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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list 06 October 2022The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for t...
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Family matters 06 October 2022Brothers and sisters within a family, with the same parents, experience their upbringing differently. As well as the impact of their own negative expe...
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How to disappoint your parents? 06 October 2022On Thursday 29 September the workshop ‘How to Disappoint your Parents’ took place at Wijnhaven. Lenore Todd, Student Life Officer and Assistant Profes...
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Project LAWKI (Life As We Know It) by the collective ARK / Roosje Klap winner Gouden Kalf 2022 06 October 2022Project LAWKI (Life As We Know It) by PhDArts candidate Roosje Klap (ARK) won a Gouden Kalf Award 2022 for the Best Digital Cultural Production.
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Lab coats off and rain boots on: students do research in the polder 06 October 2022The Vrouw Vennepolder near Oud Ade has been transformed into the Polderlab. Scientists and students from Leiden University, together with farmers and ...
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All eyes on China: the Communist Party Congress is coming up 06 October 2022The world’s attention will shift to China as the Communist Party is set to hold its five-yearly congress beginning on 16 October. We talk to Senior Un...
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From discovery to business: 'In the lab, we often don't realise that we are working to help an immense number of patients' 06 October 2022'It gave our team a big boost to hear that our work was valuable,' says medical chemist Elmer Maurits about the moment they won the Venture Challenge....
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'We fully trust each other's abilities' 05 October 2022After a long run-up, the time has finally come for Frank Takes and Matthijs van Leeuwen. Together, they will become the new directors of education (OD...
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Martijn Snoep delivers lecture at the Opening Ceremony of the LL.M. European Law 05 October 2022On Wednesday 28 September 2022, the Opening Ceremony of the European Law LL.M. took place on campus at Leiden Law School. Following Dr. Ben Van Rompuy...
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Workshop on Interdisiciplinary Research Methods in EU law 05 October 2022On 8 and 9 September, London School of Economics Law School organized the Interdisciplinary Research Methods in EU Law Workshop. Armin Cuyvers and Eva...
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‘When I leave the lecture and students are still discussing, I know I did a good job’ 05 October 2022‘It was the biggest bunch of flowers I’d ever seen,’ says Emily Strange about the moment she won the Leiden Teaching Prize 2022. The judge praised the...
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Anouk Booten: 'Cyber security is becoming bigger every day because threats are becoming bigger every day' 04 October 2022Trail, FGGA’s internship platform will be one-year old in November. In the upcoming weeks, we will be interviewing some FGGA students who went on inte...
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When you know how your brain works, you better understand who you are 04 October 2022On Sept. 29, Lara Wierenga, together with graphic designer Dirma Janse, presented their new book Atlas of our Brain. In the presence of fellow scienti...
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’ 04 October 2022Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all student...
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Translation Award for Anne Sytske Keijser, Mark Leenhouts, and Silvia Marijnissen 04 October 2022Anne Sytske Keijser, Mark Leenhouts, and Silvia Marijnissen have won the 2022 FILTER Translation Award for De droom van de rode kamer