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Join the Humans of Humanities film premiere in Trianon!The humanities consist of various academic fields. But what is the common ground of all these different academics and students? And why does their wor...
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Snake venom glands grown in labFor the first time, researchers were able to grow organoids from snake venom glands. The lab-grown 3-D structures can produce snake venom molecules. T...
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Christa Tobler Participates in a panel on the topic "Framework Agreement CH-EU: What happens after the termination initiative?On 18 January 2020 Christa Tobler took part in a fireside talk on the above-mentioned topic, together with European Parliamentarian Andreas Schwab, Sw...
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From energy transition to green infrastructure in The Hague: students and municipalities join forcesCan students help make our cities more sustainable and resilient? The Resilient Cities Hub thinks so: during its knowledge café on 16 January, passion...
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LUCDH awards Small Grant research funds for 2020The Leiden University Centre for the Digital Humanities (LUCDH) is delighted to announce this year's recipients of a Small Grant award. These awards t...
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Orpheus Instituut acquires prestigious library Ton KoopmanThe Orpheus Instituut acquires the prestigious library of Ton Koopman. The focus of the collection is 17th- and 18th-century music, its cultural conte...
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How the Dutch Press brought foreign suffering close in the Seventeenth CenturyThe big European wars of religion ended with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, but still religious minorities were persecuted in Europe....
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Two Van Bergen Prize winners: bringing Dutch and international students togetherNot one, but two initiatives have been awarded with the Van Bergen Prize at the Diversity Symposium on 22 January. ‘Leiden City Safari’ will give inco...
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Lisa Bruil receives Kees Bakker AwardOn 16 January student Lisa Bruil from the Institute of Biology Leiden was awarded the annual prize from the Stichting Prof. dr. K. Bakker-Fonds for he...
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Dynamic personalised sarcoma care: implementation of a mathematical prediction app in the clinicA new app provides dynamic predictions of survival for patients suffering from soft tissue sarcoma. It was developed by the mathematical Institute res...
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Graduated from Humanities? Take part in our Job Market Survey!Did you graduate at our faculty between 2016 and 2019? Please take part in the Humanities Job Market Survey!
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Call for proposals: Imagining the Non-PresentThe annual Orpheus Doctoral Conference, organised by the second year docARTES PhD students, will take place on 28 and 29 May 2020. The call for propos...
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'Art therapy effective in treating anxiety in women'On 22 January, Annemarie Madani-Abbing will defend her dissertation 'Art therapy and anxiety' regarding her research into the effectiveness of anthrop...
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'Dutch Public Prosecution Service cracking down on companies that use hazardous substances'For years, employees at AAF International in Emmen were exposed to high concentrations of carcinogenic substances. The company has now been taken to c...
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Annual public ILS Lecture: Jurisdiction and the Territorialisation of the ExtraterritorialOn Monday 10 February 2020, guest lecturer Prof. Dr. Cedric Ryngaert (Utrecht University) will deliver a lecture on ‘Jurisdiction and the Territoriali...