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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed 08 June 2023
Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and ec...
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LUF grant for Sanne Willems 08 June 2023
The Leiden University Fund (LUF) Committee for Academic Expenditure (CWB) has awarded a 35.000 euro grant to statistics researcher Sanne Willems. This...
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'Here I can grow in both science and art' 08 June 2023
A passion for video games, visuals and science: it almost seems impossible to bring all of this together. Yet, scientific animator Vera Williams found...
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An inside view from the International Relations MA 06 June 2023
'After my BA International Studies I decided to do the MA International Relations, and that proved to be a good choice,' Mats Radeck (23, Trier, Germa...
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Honours Conference brings ‘equally ambitious students’ together 06 June 2023
At the Honours Conference, honours students shared interesting projects and valuable lessons learned during their honours education. As icing on the c...
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DEN Award for Streaming the Past project: 'A truly innovative way to engage with new audiences' 06 June 2023
Back in 2021, the project Streaming the Past, an NWA funded project ran by Leiden University and the VALUE Foundation, launched to take a young audien...
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Editorial: Responsibilities in the pursuit of employee well-being 06 June 2023
What are we referring to when we talk about ‘good work’? And what does it mean to be a good employer? Helen Pluut and Merel Cornax address these quest...
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'Maths is just plain fun' 06 June 2023
Gianne Derks is the MI’s new scientific director from 1 May. She has worked abroad longer than in the Netherlands and, after more than 27 years in Sur...
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Roundtable Conference on the Constitutional Process in the East African Community and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali 06 June 2023
What should a confederal constitution for the EAC look like? And what are the legal challenges for making the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) work? A...
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National flower: The daisy is everywhere thanks to men with mowers 06 June 2023
The daisy has been crowned the Netherlands’ national flower. This was revealed on Sunday in the National Flower vote on the Vroege Vogels radio show. ...
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Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine 06 June 2023
The impact of war extends beyond destroyed buildings and torn families. In bilingual Ukraine, the ongoing war with Russia is a major driver for increa...
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How polluting buildings and machinery make rich countries ever richer 06 June 2023
Rich countries are getting richer because of environmentally polluting (construction) investments from the past, largely at the expense of poor countr...
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Can we make bioplastics with artificial photosynthesis? 05 June 2023
Mimicking photosynthesis to produce bioplastics sustainably and efficiently. Researchers from the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) and the Leiden Ins...
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Alumna Gaby van de Wal: 'Don’t worry, you’ll be all right' 05 June 2023
'The kind of knowledge you gain in International Studies can take you anywhere,' says Gaby van de Wal (26, The Hague, The Netherlands), who graduated ...
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Finally signing the walls of the Sweat Room: 'That really is the finishing touch' 05 June 2023
An online ceremony, no party and then no signature in the Sweat Room: during the pandemic, many graduation traditions could not take place. Now anyone...