News
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Photo report of the university float in the Grand Parade 07 October 2024
The Grand Parade was a festive highlight of the 450th anniversary celebration of 3 October. Students and staff members from Leiden University particip...
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’ 07 October 2024
‘What more could I want?’ University and education historian Pieter Slaman is still deeply touched to have been awarded the LUS Education Prize for be...
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world 07 October 2024
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like anoth...
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Tour of the Humanities Hub: ‘These tools allow us to push our research outwards’ 07 October 2024
The tour for programme chairs through the new Humanities Hub covered just one corridor. Previously, the labs were spread across the campus, but now mo...
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Researchers and members of the public bring a sustainable world a little closer 01 October 2024
Researchers, civil servants and local residents met on 27 September to talk about partnering for sustainability. What were the results? In a green ‘ci...
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Beatrice de Graaf to deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture 01 October 2024
On Thursday, December 12, 2024, historian and terrorism expert Beatrice de Graaf will deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leid...
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Why union membership helps: ‘My team is better off thanks to the union’ 01 October 2024
Union membership is important, especially in turbulent times. Unions negotiate on your behalf with your employer about your terms and conditions of em...
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Exhibition featuring 50 years of Leiden’s archaeological excavations in Oss 01 October 2024
Princely graves, swords, pots or just soil discolouration. Leiden archaeologists have been conducting research with students and local archaeologists ...
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Leiden Research Support: how our researchers and support staff achieve success together 01 October 2024
In the complex academic playing field, it is crucial that researchers and research support professionals know how to find each other. At Leiden Univer...
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Sarita Koendjbiharie: ‘Through the dogs, I learned a lot about leadership’ 30 September 2024
University lecturer in Management & Organisation Sarita Koendjbiharie is a welcome lecturer on The Hague campus, and not only because she takes a genu...
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Let’s move! Exercise with your colleagues at work 30 September 2024
Want to get fit at work with your team, department or faculty? In its Let’s Move campaign, the University Sports Centre is making exercise at work eas...
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Sarah Cramsey's "Uprooting the Diaspora" wins the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies 27 September 2024
Sarah Cramsey's first book, Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the "Ethnic Revolution" in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1946, has won the ...
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Results National Student Survey: Lecturer appreciation high, job market preparation remains point for development 27 September 2024
The annual National Student Survey (NSE) was conducted in the first quarter of 2024. A third of all Leiden University students responded. Lecturer app...
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Leiden University & Elsevier Symposium on AI and Academic Publishing 27 September 2024
Artificial Intelligence is likely to have far-reaching consequences for all actors in the realm of academic publishing, including authors, editors, re...
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Manager onboarding: finding your way as a new manager at the university 26 September 2024
For new managers, the dynamic university environment can be a lot to contend with. A special induction programme comprising an online module, an intro...