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Last ILS Lunch Seminar before the summer break with Prof. Pablo Mendes de Leon and Albert van Marwijk KooyOn Thursday 27 June, the last festive ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year takes place. This seminar will feature presentations from two distinguis...
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Osteoarchaeology Laboratory takes centre stage in student video on osteologyOur MSc in Human Osteology student Judyta Olszewski, together with Raven Todd Da Silva, made the first of a series of videos on the study of human bon...
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Mid Term Review 2019As part of our quality control system, we will host the Mid Term Review (2016-2018) on 28 June 2019. In this exercise, our faculty research programmes...
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Jason Laffoon’s Leiden Experience: ‘I am expanding my horizons chronologically and regionally’Back in 2008, Jason Laffoon moved from Chicago to Leiden. He came to join the Faculty of Archaeology’s Caribbean research group as a PhD candidate. No...
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Peer-reviewed student journal Inter-section in the spotlight: ‘We aim at quality work’Point your talented students to Inter-Section! That is the main message of the journal’s Editorial Board. But what exactly is Inter-Section? ‘It is me...
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How does the European Stability Mechanism safeguard financial stability?
On Wednesday 5 June, Kalin Anev Janse, Secretary-General and Management Board Member of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), was invited to give a ...
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Legal community determined to get rid of religious accommodationThere is a crisis in the law concerning the accommodation of religious practice. The legal profession is demanding that the law be changed because it ...
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New collection The International Labour Organisation: 100 years 1919-2019The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was established in 1919 based on the premise that social justice is a condition for lasting peace. On 7 ...
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Hortus receives remarkable inheritance of 5 million eurosThe Leiden Hortus botanicus has received an inheritance of 5 million euros. This is a gift from the estate of Carla van Steijn, who was a loyal visito...
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Statistician Aad van der Vaart Knight in the Order of the Dutch LionDuring a symposium in honour of his 60th birthday, statistician Aad van der Vaart received the royal award of Knight in the Order of the Lion of the N...
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Mariana Gkliati presented at the Refugee Law Initiative International Conference in LondonMariana Gkliati presented on Tuesday 2 June at the 4rth Annual Conference of the Refugee Law Initiative organised at the University of London. The tit...
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Counting plants and small freshwater creatures for citizen scienceLocal residents, scientists and students are investigating riverbanks in Leiden for the 'Bank Plants' citizen science project. Which plant species are...
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Yvonne Erkens speaker at World Conference on Research Integrity in Hong KongYvonne Erkens, Associate Professor at the Department of Labour Law and Social Security co-organised a symposium entitled ‘Misdirected allegations of b...
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Bart Custers appointed at the new chair Law and Data ScienceAs per July 1st 2019, Leiden University has appointed Bart Custers as professor of Law and Data Science. The chair is established at eLaw, the center ...
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Historian Jeroen Duindam receives Austrian Cross of Honour for Arts and Sciences first classOn June 14th, Jeroen Duindam, Professor of History at the Faculty of Humanities, was awarded an exceptionally high distinction for his achievements in...