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What do global problems have to do with the individual human rights holder?10 December 2024On Human Rights Day 2024, the International Court of Justice is charged by the General Assembly with delivering an Advisory Opinion asking, in effect,...
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Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA)05 December 2024In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a c...
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Impact of Dutch coalition programme and EU Migration Pact on judicial system03 December 2024Mark Klaassen recently gave a lecture at the Aliens Division of the Court of Rotterdam on the impact on the judicial system of the Dutch cabinet’s pla...
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Egyptian archaeologists deepen their expertise on human osteoarchaeology in Leiden02 December 2024The Leiden Faculty of Archaeology is an institution of international renown. Frequently, researchers from other places of learning visit the faculty t...
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ECHO finalist Husna Jalal: We need to look past our differences02 December 2024Every year, the ECHO Award is presented to students from non-western backgrounds who are committed to social improvement in the field of diversity and...
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Local residents research their own problems02 December 2024The Countering Syndemic Vulnerability project supports communities by identifying and tackling clusters of social factors and health problems. The pro...
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Professor Ineke Sluiter receives Arts and Sciences Medal of Honour28 November 2024On 25 November, Professor Ineke Sluiter received the Medal of Honour for Arts and Sciences in the Order of Orange-Nassau. She was presented with the m...
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Help create a safe haven for scholars at risk27 November 2024Persecution, conflicts and crises are threatening academic institutions and researchers worldwide. This has major implications for science. Leiden Uni...
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Cleveringa Lecture: ‘I’m deeply ashamed of this orchestrated asylum crisis’27 November 2024The rule of law is crumbling in the Netherlands, lawyer Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You warned in her Cleveringa Lecture. She held up a mirror to those p...
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Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Membership of foreign academies is incredible recognition'26 November 2024When Petra Sijpesteijn became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, she was the only Dutch member with an appointment at a Dutc...
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How can regional organizations help save the environment? Leiden and Singapore collaboration on Green Regionalism.25 November 2024On 21 and 22 November, a conference on Green Regionalism was co-organized by CompaRe and the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia of the Singapore Manage...
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Royal honour for policy director John Kroes21 November 2024John Kroes received a royal honour from Leiden deputy mayor Julius Terpstra on 20 November. He was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau for ...
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The Nuance Project: Respectful dialogue about sensitive topics give students hope21 November 2024Students from Leiden University have launched The Nuance Project, a platform for respectful, open-minded dialogue on divisive issues. The aim is to fo...
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‘Polarisation is good. Much better than an uneasy silence’21 November 2024If a young person from a migrant background climbs the social ladder despite internship discrimination, the exclusion often gets worse. It is only whe...
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Antibodies against rheumatic diseases tested directly on patients20 November 2024Leiden Professor of Translational Rheumatology Hans Ulrich Scherer has one foot in the clinic, where he helps patients, and the other in the lab, wher...