Conference, D&I Event

Learn how silence can benefit your well-being during Work Stress Week from 11 to 15 November. It’s no surprise that we sometimes need a bit of peace and quiet, says Professor of Auditory Culture Marcel Cobussen. ‘Our brain is exposed day and night to auditory stimuli.’

Opting more often for mocktails or soft drinks rather than beer or wine, talking to others about their drinking and pointing out the ban on drugs. Leiden University’s new covenant on alcohol and drugs for study associations encourages providing more alcohol-free alternatives.

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Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?

Debate

A festive start to Christmas in the Great Auditorium at Leiden University. Specially for the University community, the S.M.G. “Sempre Crescendo” Carol Choir will sing traditional Christmas carols, both centuries old and contemporary, interspersed with atmospheric organ music. Come along on 21 December and…

In this event at the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building, we will look at the lives and work of Leiden University staff during the Second World War, in particular Professor Paul Flu. Speeches will be given by university historian Pieter Slaman, researcher Adriënne Baars and Gin Sanches, who conducted…

Network meeting

A festive start to Christmas in the Great Auditorium at Leiden University. Specially for the University community, the S.M.G. “Sempre Crescendo” Carol Choir will sing traditional Christmas carols, both centuries old and contemporary, interspersed with atmospheric organ music. Come and enjoy and…

PhD defence

Our ever-increasing reliance on software and technologies, out of convenience, necessity or otherwise, binds us to supranational and commercial companies that provide them. Is it essential that governments, universities, and researchers ensure that they continue to be in control of their data and software?…

How should the Netherlands and the broader academic community respond to international conflicts? The ‘Space for academic debate’ (‘Ruimte voor academisch debat’) lecture series was launched on 14 June 2024 at Leiden Law School. The series is designed to offer space for Leiden Law School’s students…

On Wednesday the 11th of October Prof. Anne Allison (Duke University) will visit us to give a talk about her new book Being Dead Otherwise (Duke University Press 2023). The talk will take place in our Faculty building, room TBA.

View the meeting schedule and the agenda of the next meeting of the University Council. Do you want to attend a meeting via MS Teams? That's possible after registering with registrar.

View the meeting schedule and the agenda of the next meeting of the University Council. Do you want to attend a meeting via MS Teams? That's possible after registering with registrar.

View the meeting schedule and the agenda of the next meeting of the University Council. Do you want to attend a meeting via MS Teams? That's possible after registering with registrar.

Master's students of Vitality & Ageing work together with older individuals in the so-called ‘Living Lab’ to combat loneliness. You can watch four brief video’s that show their creative solutions for the course ‘the older individual’ that is coordinated by health psychologist Sandra van Dijk and former…

Seventeenth-century Danish scientist Niels Stensen made groundbreaking discoveries in the anatomy of the body and of Earth. This Leiden alumnus’s theories are still relevant, as an exhibition at the Oude UB shows.

Would you like to take a walk with a fellow student who you don’t know? That is the idea behind Walk & Talk. With this new initiative, International Studies aims to provide more opportunities for social contact.

Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.

Study information, On Campus Experience

On Thursday May 11, medical anthropologists from Leiden University organized a festive opening of their new network, the Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network (LUMAN). In August 2022, these Leiden-based scholars started gathering and organizing this new network with two main goals, namely to…

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) was launched in Leiden 20 years ago. LERU is a partnership of 23 leading research universities, including the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Leiden, Leuven and Heidelberg. It celebrated this anniversary last week with a multi-day conference in…

Many will add them to their shopping list without a second thought, but what if you don't have enough money to buy period products each month? The university has recently started providing packs of affordable sanitary pads and tampons in the SchoolSupply vending machines. ‘It's just like providing toilet…

Spring is the season of new beginnings: it’s green outside, the days become longer and the natural world buzzes with new life. It’s a wonderful season to get outdoors and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. A time to leave those screens and meeting rooms behind and get moving. Did you know that a few…

Study information, Online Experience

D&I Event

Research Software on the rise at Leiden University As one of the four pillars of Leiden University's Open Science Program, research software is receiving increased attention as part of our workflows and labour. But what does it mean to center research software at our institution? Where would…

At this conference, we look at how the past, present and future of the governance of migration and diversity intertwine. How, when, and why does the past structure today’s society, and what can or should we expect for the future? Migrations in past decades and decisions taken on how to deal with migration…

Conference, Annual Conference of the Flemish-Dutch Society for Early Modern History

Inclusive leaders create welcoming environments where everyone can be themselves. However, polarisation poses a major challenge. This way of thinking promoting simplistic 'us vs. them' thinking. In this three-days masterclass, we explore the causes and impact of social polarisation and improve your…

On Monday 16 September there will be an open conversation at Leiden University College about impediments, disability and the university as knowledge infrastructure. During this event, Prof. Florencia Herrera, Universidad Diego Portales (Chile), director of the Núcleo Milenio DISCA - Disability &…

The university’s Academic Freedom Core Team is holding a dialogue session on the question: Are there questions that should not be raised at university? All Leiden University students and staff are welcome to participate. The session will be in Dutch but you will be able to ask and answer questions in…

Seven researchers from Leiden University have made a successful application to the Open Competition SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) XS, a Dutch Research Council pilot programme.

Three fundamental research projects at Leiden in physics, chemistry and medical science have received funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They involve research on magnetic fields in the universe, the role of myeloid cells in cancer immunotherapy and the evolution of ancient proteins.

Exhibition

Exhibition

The Leiden University Green Office (LUGO) has teamed up with L.A.S. Terra to help start the Archaeology Green Team at the faculty. To celebrate this special occasion, we organised a movie night just for you. Of course, snacks and drinks will be provided by us Want to join? Sign up via the form and…

An archaeologist as a modern-day shaman. An unexpected comparison Professor by Special Appointment of Public Archaeology Luc Amkreutz will make in his inaugural lecture.

How does loneliness work? What sometimes makes friendships complicated for autistic people? And why can the school building be such an unpleasant place for some pupils? Pupils explored this during their pre-university classes. 'I now have a good idea of what studying psychology entails.'

The central government of the is no longer propagating competition in the higher education. Quite the opposite the cooperation between Dutch Universities in education, research and valorisation, is now promoted from the Ministry of education. But how? There was no blueprint provided, so academics have…

Last week, Leiden University welcomed the rectors of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) to the autumn edition of the Rector’s Assembly. They discussed research, innovation and education policy within the European Union, the challenges and opportunities surrounding defence research,…

Interview with Pieter Slaman who received the LUS Education Prize. What makes the award so special to him and does he already know how he will use his prize money?

On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University and Erasmus MC. With an appointment at a minimum of two of these five academic institutions, they combine technology and healthcare…

Didactics

The rule of law is crumbling in the Netherlands, lawyer Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You warned in her Cleveringa Lecture.

How do we balance policy critique with constructive policy recommendations? How do we navigate power relations between policy makers and (disadvantaged) communities, without estranging either? And what are particularly productive methods for translating our medical anthropological insights into poli…

The 'deepest and sharpest' image of the Universe to date: the first photos from the new James Webb space telescope yesterday mesmerised astronomers and the public alike. Leiden Professor of Molecular Astrophysics, Ewine van Dishoeck, spoke to various media outlets about the first images, which include…

PhD defence