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Towards the Hinduisation of India? 25 January 2024
The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is...
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Esteban Szmulewicz speaks at online seminar organised by International IDEA and CED (Chile) 25 January 2024
On 18 January, Esteban Szmulewicz, a PhD candidate at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, spoke on the following theme at an onli...
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Mismatched timing: how climate change challenges bird migration 25 January 2024
How does climate change affect the migration routes of birds? Mainly negatively, according to a new study from Yali Si from the CML. ‘It changes the t...
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Online hate speech undermines society 24 January 2024
International Day of Education 2024 is dedicated to the role of education in countering hate speech. Assistant Professor Michael Klos says, 'When peop...
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Improving nature’s antibiotic 24 January 2024
'What nature made isn’t necessarily an optimized medicine to use in the human body,’ says Professor of Biological Chemistry Nathaniel Martin. That’s w...
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Expand your digital knowledge at the LUCDH Digital Skills Winter Week 24 January 2024
The Winter Week of Digital Skills will take place in the PJ Veth building from 29 January to 2 February. There will be different workshops where you c...
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Sarah Wolff: 'Doing research and teaching are inseparable' 24 January 2024
Sarah Wolff has been professor of International Studies and Global Politics since 8 January. Time for a brief introduction about her field and academi...
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Buddy Programme seeks new mentors: 'There’s more to being a buddy than just helping others' 24 January 2024
Making friends in a new city can be difficult, which is why the Humanities PopCorner has created the Buddy Programme. The idea is to give internationa...
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Michiel Hogerheijde temporary programme director MSc Astronomy 24 January 2024
Michiel Hogerheijde has been appointed temporary programme director of the Astronomy master's programme from 1 January to 1 September 2024. He takes o...
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Drugs for our immune system in the right place at the right time 24 January 2024
Immunologist Leender Trouw specialises in the complement system, which is part of the immune system. In some diseases drugs help activate or inhibit t...
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Marcello is the new scientific director of LIACS: 'It's time to give something back to the institute' 23 January 2024
He came to the Netherlands for three months and never left. Marcello Bonsangue is the new scientific director of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Comp...
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'There's nothing more we can do for you': new publication on harmful communication in oncology 23 January 2024
PhD student Janine Westendorp and her colleagues conducted literature research on what patients with cancer and their loved ones perceive as harmful c...
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What makes a good leader? 'An insecure person is much more interesting' 23 January 2024
With thunderous applause, Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan is received at the Lorentz Hall of the Kamerlingh Omnes Building. She gazes into the hall with a ...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants 23 January 2024
The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 April 2024. ...
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PhD candidates deserve special attention: their new confidential counsellor Annemarie Meijer explains why 23 January 2024
She studied biology in Leiden and never left. Now, as Professor of Immunobiology, Annemarie Meijer has taken on the role of the new confidential couns...