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Emmy Andriesse's captivating photographs now available in the public domain 12 January 2024
Hundreds of beautiful and timeless photos by Emmy Andriesse, one of the most important Dutch photographers of the twentieth century, are now freely ac...
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Education and teaching: an exciting year at the faculty 11 January 2024
There are lots of important items on the education and teaching agenda for 2024. Reaccreditation for the Law programmes including Notarial Law and Tax...
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Politics, Opera & Philosophy 11 January 2024
Opera, more so perhaps than most other forms of art, is deeply intertwined with philosophy and politics. For some composers this was explicitly so. Th...
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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards 10 January 2024
A beautiful speech by vice-dean Bart de Smit, a mini-lecture on exoplanets and the presentation of three faculty awards. That's how we started the new...
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Supercomputer ALICE is even more powerful, and that is good news for many disciplines 03 January 2024
Supercomputer ALICE has been expanded, making it even more powerful and faster. This means researchers and students can work with heavier models. From...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023 19 December 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...
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From studying international law to touring with your own theatre show 19 December 2023
Graduating in international law and fulfilling a childhood dream by performing your own theatre show. Alumna Fleur Verhoeff has achieved both. How did...
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New Governance of Migration and Diversity master’s programme responds to topical issues 18 December 2023
From September 2024 onwards, Leiden University’s Europa Institute will teach a new LL.M. programme on the Governance of Migration and Diversity [GMD]....
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Top award for master’s programme Child Law 12 December 2023
The master’s programme 'Jeugdrecht' (Child Law) at Leiden Law School has been awarded the gold medal by EW Beste Studies. It is the only degree progra...
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‘My internship has taught me to look around me a bit more sometimes’ 12 December 2023
Public Administration student Iris did an internship at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. During her internship, she dealt with elec...
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Research assistants’ course: icing on the cake for Honours College Law students 12 December 2023
According to Law student Jasmijn van Lochem, you can learn a lot in seven months. For the ‘Onderzoeksassistent’ (Research Assistant) course, part of t...
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Targeting the immune system to inhibit atherosclerosis 12 December 2023
A new treatment for atherosclerosis showed promising results in isolated cells but proved to be less effective in initial animal tests. Bachelor stude...
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Life Science & Technology among best studies by Elseviers Weekblad 11 December 2023
The MSc Life Science & Technology receives a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. Every year, Elsevier selects the top programmes in higher education...
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Enacting leadership, for and with each other 07 December 2023
What makes a good leader, and is there such a thing as a born leader? These are questions that the master's students of the Leiden Leadership Programm...
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‘The questions and ideas from students also make me a better researcher’ 07 December 2023
‘Yamila Miguel brings along immense enthusiasm that sparks over to the students in the lectures,’ her students say about her. ‘She inspires us as scie...