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Leiden delegation expands collaborations with the University of Ghana 11 December 2025The Leiden Africa Platform is pleased to announce that a partnership agreement between Leiden University and the University of Ghana was signed in Nov...
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Podcasts for the holidays 11 December 2025Long evenings and closed university buildings make a perfect combination for listening to podcasts. Over the past six months, staff, students and alum...
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LUF grant for Urban Studies aims to make The Hague safer and greener 11 December 2025Starting this semester, Urban Studies students will be able to work on the urban development of the municipality of The Hague. A LUF incentive grant w...
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Annual Review 2025 10 December 2025In 2025, students, lecturers, researchers and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities were once again at the heart of society. They demonstrated the impor...
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National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection 10 December 2025On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Lit...
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Peter Webb Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant for groundbreaking research on Pre-Islamic Arabia 09 December 2025Dr Peter Webb (LIAS) has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project Geo-Poetic Analysis of Pre-Islamic Arabia (GeoPo).
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Leiden historian and Arabist awarded ERC Consolidator Grants 09 December 2025Historian Paul van Trigt and Arabist Peter Webb have been awarded Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two ...
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Five questions about improving our educational logistics 09 December 2025The university is exploring how to improve our educational logistics. Deputy Director of Operations and project leader Joop van Pijkeren answers five ...
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Luris turns 20: ‘Our research drives real-world impact and innovations’ 09 December 2025It’s been exactly 20 years since Luris first began working with Leiden’s researchers and students to create an impact on society. To celebrate this an...
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Leiden University signs manifesto: ‘Think green, act green’ 09 December 2025Knowledge institutions play a unique role in society and can contribute to a future-proof and sustainable world. That’s why Leiden University has sign...
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Over a third of Leiden’s professors are women, just above national level 08 December 2025The proportion of female professors at Dutch universities is increasing, but at a modest rate. At 34.2%, Leiden University is in the top three. These ...
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Chris Handy excels in hacking competition: ‘Everything we find helps us to secure research data better’ 08 December 2025During the HALON hacking competition, 28 teams had one goal: to find as many vulnerabilities as possible in the systems of Dutch higher education inst...
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Discontinuation of the Development of the Master’s in Environmental Humanities 08 December 2025In recent months, a number of academics, a sounding board group and the relevant directors of education, in collaboration with Campus The Hague, have ...
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Verena Ly appointed as PhD Confidential Counsellor 08 December 2025As of 15 October, Verena Ly has been appointed as the new PhD confidential counsellor for the Faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Governance...
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New security policy and amended security measures at Campus The Hague 04 December 2025The university is responsible for the safety of over 40,000 people who work, study and visit around 50 buildings in Leiden and The Hague. Find out whi...