News
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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...
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Covid graduates sign their names in the Sweat Room 26 May 2023
A graduation ceremony at your laptop in your student room is a huge anticlimax. Many students who graduated during the pandemic were unable to celebra...
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Interdisciplinary research: brainstorming and bridge-building 25 May 2023
Bring over a hundred driven researchers together in one room and the good ideas will start to flow: that was the thinking behind the internal networki...
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Executive Board column: Fire, power cut, evacuate... 25 May 2023
We take it for granted that water comes out of the tap and electricity out of the socket. But that isn’t always the case. Last Tuesday began like any ...
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Donation of personal archive and collection of Leiden Sinologist Robert van Gulik 25 May 2023
The family of the famous diplomat, sinologist and writer Robert van Gulik has donated his personal archive and part of his collection to Leiden Univer...
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Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May 24 May 2023
Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard ...
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies 23 May 2023
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean ...
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A quick call with Caroline de Ruijter about the Kiem grants for interdisciplinary collaboration 23 May 2023
Be it in climate change, public health or artificial intelligence, when different disciplines join forces, science often flourishes. The new small-sca...
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission 23 May 2023
A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. ...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023
Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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Annick van Rinsum about her play: World Politics Three Times 22 May 2023
MA International Relations: Culture and Politics student Annick van Rinsum created a play as a method to research her master’s thesis. “Through writin...
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Botany: a love you can’t force 22 May 2023
Botanical philosopher Norbert Peeters talks about how people treat plants in general and weeds in particular.
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UNESCO Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage 18 May 2023
UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat...
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New Humanities Living Room focuses on 'feeling at home' 18 May 2023
Playing a game, picking a cutting for your room or just having a cup of coffee: it is all possible in the new Humanities Living Room in the Matthias d...
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Community support officer bows out: ‘My face on a mug got me known’ 17 May 2023
He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, commu...