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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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Greater job satisfaction thanks to a career coach: ‘All the puzzle pieces fell into place’
You need not be completely miserable in your current job to start a discussion about your professional development. And if internal career coaching still feels like too big a step, you can take a look at the university’s Career Platform instead.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.
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Back to Leiden for the Science Run: ‘As founder, I just have to participate'
Once a year, former employee and avid runner Dennis Hoencamp returns to his old workplace. That’s when he competes in the Leiden Science Run. As an event coordinator, he once devised the relay race as an anniversary activity. It grew into an annual event for the entire University and the Bio Science…
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Confidence is the byword for Director of Research Lotte van Dillen
Lotte van Dillen has every confidence in the Executive Board of new-style Institute Psychology. ‘If we work on the basis of everyone’s good intentions, we’re going to do great.’ If you lack confidence, you’re not the kind of person to jump on your bike and go off to Sicily. Want to find out more about…
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Timo Kos on the cuts and elections: ‘We’re fighting for the future of our university’
The university may seem a bit subdued in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 29 October. The media has barely mentioned education as an election issue, but behind the scenes the university is lobbying hard, says acting President of the Executive Board, Timo Kos. ‘We’re fighting for the future of our…
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The future belongs to the youth, but perhaps not in Netherlands
Three professors voice their concerns about a vulnerable group in our society: children who come into contact with youth care.
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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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Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022!
On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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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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Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast
Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the international synthetic biology competition iGEM, the team is working on an innovative method to produce nanobodies—a special form of antibodies—using brewer’s…
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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Symposium: The Power of Dialogue in Education
Conference
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(CANCELLED) Incorporating Scientific Materialism in an Islamic Worldview: The Perspective of Abdullah Cevdet
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Use and misuse of GenAI in assessment: who needs guidelines?
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The Power of Empathy in International Development Work: Beyond Policies and Numbers
Lecture
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Towards the Establishment of a New International Humanitarian Law Compliance Mechanism
PhD defence
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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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Cracking the 3D Paradata Puzzle
Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group
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Connect & Protect: meet the FGGA Ethics Committee
Network meeting
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
Lecture
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In Search of a Homo Economicus Javanicus. From J. H. Boeke to Clifford Geertz.
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Facilitating Challenging Classroom Conversations
Course, Lunchbyte
- Presentation Book Panta Rhei: Recht en Duurzaamheid
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Asia Academy #18: ChatGPT vs Deepseek: China's Rise as AI Power
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Introduction to ALICE Workshop
Workshop
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LUCIR US Elections Roundtable 1: Comparative perspectives on campaigning, polarisation, and political violence
Debate
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Metacontrol in the Brain
PhD defence
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Business Studies Seminar (BUSS) series
Debate, Seminar
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A Pursuit of Ontological Truth in Aristotle's Philosophy
PhD defence
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Computational modeling of non-native phonetic learning and spoken word processing
Lecture
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Asia Academy #20: 75 Years of Korean War: The Long Shadow
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Book Publishing for Junior Scholars 2025
Conference, Workshop
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ASCL Seminar: The Blue Values Journey to Research and Resilience in Coastal Africa
Lecture
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COI Conference 2023: Towards just institutional approaches to conflict prevention and resolution
Conference
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What is happening in Yemen?
Debate
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Talking Palestine: The Politics of Narrating the Conflict
Lecture
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Reporting Reality: Women’s Rights in India
Debate, Leiden Asia Academy
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Striving for Affect: Amateur Readers and Aswany's Bestsellers on Social Media
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Trans and Non-Binary Peer Support Group
Debate, Meeting
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Open Science Week 2024
Festival
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Transferable Skills
Lunchbyte XL
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Errance and Border Transgressors: African Mobilities from Dakar to the Atlantic | Research Seminar
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Before Temples
PhD defence
- Histories Connected
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Book Launch and Discussion: Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America
Lecture, Book Launch and Discussion
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Book Launch Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society
Book launch
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Machine Translation Literacy for (language) teachers
Workshop