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Three tips on how to celebrate World Philosophy Day21 November 2019The UN has christened 21 November World Philosophy Day, a day on which ‘the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for eac...
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Etymology calendar: every day a word and its history18 November 2019The Etymology Calendar for 2020, which was compiled by five linguistics students from Leiden University, has now hit the shops. After the resounding s...
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes05 November 2019In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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Developing out of a solid base: Sybille Lammes new academic director of LUCAS04 November 2019As of November 1st 2019, Sybille Lammes, Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, will be the new academic director of the Leiden University Centre...
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Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film Festival29 October 2019A film and quiz at the Old Observatory, a film whose ending you decide or a political satire in The Hague. These are some of the options at Science & ...
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First Uni for City theme afternoon: ‘Art in the community brings people together’21 October 2019How important is art in the community? And which role can the University play in this? At the first open brainstorming session of Uni for City, artist...
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Rethinking Disability Webcomics in the Fȇte de La Science at Sorbonne University18 October 2019The ERC-funded project Rethinking Disability was featured in the Fȇte de La Science which was held on 11 October 2019 at Sorbonne University in Paris.
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Jos Gommans guest curator exhibition 'India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt'18 October 2019Jos Gommans is guest curator of the exhibition "India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt", from October 17th to December 16th 2019 in the Chh...
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What politicians can learn from Cicero and Dionysius17 October 2019'How do you write a slogan to win an election?' Steven Ooms answers this question in his PhD research into ideas about good prose in the time of Caesa...
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Historian Katja Happe new Cleveringa Professor01 October 2019German historian Katja Happe is the new Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. She will give the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November 2019. She condu...
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‘Too many or too few memories can be problematic’26 September 2019The Public Day of the Leiden Institute of Brain and Cognition (LIBC) has grown in recent years into one of the most popular popular-science events in ...
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‘An inclusive university begins with which books you choose’24 September 2019Sociologist Aya Ezawa is the new Diversity Officer at Leiden University. What is the University doing well and what could it do better? ‘It’s taken mu...
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Fact-checking from the local council to the European Parliament24 September 2019‘Timmermans says more Polish workers are staying in Poland, but there aren’t any figures to back this up,’ was the headline of NU.nl news website duri...
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Scholar at Risk Lety Elvir Lazo: ‘My university intimidated me too’23 September 2019The proceeds of the Leiden University Science Run on 28 September will go to Scholars at Risk, a section of the UAF that assists refugee scholars. One...
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Exhibition puts ‘forgotten’ part of the Silk Road in the spotlight04 September 2019The story of the iconic Silk Road is often told from the Chinese perspective. An exhibition at Oude UB focuses on the inhabitants and monuments of his...