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Anna van Duijvenvoorde and Stephanie Rap receive 444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant 06 April 2020The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) has awarded an 444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant to Anna van Duijvenvoorde and Stephanie Rap to organise a half-day ...
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Next444: challenges for the future 10 February 2020On a wintry Wednesday evening, big issues were the topic of conversation at Grand Café de Burcht. Young Academy Leiden (YAL) was holding a round table...
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Looking back at Leiden's 444th anniversary 07 February 2020You can't have missed it: Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary in 2019 with a year-long programme of activities for the people of Leiden...
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A real professor in the classroom 07 February 2020A school lesson by a professor, for instance about the history of Africa, the climate or research and healthcare. A hundred Leiden professors told pri...
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Behind the scenes at our 444th anniversary celebrations 03 February 2020With Dies Natalis (Foundation Day) approaching, our year-long 444th birthday celebrations are coming to an end. We ran numerous activities, from a man...
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A Rembrandt tour for rehabilitating patients 20 January 2020A group of patients were given a guided tour of the larger than life Rembrandt canvases on University buildings around the Rapenburg canal. This was w...
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Three writers win the Peter van Straaten Psychology Prize 10 January 2020Three novelists have won the first Leiden University Peter van Straaten Psychology Prizes: Esther Gerritsen, Yvonne Keuls, and Marieke Lucas Rijneveld...
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What to do in the Christmas holidays: Rembrandt Route – fun for all the family 16 December 2019Looking for a great day out during the Christmas holidays? The University’s Rembrandt Route in Leiden is a fun and educational activity for both young...
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‘Rembrandt has come home’ 04 November 2019Rembrandt Year is concluding with a major exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal. There are still numerous other activities such as lectures, the University...
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Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film Festival 29 October 2019A film and quiz at the Old Observatory, a film whose ending you decide or a political satire in The Hague. These are some of the options at Science & ...
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444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant for Alex Brandsen and Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart 24 October 2019Alex Brandsen and Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart, PhD candidates in the Digital Archaeology research group and the Data Science Research Programme, ha...
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First Uni for City theme afternoon: ‘Art in the community brings people together’ 21 October 2019How important is art in the community? And which role can the University play in this? At the first open brainstorming session of Uni for City, artist...
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Leiden through the eyes of seven city photographers 21 October 2019Freemasons, young circus artistes, people at a clothes swap and many more. Seven young anthropologists spent a year exploring Leiden as city photograp...
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Archaeology Open Day: ‘Excavations are cool’ 14 October 2019‘We’ve come because our granddaughter started studying archaeology here this year. But I’m really interested in archaeology too.’ The Open Day at the ...
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Over 130 join in the University procession at the Relief of Leiden 07 October 2019On 3 October, Leiden University joined in big style with the annual celebration of The Relief of Leiden. Over 130 professors, staff members, students ...