News
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Special Chair for Central European studies and LJSA Member Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey holds “teach-ins” on the most recent history of Israel/Palestine 21 November 2023
Since the horrific events of October 7, 2023, Leiden students have grappled with difficult questions about Israel, Gaza and Israel/Palestine conflict ...
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JEDI Fund: ‘We’re now showing clearly that the community is diverse’ 20 November 2023If you have a plan that could improve the education or the learning environment of the Faculty of Humanities in terms of diversity or inclusion, you c...
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Meet Dr. Rebekka Grossmann, LJSA Member 20 November 2023Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Grossmann worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She first did her PhD and then she joined the Franz Rosenzweig Mi...
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ 20 November 2023A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have be...
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Wives of professors, students and alumni played a crucial role in Leiden’s women’s rights movement 17 November 2023Aletta Jacobs, Suze Groeneweg and Joke Smit are familiar names from the Dutch women’s rights movement. Less well-known are the feminists who operated ...
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member 17 November 2023Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.
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Trying to fight global warming with philosophy 16 November 2023In her inaugural lecture Susanna Lindberg will ask how philosophy should respond to global warming. She does not simply aim to apply existing philosop...
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Footballer and journalist Nikki IJzerman: 'I want to dive into the background of the news' 16 November 2023Give Nikki IJzerman a football and she’s happy. The midfielder was named Player of the Year by ADO Den Haag last season, as well as obtaining her mast...
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In 450 days... 450 years of Leiden University! 16 November 2023In exactly 450 days’ time, on 8 February 2025, it is the university’s 450th anniversary. We are going to celebrate this with our students, staff, alum...
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Researchers get free rein with new Social Sciences and Humanities Labs 15 November 2023There was a lot of interest. In front of nearly a hundred researchers, supporting colleagues and Martijn Ridderbos, the Vice-Chairman of the Executive...
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Call for nominations Jewish Studies Thesis Prize 2023 09 November 2023
The Leiden Jewish Studies Association is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the "Best Thesis in Jewish Studies" produced at Leiden Univers...
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City Photographer for a year: ‘Unfortunately, I found that I’m not really very visual’ 09 November 2023Julia van Alem had never held a camera before, but she and her classmates were appointed as the City Photographer. ‘This project helped me learn how t...
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‘Think what you want to do about international students before developing your housing policy’ 09 November 2023Students used to live with a landlady or even with the professor whose course they were taking. Student accommodation has since become more profession...
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Caspar Jacobs, Marta Bielinska Winners of Du Châtelet Prize 2023 08 November 2023The Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics is awarded annually for previously unpublished work in philosophy of physics by a graduate student or j...
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa 06 November 2023Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African cont...