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Keuzegids consumer guide: six top programmes at Leiden University 30 November 2023Leiden University has six top bachelor’s programmes, according to Keuzegids universiteiten 2024 consumer guide to universities published on 30 Novembe...
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Looking at the past with VR glasses: 'It really helps to visualise the impact of policy' 24 November 2023A subject like history is all about the past. That often involves scrolling through old documents, but in the Research Master's in History, Professor ...
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City Photographer for a year: ‘Unfortunately, I found that I’m not really very visual’ 09 November 2023Julia van Alem had never held a camera before, but she and her classmates were appointed as the City Photographer. ‘This project helped me learn how t...
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AI for humanities: ‘Especially as a humanities student, you have the tools to work with this’ 06 November 2023While humanities once mainly involved books and archives, nowadays we can’t imagine life without AI. Next semester a new faculty-wide course will be i...
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What is the future of translation software within the university? 06 November 2023Is there a place for machine translation engines like Google Translate within the Faculty of Humanities? Associate professor Lettie Dorst’s new educat...
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Partnership agreement with Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada ratified during visit 30 October 2023From student exchanges and a joint laboratory to heritage research and a knowledge consortium, the Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is in vari...
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Urban Studies graduates: 'The field is interesting and relevant, and keeps expanding' 09 October 2023After years of hard work, Urban Studies graduates were presented with their diplomas. How do they look back on their studies? And what can we expect f...
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Bas van Rijn defends PhD dissertation on afterlife research 22 September 2023On 22 September, LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research: Atte...
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Research Traineeship Programme completed: 'Here you are encouraged to try things' 15 September 2023Discovering while still studying whether work in science might be for you. That is what students get during the faculty Research Traineeship Programme...
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The New Scholar: Let’s Make an Impact! 11 September 2023The New Scholar, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal at the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University, is launching its first issue, and how? ...
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New academic student magazine kicks off with double issue: 'Had so many good submissions' 31 August 2023A year ago, assistant professor Paz Gonzalez received a Comenius grant to start an academic journal for and by students. Now the first double issue of...
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Dario Fazzi becomes professor by special appointment: ‘We live in an era of tremendous ecological challenges’ 30 August 2023Historian Dario Fazzi is the new professor by special appointment at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), a strategic partner of the F...
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Leiden Teaching Prize nominee 2023: ‘Every lesson somebody says something I never thought of’ 28 August 2023Two years ago, university lecturer Kirsty Rolfe was nominated for the Faculty Teaching Prize. Now she is in the running for the university equivalent....
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PRINS is back again: ‘I am proud of what we have achieved’ 06 July 2023After twenty weeks of hard work, third-year students of International Studies wrapped up the ‘Practising International Studies’ (PRINS) consultancy co...
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Teachers share tips and tricks at the Education Showcase 06 July 2023But how do you do it? At the annual Education Showcase, lecturers at the Faculty of Humanities could talk to their colleagues about teaching methods a...