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Historian Katja Happe new Cleveringa Professor 01 October 2019German historian Katja Happe is the new Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. She will give the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November 2019. She condu...
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Hiltje Cleveringa given first copy of her father’s biography 17 January 2019Hiltje Cleveringa seemed moved when on 16 January she was given the first copy of the biography of her father, Rudolph Cleveringa. Peppering his speec...
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‘Cleveringa was more than a one-day hero’ 14 January 2019In his biography about Professor Rudolph Cleveringa, Kees Schuyt adds to the image we already have of this famous Leiden professor. The overriding foc...
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On the trail of Cleveringa 08 January 2019He is primarily known for his protest speech against the dismissal of his Jewish teacher Eduard Meijers, but who was the man behind this iconic figure...
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'Why aren't those children at school?' 27 November 2018The new privacy laws make it more difficult to combat human trafficking: under-age victims are often not registered. In her lecture, Cleveringa Profes...
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‘Dutch people should take human trafficking more seriously' 12 November 2018Citizens underestimate their role, but they really can make a difference, says legal specialist Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen. Combatting injustice is ...
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Delegation Leiden Law School to Indonesia 07 November 2018At the end of November/early December a delegation from Leiden Law School, led by Dean Joanne van der Leun, will a number of various partner universit...
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Protecting children is what inspires Cleveringa professor Dettmeijer-Vermeulen 01 August 2018Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, the well-known legal expert and Leiden University alumna, was for many years the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in H...
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The story behind the war victims 04 May 2018Herta Mohr was a promising Egyptologist who died in Bergen-Belsen. Lawyer Amandus Wolfsbergen died in Auschwitz, without knowing that the his work wou...
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Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of war 23 April 2018Paul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden Univers...
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students 06 March 2018A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’ 04 December 2017A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also atten...
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From Leiden to Tokyo: Cleveringa around the world 28 November 2017On or around 26 November every year, Cleveringa meetings are organised for Leiden alumni throughout the world. Including in Tokyo, where Professor of ...
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‘War history of Eduard Meijers warrants place in memorial culture’ 28 November 2017A group of confidants including a former student of Meijers managed to avert his deportation to a death camp. In her lecture on 27 November, Clevering...
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Leiden victims of WWII given a face 21 November 2017Every year on 26 November Leiden University commemorates the protest speech given by Professor Cleveringa against the Nazis. At least 663 students, s...