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Campus The Hague in the picture 26 August 2019Leiden University turned 444 this year, and we are celebrating this milestone with the residents of the two cities in which we have a presence: Leiden...
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First ever summer school in Africa for and by deaf academics 12 August 2019Academic studies or an academic career are a big challenge if you are deaf. Particularly in Africa, where many countries don’t even have secondary sch...
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Assessor Olivier passes on the baton to Jonatan Wirix-Speetjens 08 August 2019For two years, assessor Olivier Fajgenblat was a familiar face of this faculty. Starting September 1st, it will be up to Jonatan Wirix-Speetjens to lo...
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‘Old English is super cool’ 08 August 2019With his dance routine and YouTube clips, he even manages to make grammar fun. His infectious enthusiasm and innovative teaching methods have won Thij...
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‘The question is more important than the answer’ 08 August 2019Francesco Ragazzi loves to talk about international relations. But what makes him really happy is if his students question the discipline. This has wo...
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First pan-African summer school for deaf academics 01 August 2019Researchers from the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) and the University of Ghana are organising the first-ever pan-African summer scho...
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Course helps primary-school teachers with Islam-related dilemmas 22 July 2019Primary-school teachers who aren’t Muslim themselves but do have Muslim children in their class sometimes face dilemmas and cultural or religious diff...
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Spots available – Register now - Courses for PhD Candidates 12 July 2019Please find a list of courses with start dates in September for which there are still spots available. The dates indicate the start date for the cours...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Karin Amatmoekrim writer-in-residence at Leiden University this autumn 02 July 2019Novelist and essayist Karin Amatmoekrim will be writer-in-residence at Leiden University in autumn 2019. She will be the 35th writer-in-residence at t...
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Alumnus Chris Colijn on his traineeship at a think tank, his master’s degree and advice for other graduates 01 July 2019What does life look like after International Studies? For Chris Colijn who graduated in 2018, it involves working on his master’s in Russian and Euras...
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Meet Alice Twemlow 21 June 2019Associate professor Alice Twemlow introduces a new elective which will start in September, called: Design and the Deep Future. We asked her to tell a ...
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Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Delving deeply into something suits me’ 20 June 2019She began as an IT professional but after 7 years in the business world, she devoted herself to an entirely different field: Islamic Theology. As co-f...
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future 19 June 2019Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary o...
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MA Translation awarded European Master’s in Translation label 07 June 2019The MA Linguistic’s specialization in Translation has now been admitted to the prestigious European Masters in Translation (EMT) Network.