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Keyring in your hand when walking down the street alone? 'Many women are always on guard' 08 December 2022
A cover over your drink in the pub, deodorant as pepper spray or headphones to avoid hearing catcalling: many women use everyday objects to feel safer...
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Six top-rated programmes at Humanities 24 November 2022
Six programmes in the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded the designation 'top programme' by the Keuzegids. These are the bachelor’s in German Lan...
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Matthew Broad wins the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching 18 November 2022
At the latest Institute Council meeting in November, the institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded. The award is named after Carla Musterd, ...
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Leiden University’s humanities in top 30 of Times Higher Education Rankings 17 November 2022
Leiden University's humanities have one of the top places in the Times Higher Education Rankings. This year, we were placed 26th.
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From a second-year project to an academic paper: ‘It was such a cool opportunity’ 17 November 2022
It does not happen very often that a research project for a second-year bachelor's course gets turned into a proper academic paper. But International ...
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Master Class | Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History 03 November 2022
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social ...
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Online Open Day for Professionals 28 October 2022
Whether it's brushing up on a language, a course on current legal issues, or a master's degree in cybersecurity. Get inspired at the Online Open Day f...
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10 years of Georgian at Leiden University: Ramaz Kurdadze returns 24 October 2022
This year marks a special occasion because it was just ten years ago that the Georgian language was taught for the first time at Leiden University. It...
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Graduation Ceremony MA International Relations 20 October 2022
On Wednesday 19 October 2022, the graduation ceremony for the International Relations MA programme took place. In the Teylerszaal of the Academy Build...
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Medals for Humanities Faculty programmes 11 October 2022
Three programmes at the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded medals by EW and ResearchNed. The bachelor’s in German Language and Culture took gold,...
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The Activating Podcast Method: engaging students with the help of blended learning 10 October 2022
How can I get students to collaborate more and increase their engagement? That was the question that teacher, and winner of the 2022 Faculty Teaching ...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed 29 September 2022
Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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Official opening of the Acts of Kindness pillar in the Lipsius building 26 September 2022
It has already been a huge success in The Hague, and now the Lipsius building has one, too: an Acts of Kindness pillar. The official opening took plac...
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Students complete research traineeship: 'This is a good start for a career as researcher' 09 September 2022
After seven months of hard work, the participants in the Research Traineeship Programme concluded their research on Friday 2 September with a pitch an...
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Urban Studies students conduct practical research into the Humanities Campus: ‘It needs lots of green spaces and light’ 01 September 2022
Over the past few months, Urban Studies students have been helping to think about the realisation of the Humanities Campus. To test their knowledge in...