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Humanities Campus update: Doelengracht participation process complete 22 November 2022The third and final participation session was held on 20 September; the evening was attended by local residents, business owners, students and other s...
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Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant 22 November 2022Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch ...
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA 21 November 2022Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natu...
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’ 21 November 2022Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iran...
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Leiden University’s humanities in top 30 of Times Higher Education Rankings 17 November 2022Leiden University's humanities have one of the top places in the Times Higher Education Rankings. This year, we were placed 26th.
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Art project has students and lecturers reflecting on pressure to succeed 17 November 2022What does it mean to be the ‘perfect student’? This is the focus of the Perspectify exhibition, which was opened on 16 November by President of the Ex...
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Great interest in LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability 15 November 2022Today marks the launch of the LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability. Students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University will wor...
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Painting removed from wall in spontaneous action: ‘We are going to discuss this and reach a decision’ 15 November 2022During a meeting at the University on 10 November, staff spontaneously removed a painting by artist Rein Dool from the wall in one of the meeting room...
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Introducing: Manon Post and Efstathia Dionysopoulou 14 November 2022Manon Post and Efstathia Dionysopoulou recently joined the Institute for History as a PhD candidate and postdoc in the framework of the "Anchoring Inn...
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Lorentz Medal awarded in Leiden in presence of Minister Dijkgraaf 11 November 2022Within the scope of Leiden European City of Science, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) presented the quadrennial Lorentz Medal...
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Outreach symposium: ‘We’ve got so much talent and creativity at our university’ 11 November 2022As an academic, it’s not easy to communicate your research to society – and in a language people will understand. With its Outreach Grant Symposium, Y...
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Actively working with the teaching material in the classroom 10 November 2022How do you get more interaction with your students during class? Paz Gonzalez has devised a method by which she gives her students an active role duri...
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Museum Talks: ‘Our access to the past starts with in-depth knowledge of objects’ 10 November 2022Geert-Jan Janse has always been fascinated by the way objects can bring the past closer. On 16 November, he will present a Museum Talk about his work ...
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’ 10 November 2022For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin ...