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Successful On-Campus Master’s Experience Day: ‘It will help me to make a good choice’ 20 March 2023The Faculty of Humanities’ On-Campus Master’s Experience Day was a pleasantly busy event. The information sessions and corresponding information marke...
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Provincial council election results prove democracy is functioning well 20 March 2023Voters sent a clear signal in the recent Dutch provincial council elections with the 'monster' victory for the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBewe...
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European law takes precendence over Dutch law in nitrogen issue 20 March 2023Statements made by Caroline van der Plas about nitrogen emissions and European law are incorrect: Armin Cuvyers on Dutch radio EenVandaag programme’s...
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Food destruction and depopulation. How the Dutch East India Company gained a clove monopoly on the Ambon islands 17 March 2023Nutmeg, mace and cloves: spices the Dutch East India Company (VOC) wanted to get its hands on. PhD candidate Tristan Mostert conducted research into t...
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Home magazines of yesteryear: Upholsterers were the interior designers of the eighteenth century' 17 March 2023Today, anyone wanting a new look for their living room watches a home decorating programme or buys an interior design magazine. In the eighteenth cent...
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What do we define as urban green space? 17 March 2023When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature th...
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'The use of online translation machines in healthcare settings may involve certain risks' 16 March 2023Researcher and lecturer Susana Valdez investigates how migrants make use of online translation technology in medical situations. Her research suggests...
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Asscher and Smulders present their research at the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights 16 March 2023On 3 and 4 March, the 2nd Doctoral Seminar on International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law was held a...
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Monique Koemans likes a front-row seat to history in the making 16 March 2023She moved from Sydney to London to Washington, but Leiden was there throughout. ‘Leiden is a surprising constant in my life,’ says alumnus Monique Koe...
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Tom Barkhuysen advises General Council of Netherlands Bar on supervision of legal profession 16 March 2023For some time now, discussions have been held within the legal profession in the Netherlands about strengthening supervision in the sector and the est...
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot' 16 March 2023When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight ye...
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Leiden wins best role-play award in the Frits Kalshoven International Humanitarian Law Competition 2023 15 March 2023Every year, the Netherlands Red Cross and Belgian Red Cross-Flanders organise the Frits Kalshoven IHL Competition. This competition aims to provide st...
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Photo report Career Prep 15 March 2023On Thursday 2 March, Career Prep took place at the end of the afternoon for the third time this year. Enthusiastic students were able to participate a...
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Meet & Mix: Speed dating with Traineeships: 'Thanks to the event, I have a clearer idea about what I want to do after my studies' 15 March 2023On Wednesday 8 March, the 'Meet & Mix: ‘Speed dating with Traineeships’ event took place in Wijnhaven. Trainees, employees and HR advisers from differ...
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Rianne Scheerhoorn: 'I am extremely happy that I joined the Central Government Traineeship Programme' 15 March 2023Rianne Scheerhoorn is a government trainee at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Qua...