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2025 Europe Hub master’s thesis prize accepts submissions27 February 2025Leiden University’s Europe Hub invites submissions from all faculties for its annual Europe Hub master's thesis prize by 1 September 2025.
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Four Leiden University researchers awarded Vici grantsResearch grants 27 February 2025From research on the first human ancestors to leave Africa to mathematical models in random disturbances. For Leiden researchers have been awarded a p...
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BA in Italian Language and Culture to continue27 February 2025Leiden University will continue to offer its BA in Italian Language and Culture. The Board of the Faculty of Humanities has reversed its decision to s...
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Four Leiden professors elected members of the KHMW24 February 2025The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed four Leiden professors as members. Petra Sijpesteijn, Vanessa Mak, Mariska K...
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One last time (as Dean)24 February 2025Dear colleagues and students,
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Barista Sander Snel: ‘Every customer deserves a friendly welcome’Humans of Humanities 24 February 2025On a busy day, Sander Snel sees three hundred people at his coffee counter in the Herta Mohr building. ‘It's fun to remember everyone's favourite drink.’
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Call for Papers: Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference20 February 2025In our rapidly evolving and interconnected world, the study of International Relations has expanded beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. Leide...
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Gijs Zebregts: ‘I want to give hope to fellow sufferers of leukaemia’Humans of Humanities 18 February 2025Gijs Zebregts had just graduated from International Studies when he was stricken with acute leukaemia. A stem cell donor brought relief. Now he is goi...
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Call for interest: MARS staff exchange programmeNon-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective 18 February 2025
Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a researc...
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Call for Papers: The 12th Korean Screen Culture Conference (KSCC) 2025 CFPJune 30-July 1, Leiden University, the Netherlands 18 February 2025
The annual Korean Screen Culture Conference (KSCC) is dedicated to exploring all aspects of Korean screen culture, including television, K-pop, intern...
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Speed dating on Master’s Open Day: ‘What can you do with that master’s degree?’What to study? 17 February 2025Master’s Open Day on 14 February was the chance to fire off questions at master’s students and teaching staff or at alumni during a speed date. Almost...
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Lydia Boer wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesis14 February 2025History student Lydia Boer has won the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt incentive prize. She receives the prize for her bachelor’s thesis The marriag...
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Radio Palestine/Israel Challenging Preconceptions: ‘A courageous step in a polarised debate’14 February 2025The Israel-Palestine conflict regularly sparked intense debates in university lecturer Noa Schonmann's classes. She decided to start a podcast with jo...
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Now also in Indonesia: The butterflies of Boven-Digoel11 February 2025Three years ago, associate professor Alicia Schrikker published De vlinders van Boven-Digoel, in which she chronicled several stories about colonial l...
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The need to remember11 February 2025In the 1970s and 1980s, Argentina faced a severe dictatorship. The regime did not shy away from using brute force and torture. People who showed their...