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Professor Marlou Schrover bids farewell 02 March 2026Marlou Schrover played an important role in the study of migration history for many years. Now she is bidding farewell.
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Unequal academic freedom: women’s expertise more likely to be questioned 27 February 2026‘You’re not a real academic.’ This is a comment Nadia Bouras has heard often. It illustrates how women experts, particularly women of colour, are not ...
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Municipal elections: visit these debates in The Hague 26 February 2026A number of election debates will be taking place in the run-up to the municipal elections on 18 March 2026. Leiden University and its partners in The...
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Leiden Research Support: ‘We aim to be the one stop where researchers get their questions answered’ 26 February 2026From forwarding promising calls and arranging budgets to assisting in legal issues and keeping track of important deadlines: to associate professor Ro...
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Teams formed to lead university themes 26 February 2026The teams that will lead the themes guiding Leiden University’s strategic positioning in the coming years have been formed.
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Iran deserves our attention: ‘We must share our knowledge about this conflict’ 26 February 2026‘Don’t forget us. Don’t stop talking about Iran.’ In a packed lecture hall at the new Spui Campus in The Hague, a panel discussion was held this Tuesd...
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Vici grants for research into antibodies, galaxies and Indigenous communities 26 February 2026Three Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vici grant by the Dutch Research Council. The funding of up to 1.5 million euros supports ‘talented, adve...
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Puck Rouffaer wins the Volkskrant-IISG thesis prize 26 February 2026Puck Rouffaer has won the Volkskrant-IISG thesis prize with her master's thesis on psychiatrist Coen van Emde Boas. Leiden University student Nina Wit...
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Four years of war in Ukraine: what Europe can learn from the battlefield 25 February 2026Four years of war in Ukraine have transformed the nature of warfare, with drones, digital defence systems and improvised solutions shaping the battlef...
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Hub for Impactful and Engaged Research launched 24 February 2026The Hub for Impactful and Engaged Research is a new collaboration that brings together five leading educational institutions in the province of Zuid-H...
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Evanthia's minor now allows her to combine her favourite subjects 24 February 2026From a bachelor's degree in English Language and Culture to a master's degree in International Relations: a minor made it possible for Evanthia Andrea...
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Decolonisation at university: ‘There was a feeling that something new and positive was happening’ 24 February 2026Much research into the colonial past of scientific institutions stops as soon as a colony gains independence. In two new projects, university lecturer...
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‘Violence has meaning’: what drives people to use it? 23 February 2026Violence such as assault or head-butting causes pain, shock and distress. It is often seen as savage or senseless. But for those who commit it, violen...
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COIn grant enables Leiden researchers to improve their research infrastructure 23 February 2026The COIn grants enable researchers to improve the infrastructure for their research. The four initiators of two projects explain how the grant has hel...
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In memoriam: Vincent van Heuven (1949-2026) 23 February 2026Vincent van Heuven passed away unexpectedly on Friday 6 February 2026 at the age of 76 at his home in Kûbaard (Friesland), the Netherlands.