News
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What do you learn when attending an Open Day? 22 October 2019
The Open Day of Leiden University, on Saturday, October 19, 2019 was busy, in a pleasant way. More than 12,500 prospective students and supervisors vi...
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Rethinking Disability Webcomics in the Fȇte de La Science at Sorbonne University 18 October 2019
The ERC-funded project Rethinking Disability was featured in the Fȇte de La Science which was held on 11 October 2019 at Sorbonne University in Paris.
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Victor Gijsbers new fellow of Leiden University Teachers’ Academy 15 October 2019
Victor Gijsbers, university lecturer in Philosophy, has been chosen as a fellow of the Leiden University Teachers' Academy. Over the next five years a...
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Coco van Beveren and Frits Brouwer win the LUCSoR thesis price 2019 07 October 2019
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religiewetenschap (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two thesis prices each...
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‘Too many or too few memories can be problematic’ 26 September 2019
The Public Day of the Leiden Institute of Brain and Cognition (LIBC) has grown in recent years into one of the most popular popular-science events in ...
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‘An inclusive university begins with which books you choose’ 24 September 2019
Sociologist Aya Ezawa is the new Diversity Officer at Leiden University. What is the University doing well and what could it do better? ‘It’s taken mu...
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Fact-checking from the local council to the European Parliament 24 September 2019
‘Timmermans says more Polish workers are staying in Poland, but there aren’t any figures to back this up,’ was the headline of NU.nl news website duri...
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Closing conference Faculty Research Traineeship 18 September 2019
What did the pub culture in Leiden look like in the nineteenth century? Where do specific signs in sign language originate from? How did scholars coll...
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PhD Career Event 17 September 2019
Wondering how to put your acquired skills to good use in and outside Academia? Join the PhD Career Event!
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Frank Chouraqui wins Faculty Teaching Prize 13 September 2019
Frank Chouraqui, University Lecturer of Philosophy, received the Faculty Teaching Prize during the Opening of the Faculty Year in the City Auditorium....
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Geert Jan van Gelder 11 September 2019
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Emeritus Geert Jan van Gelder to Leiden. He is the second Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cul...
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On the road with an International Credit Mobility grant 09 September 2019
Over the next three years, 92 students and researchers from Leiden University and its partner universities will be strengthening their research and te...
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Gabriel Inzaurralde: ‘Literature lets you live four times as long' 06 September 2019
As a young boy, Gabriel Inzaurralde, lecturer and researcher in Latin American studies, wanted nothing more than to become a writer. He still writes a...
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Fierce protests against Education Minister's redistribution plans 02 September 2019
Over a thousand researchers and students protested in Leiden on 2 September against the plans to transfer money to science and technology at the expen...
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Faculty Teaching Prize nominees in the spotlight 02 September 2019
Who will win this year's Teaching Prize of the Faculty of Humanities? On Thursday September 12th, we will find out during the faculty party in the Sta...