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What does a cell eat? This new tool makes it visible
What if you could watch a single cell eat in real time? This could answer questions about diseases such as cancer. PhD candidate Yixuan Wang has developed a glowing chemical tool that makes this possible, revealing how living cells take in nutrients.
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Never home alone: which species share your house (unwanted or not)?
From spiders in the bathroom to mice in the kitchen, we share our homes with far more species than we realise (whether we like it or not). Researchers at Leiden University and the University of Helsinki are collecting stories about how people live alongside these non-human housemates.
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From bowing deer to spider crabs
An introduction to Japanese language and culture: pupils in the enrichment classes at De Morskring primary school in Leiden and De Vink primary school in Voorschoten get this opportunity. Pupils in years 6, 7 and 8 who could do with more of a challenge follow these classes.
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'An opportunity to learn new things myself'
Sang-Ah Yoo is a freelance journalist and is following the lateral entry programme Dutch at ICLON Leiden University. She enjoys showing students what language can do for you.
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A quick chat with Maaike Swart about the programme for organisational development: ‘improvement at multiple levels’
Last year, Maaike Swart moved from coordinating the Strategic Plan implementation agenda to joining the Organisational Development team. As Programme Manager, she has been asked by the Executive Board to help shape Leiden University’s strategic development.
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Hannah DeLacey explains how to outsmart data problems
Hoe voorkom je dat je jouw onderzoeksdata kwijtraakt? Hannah DeLacey, de data steward van de Rechtenfaculteit, vertelt over hoe zij onderzoekers ondersteunt bij datamanagement. Inclusief tips om direct toe te passen.
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Karwan Fatah-Black appointed as UNESCO Chair holder
Karwan Fatah-Black, a historian at Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities and senior researcher at the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, has been appointed as the UNESCO Chair holder in Comparative History of Slavery and the Transition to Citizenship.
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New simulations reveal the cold, dusty reality of galaxy formation
Leiden scientists lead COLIBRE, a groundbreaking set of cosmological simulations. By including key missing physics, cold gas and cosmic dust, they offer the most realistic picture yet of how galaxies formed and evolved since the dawn of time.
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Paper versus practice: border control is in human hands
Even when a border has officially disappeared, it is still people who decide whether others may cross freely. This was also true for the Polish-German border, where PhD candidate Maryla Klajn spend six months conducting fieldwork.
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Masterclass at the Court of The Hague: ‘It’s not just about laws and regulations’
Over the course of eight weeks, twelve law students spent several days at the various sectors of the Court of The Hague where they learned all about the work of judges, judicial assistants and legal advisers. At the final session on 10 March, they shared their experiences.
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‘Don’t assess academic CVs on autopilot’
Hiring academics is more than just tallying up publications, says academic director and history professor Jeroen Duindam. He and his colleagues have come up with tips and guidelines for interview committees that align with the new system of recognition and rewards.
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Import in the Stone Age? How object biographies shed new light on the Neolithic
On April 22, Lasse van den Dikkenberg defended his dissertation: Living with Flint. For this, he examined flint finds from the Rhine-Meuse Delta. These finds belong to the Vlaardingen culture, which existed here from 3400-2500 BC. His research revealed that import played a larger role in the Neolithic…
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What is the role of protest in academic debate?
Protest is a human right and an important way to hold the authorities to account. But how does the right to protest relate to academic freedom and the right to education?
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State’s obligations on Climate Change. A Latin American Perspective
Debate, Panel and public discussion
- Do Communities Build Monuments or Do Monuments Build Communities?
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From Dialectology to Dialectometry 2025
Weekly Workshop
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LUCIR book lecture: Do We Need a Hegemon to Maintain International Order?
Lecture
- Forum Antiquum Lectures Series Spring 2023
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Digital Humanities Pilot Research Projects and COIn Infrastructure Symposium 2026
Symposium
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Iconclass for Image Analysis
Workshop
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The new Right-wing government of José Antonio Kast in Chile: Key Challenges and Possible Outcomes
Lecture
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Humanities PhD Symposium
Conference, Symposium
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Feminist Foreign Policy under Pressure: Latin America and the Caribbean in Times of Conservative Backlash
Conference
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Prompt Power: Using AI Tools for Political Science Research (Leiden session)
Lecture
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Thin sections, Thick Questions
Debate, Expert Meeting
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Mathematics in the age of automated proofs
Conference
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Start second semester (Faculty of Humanities)
Social drinks
- European Days of Languages
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Prompt Power: Using AI Tools for Political Science Research (The Hague session)
Lecture
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Digital Roundtable Series: Collaborating with or for Artificial Intelligence? Session 2
Lecture
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3 October University: Science Market
Festival
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The Complicit Politics of EU Migration Diplomacy
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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OpenSesame Workshop FSW
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Meet your Graduate School – Supervisor and getting your PhD candidate started
Study information, Graduate School
- Start second semester 2026 (Faculty of Humanities)
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Meet your Graduate School – Supervisor and the final phase of the PhD track
Study information, Graduate School
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PhD Hotspot: Bring a Question – Grab a Sandwich
PhD Hotspot
- Community. Conversation. Connection.
- Leiden Translation Talks
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'Coffee with Wouter' for Psychology staff
Drop-in session
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Chinese Miners in Japanese Manchuria, 1905-1945
Conference, Book launch and Roundtable
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Meet Rector Magnificus Sarah de Rijcke over coffee at Leiden Law School
Coffee moment
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Symposium Humanities: What does AI mean for our education?
Conference
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We are Science Week
Festival
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Just Peace Dialogue: Imagining Peace
Just Peace Festival
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Digital Humanities Winter School 2026
Workshops
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Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, On Campus Experience
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Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, On Campus Experience
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‘Let’s try not to lose sight of each other’ – Interview with Annetje Ottow
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a clear impact on Leiden University. Students and staff are angry or scared, feel unsafe and are experiencing group pressure.
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Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).