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Mark Rutgers on visibility of the Board and managerial visibility
As I cycle to work in the morning, along Rapenburg to the Huizinga Building, I sometimes stop and dismount. The early morning silence and the rising sun that casts a spotlight on the Academy Building can be enchanting. On those days, I use the moment to take a photograph. I already have quite a collection.…
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cleveringa lecture on 24 November historian Gert Oostindie will discuss why colonial domination was not regarded as an issue in Leiden for a long time.
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Inge Schilperoord nominated for the Dutch Libris Prize 2016
Psychology alumna Inge Schilperoord works as a forensic psychologist in the Pieter Baan Centre, a psychiatric observation clinic. Her debut novel 'Muidhond' about a man struggling with his paedophilic tendencies, has received the Bronze Owl 2015 for best Dutch debut novel. Schilperoord: 'The detective…
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Leiden Research Support Network: invisible forces in science
They are not always in the spotlight but are essential to our scientific research: Leiden research support professionals. And their network is growing and professionalising all the time. Over a hundred such professionals shared knowledge and gained inspiration at the Leiden Research Support Network…
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Co-creation with researchers in Indonesia: ‘We welcome misunderstandings’
How do you co-create with researchers in other parts of the world? LDE wants to gather and share knowledge on the grand challenges and to do so across national borders. A delegation of 27 researchers will therefore travel to Indonesia at the end of October to take part in the LDE-BRIN Academy.
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In memoriam: dr. Karin Willemse (1962-2023)
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.
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‘Media appearances are less scary than you might think’: Researchers share their top tips
As a researcher, it can be fun and useful to talk to the media about your work. But on what terms should you agree to do an interview or appear on a talk show? And how do you tell an engaging story? The Media Guide for Researchers is here to help. Three colleagues share their top tips.
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabashed, boisterous drive for the best of physics at the Institute Lorentz, at the Leiden Institute of Physics and in the full international scientific community.…
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Chemist Marc Koper receives Spinoza Prize for research on electrolysis
Professor Marc Koper researches how you can use electrical energy to make or break chemical bonds. He has just been awarded a Spinoza Prize, the Netherlands’ highest personal science award, for his fundamental research into how this form of electrolysis works.
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A podium for science
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. This edition…
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti were unable to reap benefits from this. PhD candidate Anita van der Hulst researched why so few Roma and Sinti went on to higher education. PhD defence on…
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Experts on the war in Ukraine, two years later: ‘Europe learned a lot from the war, help each other and don’t give up’
The one-day symposium ‘War in Europe: the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine two years on’ on 23 February 2024
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How does the European Union deal with distinctiveness?
On 31 January 2024, Alex Schilin defended his dissertation ‘United in Distinctiveness: The Institutionalisation of Differentiated Integration in Economic and Monetary Union during the Sovereign Debt Crisis.’ What motivated him to research this specific topic, and how did he tackle this project? And…
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Fifty years of left-wing extremism examined: 'Lenient approach has a positive effect'
After a career spanning decades in intelligence services, Berrie Hanselman could have simply retired, but he chose not to. The Achterhoek native decided to continue and even earn a PhD on his subject: left-wing extremism. Gaining insight into the life of the left-wing activist who does not shy away…
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Highlights of 2025 at Leiden Law School
2025 was a year to remember at our faculty. We celebrated our 450th anniversary, launched new degree programmes and welcomed many inspiring speakers, yet we also felt the weight of budget constraints. Our year in a nutshell:
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Statement on Academic Freedom – The Rectors of the Dutch Universities (2025)
Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecological restoration would be severely limited; just like ethical reflection on artificial intelligence, justice, trauma, parenting, faith and hope. All these…
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Leiden Research Support Conference 2023
Conference
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Work Stress Week 2024: free activities to help reduce work-related stress
Workshops
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Ideophones in Brazilian Portuguese: focusing on Afro-diasporic contexts in Brazil
Lecture, This Time for Africa! series
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Once upon a War: Truth and Subversion in Iranian War Literature
Lecture
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(CANCELLED) Incorporating Scientific Materialism in an Islamic Worldview: The Perspective of Abdullah Cevdet
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Discover the Realities of North Korea: An Evening with Defectors Lee Young-Hyeon and Lee Byung-Lim
Lecture
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Plant occurrence in space and time: the importance of land use, habitat structure, and pollination mode
PhD defence
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
Lecture
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Meet Stichting We zien mekaar
Meet & chat
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SAILS & Una Europa Joint Lunch Seminar: Using AI and VR to train surgeons and assistants
Lecture
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Demons, Monks, and Merchants: Fate and Individual Agency in Ming Vernacular Short Stories (huaben)
Lecture, China Seminar
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Metacontrol in the Brain
PhD defence
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Discourse in contact: an areal study of wish formulae in Daghestan
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Series '24/'25
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Minimalism in Malay Verbal Art: towards a cognitive poetic approach of allusion in Malay
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Computational modeling of non-native phonetic learning and spoken word processing
Lecture
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Jan Kleijssen, Hans Franken-lecture 2023
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
- Discover Brussels with Career Service
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Workshop: Formulating impactful advice to researchers and building trust
Workshop
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Safe & Sound: Symposium on Social Safety in Fieldwork
Conference
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Transferable Skills
Lunchbyte XL
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Movie Screening: Gail and Bharat (2025), directed by Somnath Waghamare
Movie Screening | SSEALS
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Birth of beautiful brides: Rise and transformation of the female gender roles and responsibilities among the Maasai pastoralists of Kenya
Lecture
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Do societal promises influence patent value? An analysis of inventions in artificial intelligence
CWTS Seminar
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Let’s Connect webinar: Open communication
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Ñii Ñu’u - Sacred Skin
Film screening and Q&A
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OSCoffee: Introducing the Leiden Academia in Motion programme
Lecture
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Frontiers of Children's Rights Summer School
Course
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Terms of Exchange. Brazilian Intellectuals and the French Social Sciences
Conference, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Gig economy and digital labour in Iran: what space for workers’ rights between public discourses and legal practices?
Lecture, Research Seminar
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ASCL Seminar: Animals in Africa - Human-animal relationships through the lenses of decoloniality and ubuntu
Lecture
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A new impetus for EU enlargement?
Lecture, Seminar
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Lorentz Lecture - Why study islands?
Lecture