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Anna Scott's research mentioned on Private Passions on BBC Radio 3 17 November 2020
British novelist Sarah Perry picked Anna Scott as one of her favorite musicians for the program Private Passions on BBC Radio 3.
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'The results could take days' 04 November 2020Election Day is over, but it's by no means clear who the new President of the United States will be. On the morning after Election Day, US expert Sara...
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Jan Vleggeert in FD on ‘two hats’ worn by tax academics 02 November 2020Jan Vleggeert, Professor of Tax Law and Economics, voices criticism in Dutch newspaper Financieel Dagblad about the ‘two hats’ worn by academics whose...
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica writes youth novel about Rwanda 26 October 2020Writing a story from the perspective of a Rwandan girl set in Africa is not an easy task. Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica did it. Her debut no...
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Peter Rodrigues on legal action against the State on ethnic profiling 13 October 2020Two citizens, together with organisations including Amnesty International, antidiscrimination agency RADAR and the Dutch Section of the International ...
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Erwin Dijkstra: important for people to know that there are also academics with a disability 08 October 2020We hardly ever seen people with a disability appearing on talk shows and other media channels. The Dutch Minister for Disability Issues, Rick Brink, d...
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Van der Helm is 'Stadsfotograaf' Leidsch Dagblad 28 September 2020Every year a photographer portrays Leiden as Stadsfotograaf (City Photographer) of the Leidsch Dagblad. This year it is the honor to Leonie van der He...
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Women researchers shook up the world of bird song 15 September 2020For a long time, bird song was considered as a typical male trait. But over the last twenty years, research has shown that a lot of female songbirds s...
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Armin Cuyvers on Brexit and the UK elections in BNR National News Radio 10 September 2020On Wednesday 9 November, Armin Cuyvers was interviewed on the already infamous UK ‘Internal Market Bill', which was published that day.
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eye-blink (1) - Richard Barrett - (Premiere) Performed by Alinéa 04 September 2020In the face of the pandemic and sweeping cancellations of in-person festivals and concerts, The Alinéa Ensemble, a group of young musicians based in B...
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Looking back: opening faculty year with the Leiden Law Op1 talkshow 02 September 2020The faculty year was opened on Tuesday 1 September 2020 with a live talkshow broadcast from the KOG building and presented by Bastiaan Rijpkema and St...
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Hester Bijl in the media on corona and female leadership 26 August 2020In the past few days, Vice-Rector Hester Bijl was interviewed by Leiden TV station Unity and the Zuid-Holland Economic Board. In both interviews she l...
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May employers require employees to be tested for corona? 14 August 2020When an employee returns from an area considered to be a corona risk, can their employer require them to have a corona test? This is a complicated iss...
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Emily Anne Wolff in The New York Times on Kenya's Used Clothing Ban 13 July 2020The Kenyan second-hand clothing market is depended upon locally by citizens for its low cost, high quality and diversity. To prevent the spread of the...
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Paul van der Heijden appointed on arbitration panel USMCA in the United States 02 July 2020USMCA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is the successor to NAFTA – a free trade zone covering Canada, the United States and Mexico. This Agreeme...