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CERIL Lustrum Conference on Harmonisation of EU Insolvency Law 09 May 2023
To celebrate its 5th anniversary as an independent non-profit think tank, the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL) held its...
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New research facility for the energy transition 09 May 2023
Leiden University is part of a Dutch consortium that will receive 4.7 million euros from NWO to build a facility that makes controlled, thin layers of...
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Ann Skelton elected as Chair United Nations Children’s Rights Committee 08 May 2023
Professor Ann Skelton has been elected as Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained 08 May 2023
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections prom...
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Looking at the big world of microbiology through the smallest lenses 08 May 2023
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, died 300 years ago. 2023 has therefore been designated the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek year. The new Un...
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Radio show opens vote for national flower of the Netherlands 08 May 2023
The Netherlands doesn’t have a national flower. The Vroege Vogels radio show wants to change this and is holding a vote. Experts from Leiden Universit...
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Find out more about effective governance for global problems at this conference 08 May 2023
The annual conference of the Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) interdisciplinary research programme will take place in The Hague...
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Philippe van Gruisen receives KNAW grant for interdisciplinary research on (labour) migration from a broad perspective on societal wellbeing 04 May 2023
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership 2023 to Philippe van Gruisen for interdisciplina...
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Helen Duffy about Abu Zubaydah who remains unlawfully detained in Guantánamo Bay 04 May 2023
In two moving articles, Dutch newspaper Trouw has reported on the lengthy detention of Abu Zubaydah in Guantánamo Bay. Zubaydah was tortured over a pe...
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Tirza Cramwinckel wins 2023 Research Prize 04 May 2023
Tirza Cramwinckel, Assistant Professor in tax law, has won one of the 2023 Research Prizes awarded by the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation.
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry 04 May 2023
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem l...
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Annemarie Samuels in podcast 'Boldcast' about the evolution of libraries 02 May 2023
Episode 5 of BOLDcast, the podcast of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for BOLD Cities, discusses the evolution of libraries from simple lending points...
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'Making an impact in the neighbourhood depends entirely on the students themselves' 02 May 2023
During the kick-off meeting on Wednesday 29 March, master students taking part in the Thesis Workshop The Hague Southwest presented their thesis ideas...
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Documentary film alumna Visual Ethnography on show at Pakhuis de Zwijger 02 May 2023
Wilke Geurds graduated from the Visual Ethnography master's programme last year with her intimate and vulnerable documentary 'F*ck Endo. More than jus...
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‘An internship at Foreign Affairs is an incredible experience and a good way to boost your career’ 02 May 2023
Niels van Leeuwen is enrolled in the Master Public Administration: Economics & Governance. During the first stage of his master, he did an internship ...