutch branch of Xebia Consultancy Services, an internationally operating consultancy agency that coaches compani...