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Partnership with Baker McKenzie for organization Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition 2021From Monday 7 to Friday 11 June 2021, the fourth (virtual) edition of The Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition takes place.
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Book Landscapes of Survival sheds new light on the habitation of the Jordan desertsDecember 2020 saw the crowning publication of the Landscapes of Survival project by Professor Peter Akkermans. Its main topic is human habitation in m...
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Spitting cobra leads to Science publicationSpitting cobra venom composition has been influenced by defensive behaviour according to an international research team. This may have originated from...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorshipTen Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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The Mystery of the Pointy DropletsA certain type of oil droplets changes shape when cooled and shrunk: from spherical through icosahedral to flat hexagonal. Two competing theories coul...
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NICA is moving to LeidenSince 1 January Leiden has a new graduate school. The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), previously based at the University of Amster...
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Yvonne Erkens publishes article on innovation in the field of corporate social responsibilityWorldwide fundamental labour rights in supply chains are violated. Since the Rana Plaza disaster shook the world, we can no longer turn our heads.
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Francesca Arici wants to raise maths awareness in societyMathematician Francesca Arici has joined the Raising Public Awareness Committee of the European Mathematical Society. She aims to coordinate and unite...
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Felienne Hermans receives Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021The Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021 goes to Felienne Hermans, associate professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science. She receives...
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Report: what does our urban mine have to offer?On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them...
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Call for Papers: Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic EmpireEmbedding Conquest: Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic Empire, Leiden, 6-8 December 2021
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Call for papers: Expectations of justiceExpectations of justice and political power in the Islamicate world (ca. 600-1500 CE). Leiden University, October 27-29, 2021
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Leiden archaeologists discover an early form of money from Prehistoric Central EuropePeople in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catali...
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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law proud of Sarah Deaney and Eline van SlijpeOn Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Leiden Law School thesis prizes were awarded at the New Year’s event.
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“This China alumni network is a way to give something back to Leiden”If you would want to set up an alumni network after you graduated in Leiden and returned to your home country, how would you go about it? Seven Leiden...