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European CLIL community gathers in Leiden 08 November 2024Recently, ICLON welcomed some 75 colleagues from 15 European countries for a meeting on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in research an...
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Word from the LUCSoR Chair: September 2024 07 November 2024When I posted the post below on the LUCSoR Twitter account a few months ago, I didn’t fully realise how aspirational that final sentence would be: ‘ra...
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy 07 November 2024The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. O...
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Law track launched for master's in Governance of Migration and Diversity 07 November 2024The master's programme in Governance of Migration and Diversity has expanded to include a Law track (LL.M.). Law students can now enrol in this master...
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KWF funding for research on culturally sensitive palliative care 06 November 2024Providing good information to patients is crucial, especially in their final phase of life. Not all patients want to receive full details about their ...
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Michiel Westenberg advocates prevention for social anxiety: ‘Why wait until the damage has been done?’ 06 November 2024Shyness is perfectly normal, Michiel Westenberg stated in his farewell lecture. But that doesn’t mean that social anxiety shouldn’t be identified and ...
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Silver and light: a powerful combination with the potential to save lives 06 November 2024Packages of DNA strands containing silver, measuring just two or three nanometres in size. Leiden physicists Donny de Bruin and Dirk Bouwmeester creat...
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Adjudication of war crimes: Keeping sight of cultural sensitivities 05 November 2024Courts that adjudicate war crimes or other crimes against humanity are increasingly taking regional norms and cultural values into consideration. PhD ...
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Political scientist teaches VWO pupils: ‘some knew more than I did at that age’ 05 November 2024It is a full classroom: more than 30 pupils from 5 and 6 vwo are present to listen to political scientist Leila Demarest's lecture. She gives a brief ...
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Combining high-level sports and work: ‘It makes me better at both’ 05 November 2024She works four days a week as a project manager at LIACS and trains six days a week with the Dutch Para Climbing team. Christiane Luttikhuizen balance...
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How to re-socialise Big Tech? A major study examines the tricks and traps of social media 05 November 2024Humans are increasingly losing agency on social media. A team of legal scholars from Leiden University, computer scientists from other universities an...
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European grants for research on ultrathin membranes and the biological clock in bacteria 05 November 2024Two research groups involving Leiden University have been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on the development ...
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MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD): Visit to Brussels and EU Institutions 04 November 2024Between the 16 and 18 October, 85 Advanced MSc International Relationsand Diplomacy first-year students accompanied by team members embarked on an aca...
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Alumnus Heidi Burrows: ‘Children are inherently vulnerable’ 04 November 2024What is it like to study law in the Netherlands as an international? Alumnus Heidi Burrows came to the Netherlands from the UK to study International ...
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk appointed to EC Expert Group on EU Criminal Policy 04 November 2024In October 2024, Jannemieke Ouwerkerk, Professor of European Criminal Law, was appointed to the European Commission’s (EC) Expert Group on EU Criminal...