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Studying Monteverdi through an opera13 June 2018PhD candidate Johannes Boer conducted research on the eminent Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA...
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UN Security Council listens to text by Leiden student11 June 2018Leiden bachelor's student of International Studies Thomas wrote a text that was read out this year in the UN Security Council by the Netherlands repre...
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New Dossier: Korea in the media11 June 2018Did you know we have a complete dossier about Korea in de news? Together with Remco Breuker, Professor of Koreastudies, and our other experts we keep ...
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How the Battle of Heiligerlee became a legend22 May 2018The Battle of Heiligerlee, on 23 May 450 years ago, is famous as an epic battle in Dutch history. But was it really so momentous? Professor of Early M...
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Putting the history of squatting in Leiden on the map08 May 2018When you think of squatting, the picture that comes to mind is of young people occupying derelict buildings in big cities. Leiden also has a history o...
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden University30 April 2018From Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is ...
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Five Leiden professors elected to KNAW18 April 2018The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected five Leiden professors from different disciplines as new members. Two of the new member...
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North Korea: Disentangling a Gordian knot21 March 2018The announcement by US President Donald Trump on 9 March in response to the invitation for a summit meeting with the North Korean supreme leader Kim J...
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‘Do the Russians want to participate in the electoral performance?’15 March 2018Although it is already certain that Vladimir Putin will win the Russian presidential election on 18 March, it is still significant for him, argues Rus...
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Rutte in Leiden: ‘Only studying is such a waste of opportunity’15 March 2018From political confessions to life lessons from his own student time. On 14 March, Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave candid answers to questions from Lei...
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'Stephen Hawking put abstract science on the map'14 March 2018Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (76) passed away on 14 March at his home in Cambridge, having been a long-term sufferer of the muscular disease ...
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Emotions always run high in discussions on female emancipation'08 March 2018At the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on 8 March, former Minister of Education Jet Bussemaker expressed her surprise at the commotion again raised by ...
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students06 March 2018A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...
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The Leiden Connection - screenwriter Gerard Soeteman looks back14 February 2018Gerard Soeteman (1936) created a furore as a screenwriter of films that became classics (Dutch films: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, de Aanslag), bu...
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Why both fascists and liberals idolise Nietzsche13 February 2018The doctrine of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is complex, contradictory and open to a range of different interpretations. As a result, his le...