News
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Death of Menno Tuurenhout 09 December 2020
It was with deep sorrow that we learned of the sudden death of our dear colleague Menno Tuurenhout on 7 December 2020.
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New Podcast Asks Guests to Reimagine Education 08 December 2020
The Centre for Innovation has launched a new podcast series called What if Education… In each episode, the host Monika Theron invites students, teache...
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Hall of fame 2020: Students and staff in the spotlight 08 December 2020
Throughout this past year many students and staff at Leiden Law School received a prize or grant, were shortlisted for a prize or appointed to an acad...
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Anthropologist Andrew Littlejohn composes sonic ethnography in Japan 04 December 2020
Andrew Littlejohn composed a sonic ethnography with sounds recorded in Japan’s northeastern region. He decided to make recordings because he wasn’t sa...
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In Memoriam: Burchard J. Mansvelt Beck (May 20, 1947 – October 31, 2020) 26 November 2020
An age-old expression in Classical Chinese is yǔ zhòng bù tóng 與眾不同, meaning ‘out of the ordinary.’ It could have been the motto of Burchard J. Mansve...
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Marnix van der Gun: ‘I gave it my all’ 23 November 2020
Marnix van der Gun (42) has lived in The Hague all his life. He started his career as a professional football player and, after an injury, opted for a...
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Bert Meijer reappointed to the Board of Governors 19 November 2020
Professor Bert Meijer has been reappointed as a member of Leiden University’s Board of Governors by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, In...
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KNAW Early Career Award for ecologist Michiel Veldhuis 17 November 2020
Curiosity is the driving force behind the research of ecologist Michiel Veldhuis. The associate professor investigates ecosystems in relation to clima...
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New digital music label Strange Strings 17 November 2020
Richard Barrett has launched a new digital music label on Bandcamp.
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Liesbeth de Lange wins Lewis B. Sheiner Career Prize 13 November 2020
Pharmacologist Liesbeth de Lange has won the Lewis B. Sheiner Lecturer Award from the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP). As Professor of...
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Blog post: The nose of this wormy-shaped bacterium has a surprising symmetry 13 November 2020
For the first time ever, Leiden biologists have found that the ‘nose’ of spirochetes – worm-shaped bacteria – have a two-fold symmetry. A remarkable d...
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Koen Bastiaans wins first Paul & Tatiana Ehrenfest physics thesis prize. 13 November 2020
The winner of the Paul & Tatiana Ehrenfest physics thesis prize 2020 is Koen Bastiaans. He carried out his PhD research in the group of Milan Allan an...
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Student with coronavirus: ‘My lecturer helped me a lot’ 11 November 2020
Two months ago, history student Willemijn contracted coronavirus. At the time she was taking a course given by lecturer Rens Tacoma. What can you do i...
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Vidi research grant for physicist Daniela Kraft 04 November 2020
The image of the Leiden microboat traveled all over the world, from the BBC up to Arab shipping blogs. But Daniela Kraft's research group has quite a ...
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End-of-life care research: the need for cultural sensitivity in globalizing palliative care 02 November 2020
How does palliative care develop within various cultural settings? How do local, non-institutional ideas about end-of-life care influence professional...