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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’18 January 2022As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with ...
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam27 October 2021Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Gro...
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University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’09 June 2021After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protest...
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A university in times of corona: one year on15 March 2021It is exactly one year ago that the university had to close, bang in the middle of the academic year. Suddenly, on that third Monday in March, we foun...
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Sculptures provide more diverse view of University’s history04 February 2021Three new initiatives will provide a more diverse view of Leiden’s academic history, literally and figuratively: a historical study on the background ...
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Pussy Riot and other stories about the Academy Building04 February 2021In her book Rap 73, Dorrit van Dalen shares intimate anecdotes and what for many are previously unknown stories about the Academy Building and its use...
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Book ‘De Glazen Toren’: ‘The balance isn't quite right anymore’04 February 2021Writing a book on the recent history of Leiden University in corona times. For educational and policy historian Pieter Slaman (34), this has meant wor...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship22 January 2021Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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Still the cat’s whiskers: De Kattekop nursery at 4001 September 2020If there’s one place at the University where it doesn’t matter where you come from, it’s De Kattekop. This, the University nursery, celebrates its 40t...
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Josephus Scaliger: famous scholar and grouch26 June 2020Josephus Justus Scaliger was one of the most famous scholars of his time and yet today his name is likely to be met with blank looks. His corresponden...
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’04 June 2020The Pilgrims to America exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal inspires reflection. How far do you go in the quest for freedom? It focuses on the Pilgrims’ ...
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Anar Ahmadov awarded fellowship at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study29 May 2020Anar Ahmadov, Assistant Professor of Political Economy at LUC, has been awarded NIAS Individual Fellowship by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced S...
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Looking back on an extraordinary Remembrance Day05 May 2020This year’s Remembrance Day on 4 May was more intimate than ever. Although it was not possible to come together as usual, an online lecture by Ethan M...
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories23 April 2020Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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‘A doctor! You?’ Three women on their PhD and career03 March 2020Rietje Knaap’s (83) PhD was a real feat of endurance, but she persisted. ‘You’re married so you don’t need a pension, do you?’ What are the experience...