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Floris Harm studied Chinese, just like one of his ancestors: ‘We’re both trying to promote mutual understanding’ 17 June 2025
When Floris Harm took up his role as director of the Leiden Asia Centre, he made a remarkable discovery on the university website. It turned out that ...
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Faculty Board column: Where do we stand now? 16 June 2025
Read the latest column from the Faculty Board here, with an update on the faculty's current situation and our next steps.
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Evening of Languages 26 September – Will You Join Us? 16 June 2025
On 26 September – the European Day of Languages – we will shine a spotlight on our rich array of language and culture programmes. The faculty is organ...
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Fifth edition of LEAP launched 16 June 2025
After a semester of brainstorming, writing, rewriting and editing, the time has come: the fifth edition of Leiden Elective Academic Periodical (LEAP) ...
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This course brings opera into the classroom: ‘Many themes are still relevant today’ 13 June 2025
What can opera tell us about societies in the past and present? Leiden honours students went looking for an answer, together with students from the Du...
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‘Whenever you need European partners, Una Europa should be your first step’ 12 June 2025
Eight Leiden University research teams recently received €15,000 each to take their research to the next level through Una Europa. Dario Fazzi, one of...
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‘Don’t let open science degenerate into a data dump’ 12 June 2025
An endless stream of publications, data and software accessible to all. It might sound idealistic, but Professor of Science Studies Thed van Leeuwen w...
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The Chinese Queer Collection - A Workshop for Activists, Archivists and Academics at Leiden University 12 June 2025
To celebrate the formal launch of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏), promote Chinese queer studies scholarship, and raise the vis...
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede 11 June 2025
Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede (1750-1837) fought for greater popular influence with blazing pamphlets and even a coup d’état. In his PhD dissertation, ...
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Save the date: Inter- en transdisciplinary event 'Knowledge Orchard' 28 november 2025 11 June 2025
The Knowledge Orchard is a jubilee event at Leiden University to highlight, stimulate and strengthen inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation inside a...
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Alumni from the French Language and Culture programme return to Leiden: ‘I feel like an ambassador for the language’ 10 June 2025
The pews of the Walloon Church were filled on Friday 23 May, as more than 120 former students of the French Language and Culture programme gathered to...
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Esther Rachow presents 'New Paradigms of Holocaust Education in the Digital Age' at the Austria Centre Leiden 10 June 2025
In April 2025, Ms. Esther Rachow from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem presenting her ongoing doctoral research at an Austria Centre Leiden lunch-ti...
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‘We’re already at war – we’re just acting as though we’re not’ 10 June 2025
‘Our infrastructure is under attack, elections are being influenced and political assassinations being committed. We’re already at war – it just looks...
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How can we future-proof our teaching and education? 10 June 2025
Innovative, future-proof teaching methods were the theme of the tenth Leiden Teachers’ Academy Education Conference that took place on 5 June. In time...
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English Department turns 75: English Studies alive and kicking in Leiden 06 June 2025
At the end of May, the Leiden English Language and Culture Programme, formerly known as the Department of English Language and Literature, celebrated ...