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Sign the petition against the higher education cuts 15 October 2024Universities will be hit hard by the announced cuts to higher education. Essential disciplines and jobs will disappear. And a fine will be introduced ...
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Urban Studies students receive diploma: ‘I want to make cities better places’ 15 October 2024Lecture hall A0.06 in the Schouwburgstraat in The Hague was packed with parents, friends and other loved ones on Friday, 27 September. No fewer than 6...
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Global Governance Journal comes to Leiden 14 October 2024A team of researchers based at Leiden has taken over the editorship of the journal Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Or...
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Sustainability in and around the Herta Mohr Building: Explore the interactive infographic 14 October 2024The Herta Mohr Building is leading the way in sustainable innovations, for both Leiden University buildings and beyond. It is the university’s first f...
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The language of Russian propaganda 14 October 2024In 2014 Russia entered Ukraine and occupied Crimea, and about two and a half years ago it began a large-scale invasion. For Ukraine, it’s a war. But R...
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Opening of the Herta Mohr Building: brand new and also recycled location for Humanities 09 October 2024Light, open and green: a description that fits the new, renovated location of the Faculty of Humanities. The official opening of the Herta Mohr Buildi...
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PR Coordinator LIFF Jetske Breedeveld: 'Going to the cinema between lectures' 08 October 2024Alumna Jetske Breedeveld pursued both a Bachelor's in English Language and Culture and a Master's in Literary Studies at Leiden University. Her passio...
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’ 07 October 2024‘What more could I want?’ University and education historian Pieter Slaman is still deeply touched to have been awarded the LUS Education Prize for be...
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world 07 October 2024As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like anoth...
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ 02 October 2024A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. ...
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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa 02 October 2024At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its ...
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Beatrice de Graaf to deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture 01 October 2024On Thursday, December 12, 2024, historian and terrorism expert Beatrice de Graaf will deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leid...
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‘A reproduction can make the original important again’ 01 October 2024For her research, PhD candidate Liselore Tissen put one famous painting after another through a 3D scanner. The resulting reproductions were indisting...
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?' 30 September 2024As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequent...
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Sarita Koendjbiharie: ‘Through the dogs, I learned a lot about leadership’ 30 September 2024University lecturer in Management & Organisation Sarita Koendjbiharie is a welcome lecturer on The Hague campus, and not only because she takes a genu...