News
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New DIKTI-Leiden Fellowship for Indonesian Special Collections 12 June 2023
Every year, the DIKTI-Leiden Fellowship programme offers three senior (postdoc) researchers affiliated with a state or private university in Indonesia...
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New Cluster South building progresses steadily 09 June 2023
The new Cluster Zuid building is progressing steadily. The glass roof over the atrium has been installed and the window frames are being fitted. The f...
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Now available: Open Science: A Practical Guide for Early-Career Researchers 09 June 2023
This practical guide is aimed at PhD candidates, Research Master Students, and early-career researchers from all academic disciplines. The instruction...
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Help desks switch to inclusive salutation: ‘Times change, and we change with them’ 06 June 2023
Dear Sir or Madam? Many colleagues think that sounds out of date. That is why the hundreds of thousands of automated messages sent by university help ...
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Finally signing the walls of the Sweat Room: 'That really is the finishing touch' 05 June 2023
An online ceremony, no party and then no signature in the Sweat Room: during the pandemic, many graduation traditions could not take place. Now anyone...
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Take a sneak peek at the new Gorlaeus building 05 June 2023
Want to see how the most important building on our Science Campus at Leiden Bio Science Park is taking shape? Come and find out on Construction Day (D...
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Faculty of Humanities joins 'Hidden Disabilities Sunflower' 05 June 2023
A hidden disability can make studying a considerable challenge, partly because of the disability itself, but also because others may not realise that ...
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Executive Board column: Why our collaboration with Indonesia is so important 02 June 2023
This month, I and a group of enthusiastic researchers went on a knowledge mission to Indonesia, visiting different universities and other knowledge in...
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Teaming up with Portugal: as a doctor, how do you talk to a patient? 02 June 2023
As a doctor, coming to a decision together with a patient: how do you do that in the best possible way? Researchers Geert Warnar and Roosmaryn Pilgram...
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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' 02 June 2023
As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectivenes...
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Depot or place of honour: what to do with Nobel laureates in the museum? 01 June 2023
What do you do with a museum collection full of individual white Nobel laureates at a time when diversity, inclusion and teamwork reign supreme? Ad Ma...
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BA Classics students staging a production of Hecuba: ‘It really brings a tragedy to life.’ 01 June 2023
Translating texts, rehearsing scenes or practising music. Over the last few weeks, students of the BA Classics programme have been focused on just one...
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Diplomacy may look very different in space than on Earth 30 May 2023
A symposium on space diplomacy for experts and the general public will take place in The Hague on Monday 12 June. Everyone has an interest in learning...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023
Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men 26 May 2023
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected...