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Judi Mesman awarded Stevin Prize for research on upbringing and diversity
What influence do children’s upbringing and education have on their world view? This is the question Professor Judi Mesman is trying to answer. For her research and public outreach activities, she has just been awarded the prestigious Stevin Prize, the highest award in the Netherlands for a researcher…
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‘Prehistory holds up a challenging mirror to us’
Leiden alumnus Luc Amkreutz is a curator at the National Museum of Antiquities. His exhibition about the submerged landscape of Doggerland highlights what we can learn from prehistory. ‘Just like the people of Doggerland, we are confronted with climate change, but we are responsible for the speed of…
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The colour purple: why it's important to our new Dean
During the New Year's Reception at FSW, new Dean Sarah de Rijcke gave her maiden speech. The first official moment at which she's able to share what she stands for and what to expect of her. In case you weren't there, or you want to read the speech at your own pace, below you can find the integral copy…
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…
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The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. This day has been celebrated in the Netherlands since 1912, usually centring around a specific theme. This year’s theme: solidarity, the power for change.
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’
Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always remained fascinated by her 17th-century series, for which she feels so much love. ‘I kept seeing different, new things.’
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Unravelling the complexity of HIV/AIDS
Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…
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Book ‘De Glazen Toren’: ‘The balance isn't quite right anymore’
Writing a book on the recent history of Leiden University in corona times. For educational and policy historian Pieter Slaman (34), this has meant working in the attic of his parents’ house while they looked after his daughter, along with numerous online conversations and very few, if any, visits to…
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Knowing the ocean means living with uncertainty
As sea levels rise and climate change speeds up, knowledge about the ocean becomes increasingly important. But how is this knowledge being created and how can we use it best to prepare for the future? To answers these questions, Jackie Ashkin studies the day-to-day work of ocean scientists from up c…
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Everyone has the right to good end-of-life care, but what exactly does that entail?
Over the past five years, medical anthropologist Annemarie Samuels has studied palliative care in different parts of the world. Over the next five years, she will focus on end-of-life care in the Netherlands. 'Everyone has the right to good care at the end of their life, but what that means differs…
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Care and the Jewish Experience
Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network
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Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum
Conference
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Model painting with diverse techniques
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Public Ethics Talk: Time for Democracy: The Case for the 4 Day Work Week
Lecture
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Women's Rights in the New Geopolitical Landscape
International Women's Day 2025 - Seminar
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Trial college Law & Society
Study information
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Conference, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Leiden Science Run – Saturday 21 June 2025
Festival
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Public Ethics Talk: The Right to Explanation under Conditions of Epistemic Injustice
Lecture
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Certainty in uncertain times
Lecture, MI 70 years
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Information and Q&A session Air and Space Law
Study information
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Information and Q&A session International Civil and Commercial Law
Study information
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Cancelled: Breaking the Cycle of Heart Attacks
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Two Dialogic Network lectures by Siavash Rafiee Rad and Keramat Fathinia
Lecture
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Live Q&A International Children's Rights
Study information
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Information and Q&A session International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration 11 December
Study information
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Trial college Law and Digital Technologies (Advanced LL.M.)
Study information
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Soldiers of Fortune at Home: Remarks on the Social and Economic Footprint of Cretan Mercenary Wealth in the Hellenistic Period
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Petrus Camper’s Research on Elephants: Cabinets, Menageries, and the Zoology of Exotic Animals in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch
Lecture, COGLOSS Seminar
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Global Geopolitics with Trump: Two Months In
Lunch Seminar
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(In)equalizers - Social and Economic Histories of Inequality(ies) and Difference(s), 1500-2000
Conference, Workshop
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European Border Policing Amidst (Geo-)Political Turmoil
Lecture
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On Mandarin modals and the distribution of subjects
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Minor Information Market
Study information
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Daily Dutch (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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Water frontiers
Lecture, Blue History Network Graduate Forum
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Water governance
Lecture, Blue History Network Graduate Forum
- 10th Anniversary Celebration Adv LLM ICR
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’
On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth company to be given the green light by the European Medicines Agency. As Lead of the Janssen Campus in the Netherlands, Biology alumnus Bart van Zijll Langhout…
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Finding our way out of the hyper-nervous society? ‘Time to pause and reflect on our basic human needs’
Hit the brakes! That’s the advice of the Council for Public Health and Society in a recent report. Eight psychologists share their insights on how to slow down and reconnect.
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Qiang 羌, Rong 戎, Yangtong ⽺同, and Tufan 吐蕃 in Ancient Chinese Sources and Their Tibetan Correspondences
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Study evening: Technology and Police training: Forging the next generation of policing professionals?
Lecture
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Study evening: 'Intelligence-Led Policing: Strategies, Challenges, and the Future'
Lecture
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CANCELLED: Gloves are off: When and why allies use cyber weapons in hybrid scenarios?
Lecture
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Digital Humanities Winter School 2026
Workshops
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Israel-Palestine
Just Peace Festival
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Meet the Employer
Career and apply for jobs
- Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation
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Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC)
Lecture, Studium Generale