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President Annetje Ottow helps fish plastic out of the canal 12 July 2021
Every Sunday you can help fish plastic and other floating garbage out of the Leiden canals. You can use your own canoe or loan one from Plastic Spotte...
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Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 2020 05 July 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. Th...
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Master’s students create Graduate Journal: ‘It represents the development we’ve achieved’ 28 June 2021
A celebration was held in the Tabú restaurant: Mark Rutgers, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, was presented with the first copy of LEAP, a journal w...
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Nadine Akkerman is the winner of the LUCAS Audience Award 2021 16 June 2021
The LUCAS Audience Award 2021 has been awarded to Nadine Akkerman. This is a prize for researchers who appeal to an audience wider than the academic c...
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Back to Rabat 10 June 2021
The airspace had almost closed last year as Leiden students and staff rushed to leave the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR). How is this Leiden in...
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other 31 May 2021
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden Univers...
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’ 31 May 2021
The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is t...
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Mattias Brand awarded Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Award 2021 20 May 2021
Mattias Brand’s dissertation, The Manichaeans of Kellis: Religion, Community, and Everyday Life (Leiden, 2019) has been selected for one of the five p...
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Sarah Cramsey awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership 20 May 2021
Dr. Sarah Cramsey, University Lecturer Judaism & Diaspora Studies, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the KNAW.
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Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo 19 May 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director...
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Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Even during Covid, Ramadan is about fasting' 12 May 2021
Mosques with limited opening hours, fewer family visits and fewer events: for the second time, Ramadan was different due to Covid. Islamologist and de...
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’ 11 May 2021
How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other studen...
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Building Resilience in Young People 10 May 2021
Effectively supporting young people in coping better with COVID-19 related stress requires detailed understanding of the factors that influence resili...
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Whispering out loud 03 May 2021
Whispp, a Leiden-based speech technology start-up, is developing an app to help people who stutter express themselves more freely. Among those working...
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Digital guest lectures for high school students: 'Focus on what's really important' 23 April 2021
Developing a digital guest lecture for high school students. Jan Sleutels was immediately enthusiastic when he got asked to do this. The end result? T...