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Annemarie Drahmann and Joris Larik receive Senior Teaching Qualification 13 February 2024
On 22 January, 15 inspirational lecturers – including Annemarie Drahmann and Joris Larik from the Institute of Public Law – received the Senior Teachi...
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More than 100 students and colleague attended the inaugural LJSA conference 'Jews at Home: From Creation to Corona' 13 February 2024
More than 100 colleagues, students and friends attended the first annual Leiden Jewish Studies Association conference 'Jews at Home: From Creation to ...
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Eight projects receive funding from JEDI Fund 13 February 2024
From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to div...
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Bioart plays with genetic building blocks 12 February 2024
Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments requir...
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Karsten Lambers appointed as Professor of Digital and Computational Archaeology 12 February 2024
In January, Dr Karsten Lambers was appointed as Professor of Digital and Computational Archaeology at Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology. With...
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How do we deal with rising tensions? ‘The choice is talk or fight’ 12 February 2024
‘A Muslim and a Jew in the house of God.’ This is how historian Nadia Bouras introduced her recent conversation with colleague Sara Polak in Leiden’s ...
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In conversation with Ben Smulders: from Leiden Law School student to top civil servant at European Commission 09 February 2024
Alumnus Ben Smulders has worked for the European Commission for the past 33 years. ‘The discipline and depth that I experienced during my student days...
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Medical anthropology in Indonesia: a lively discussion on impact and society 09 February 2024
How can anthropological insights most effectively contribute to addressing societal questions on health and care? On Friday the 15th of December, the ...
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With these small adjustments we can reduce nitrogen loss in peat meadows 09 February 2024
Relatively simple adjustments can reduce nitrogen losses on dairy farms in peatland areas. That’s the conclusion of the PhD research by by Leiden envi...
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Honours College Law expansion: inclusive, personal, collaborative 09 February 2024
The Honours College Law (HC Law) is soon going to look very different. What does the HC Law currently do, and what’s going to change? Why should you a...
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis 08 February 2024
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone...
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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’ 08 February 2024
On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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Future Foresight: how to anticipate future challenges 08 February 2024
At the end of January, students of the Master Honours Class ‘Future Foresight’ had their final session. Students gained new perspectives, resilience a...
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Dehumanising: how students reject candidate housemates 08 February 2024
Being rejected always hurts, but so does having to reject someone. Social psychologists have discovered that at interviews to select suitable housemat...
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you' 08 February 2024
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, ...