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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’ 04 December 2017
A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also atten...
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LERU universities generated 100 billion euros for the European economy 01 December 2017
In 2016, the 23 members of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) generated a collective economic value of €99.8 billion in Gross Value A...
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Monika Baár part of the European Parliament's MEP-Scientist Pairing Scheme 29 November 2017
Monika Baár is among the 17 scientists who have been invited to participate in the 6th edition of the European Parliament's MEP-Scientist Pairing Sche...
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From Leiden to Tokyo: Cleveringa around the world 28 November 2017
On or around 26 November every year, Cleveringa meetings are organised for Leiden alumni throughout the world. Including in Tokyo, where Professor of ...
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Academics and lecturers develop teaching material on Islam 21 November 2017
A number of different course curricula were presented at a training conference on ‘Islam in the Class’ op 17 November. The course materials were devel...
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Lisette Atsma: how a Korean and Asian Studies alumna became an ICT specialist 20 November 2017
She studied Korean and Asian Studies and, four years after graduating, is now working as a specialist for an ICT secondment company. This is the story...
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Two different approaches at the Diversity symposium 14 November 2017
One of the speakers at the Diversity symposium on 22 November is Estela Mara Bensimon, highly honoured professor of Higher Education in the US. A seco...
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Call for papers: Modalities of Displacement in South Asia 07 November 2017
‘Displacement’ has emerged as a keyword in studies of South Asia, across research in historical, anthropological, geographical, and cultural studies. ...
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Online course for diplomats bridges perceptions between Islamic and Western worlds 06 November 2017
Professor Maurits Berger is presenting an online course, starting on 6 November, on the images that Islam and the West hold of one another. The course...
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Flying visit by high-ranking Chinese delegation 06 November 2017
A high-ranking delegation from China visited Leiden on 6 November. The party of some 25 officials from the CPPCC – a Chinese advisory body comparable ...
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Delegation from Leiden University visits Mexico 20 October 2017
A delegation from Leiden University will be visiting Mexico from 21 to 25 October. The visit aims to strengthen the ties between Mexican universities ...
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Read about Middle Ages on new Leiden research blog 13 October 2017
The Middle Ages are becoming increasingly more popular: just look at the popularity of such ‘medievalist’ TV series as Game of Thrones and Vikings, an...
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Cleveringa lecture to focus on Jewish Professor Meijers 28 September 2017
Historian Marjan Schwegman is the new Cleveringa Professor. Her lecture on 27 November will focus on Eduard Meijers, the Jewish professor who was dism...
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2017 Peace Run huge success 25 September 2017
The Peace Run was held in The Hague on 14 September as part of the Just Peace festival. The event aimed to gather funds for UNICEF the Netherlands. A ...
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The Relief of Leiden through the eyes of Spanish officers 19 September 2017
Did Francisco de Valdés indeed spare Leiden because his beloved Magdalena Moons had family living here? Historian Raymond Fagel gave a lecture on 24 S...