News
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LUCIS' commitment to the NWA 14 April 2016
LUCIS is well connected to the Dutch National Research Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda/NWA). Both Petra Sijpesteijn and Jan Michiel Otto have a se...
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Driss Moussaoui: Moroccan psychiatrist with a mission 13 April 2016
Psychiatrists in Morocco can't ignore Islam. Driss Moussaoui was one of the first modern psychiatrists in this North African country. He delivered the...
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate 05 April 2016
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch S...
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‘We haven't finished with Tutankhamun's tomb yet' 31 March 2016
Sensational, is how Leiden Egyptologist Olaf Kaper described the discovery of two new chambers in the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun. He hopes that a sec...
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Upcoming exhibitions, residencies, concerts, record launches and lectures by PhDArts and docARTES researchers 29 March 2016
Activities of Nizar Rohana, Catalina Vicens, Andrea Stultiens, Shaya Feldman, Jack Segbars, Karen Lohrmann, Patrizia Bovi, Susan Williams, Giuliano Br...
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Junius Symposium: exciting new research on Old Germanic studies 16 March 2016
While Old Germanic studies might seem dated and, regrettably, occupies a less than secure position in various academic institutions, exciting new rese...
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Room for women in Senate Chamber 07 March 2016
For the duration of a month, the portraits of female professors only will hang in the Senate Chamber of Leiden University. This is the initiative of A...
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Upcoming exhibitions, residencies, concerts, record launches and lectures by PhDArts, docARTES and ACPA researchers 29 February 2016
Activities of Magda Dourado Pucci, Dick de Graaf, Henri Bok, Catalina Vicens, Patrizia Bovi, k.g. Guttman, Andrea Stultiens, and Lilo Nein
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Leiden, Delft and Erasmus to apply ‘big data’ for urban issues 09 February 2016
The new inter-university centre set up by Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam is to apply ‘big data’ r...
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Referendum in Bolivia: test for democracy 09 February 2016
The Bolivian people will make their opinion known on a change to the constitution in a referendum on 21 February. Leiden University organised a sympos...
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Dies Natalis: 'The big questions call for collaboration' 08 February 2016
Universities cannot survive in this highly competitive world without collaboration. And the ultimate aim is to make the world a safer and more sustain...
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NWO reports on VIDI project Erik Kwakkel 04 February 2016
In his VIDI project “Turning Over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance” (2010-2015) Erik Kwakkel and his team studied...
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Entrepreneurial students who care about society 02 February 2016
Students of the minor in Innovation, Cocreation and Global Impact present their idealistic projects. Watch the film!
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Leiden University hosts Music and Cultural Analysis reading group 01 February 2016
In 2016, Leiden University hosts the monthly meetings of the Music and Cultural Analysis reading group.
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‘Be open to other cultures’ 26 January 2016
This week more than 400 international students are starting their study programme in Leiden or The Hague. Why did they choose to study here? And what ...