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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal21 March 2019Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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Leiden Islam Academy launches online course ‘Islam in de klas’ for teachers20 March 2019‘Islam in de klas’ is a new course targeting primary school teachers to go online on 18 March by the Leiden Islam Academy (LIA). The online course aim...
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Mark Westmoreland and Francesco Ragazzi receive a Seed Grant20 March 2019Dr. Mark Westmoreland (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) and Dr. Francesco Ragazzi (Institute of Political Science) have b...
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One million euros for research on migrant cultures in European Cities07 March 2019Dr. Sara Brandellero, expert in Lusophone literatures and cultures and member of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, will lead a res...
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Studying abroad: Erik and Donna are doing an internship in Uganda04 March 2019Erik van der Zanden and Donna de Weijer, both MA African Studies students, traveled all the way to Uganda’s capital Kampala in order to start their in...
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Tessa Askamp: new project director Taalmuseum26 February 2019
As of February, Pepijn Reeser steps down as the project director of the Taalmuseum (the Language Museum). Exhibition designer and project manager Tess...
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Wanted: research questions for citizen science11 February 2019How many species of butterfly are living in my garden? Do I recognise the Leiden dialect? What is the air quality like in my area? Do you have a quest...
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A real professor in front of the class08 February 2019A lesson about aerodynamics from Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, about child rights by UNICEF professor Ton Liefaard, or about muscles by LUMC professor Ann...
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Rethinking Disability through visual storytelling11 December 2018The ERC project Rethinking Disability has been selected to participate in the ERCcOMICS scheme which exploits the power of visual storytelling to inno...
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New platform for research about heritage languages29 November 2018
HERLING (Research Lab for the Study of Heritage Languages of the Netherlands) is a new centre that aims to bridge the gap between scientific research ...
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Moving images and stories about itinerant heritage in Leiden's Oude UB26 November 2018How do Nepalese exiles in England celebrate their festivals? What are North Korean monuments doing in Zimbabwe? The ‘Heritage on the Move’ exhibition ...
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Teachers and lecturers broaden their perspective of Islam19 November 2018Islam can be a difficult or sensitive subject to discuss with pupils, regardless whether they are Muslim. Fourteen secondary-school teachers and unive...
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?07 November 2018In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...
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Did Rembrandt paint Leiden Professor van Schooten?06 November 2018Leiden Professor of Maths Frans van Schooten Jnr. (1615-1660) and his wife Margrieta were painted by Rembrandt. This is the claim made by mathematicia...
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#MeToo: current theme, Medieval phenomenon23 October 2018Anyone who thinks that #MeToo is a new phenomenon, can think again. Subjects such as sexual intimidation, female self-defence and subjection to male d...