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Indonesian president visits Leiden UniversityPresident Joko Widodo was received on 22 April in the Academy Building at the Rapenburg by Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and Henri Lenferink, Mayor ...
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The impact of EuropeFrom the influx of migrants to the Ukraine referendum: Europe is playing an ever bigger role in our lives. Leiden scientists shed light on development...
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Managing water is managing the future“A partnership based on water” summarised Gerhard van den Top the relationship between the Netherlands and the Philippines in the 4th Louwes Lecture....
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Leiden University launches Data Science research programmeLeiden University is investing 4 million euros in a new Data Science research programme. This is a joint initiative of all the faculties, headed by De...
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Driss Moussaoui: Moroccan psychiatrist with a missionPsychiatrists in Morocco can't ignore Islam. Driss Moussaoui was one of the first modern psychiatrists in this North African country. He delivered the...
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‘Man's empathy comes from language and stories’Man is nature's mind-reading champion: we are better able than any other living beings to empathise with others. This comes in part from our story-tel...
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What drives universities?Studium Generale is organising a series of discussions about what universities are and what they ought to be. The first debate was on 4 April in the A...
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch SenateThe Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch S...
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Hans Daalder (87), Professor Emeritus in Political Science, passes awayIt is with great sadness that we have learned of the death Professor Hans Daalder (4 May 1928 – 4 April 2016).
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‘We haven't finished with Tutankhamun's tomb yet'Sensational, is how Leiden Egyptologist Olaf Kaper described the discovery of two new chambers in the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun. He hopes that a sec...
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Why Leiden’s first Professor of Theology was bannedThe Reformed Church removed preacher Caspar Coolhaes - Leiden’s first Professor of Theology – from office because of his advocacy of tolerance. PhD c...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Bernhard HommelProf. Bernhard Hommel has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). With this grant of 2.5 million euros the cognitive ps...
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Leiden Political Science and International Studies rank highlyLeiden University’s Political Science and International Studies programmes continue to enjoy a solid academic reputation. In the 2016 QS World Univers...
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Growing awareness of sustainability and the environmentFrom underground heat exchangers at the Bio Science Park to drinking taps to replace water coolers. With its new environmental policy plan, Leiden Uni...
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Richard Griffiths wins Coursera Outstanding Educator AwardLeiden Professor Richard Griffiths received the Outstanding Educator Award for Innovation during the annual Coursera Partner Conference on 22 March. T...