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A quick call about the war in Ukraine: ‘Did Putin underestimate his opponent?’ 08 March 2022
The war in Ukraine has lasted almost two weeks now. What does Putin expect to achieve with his invasion and how big is the chance that the West will g...
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Three new Leiden bloggers for Faces of Science 07 March 2022
What is life like as an academic? Twelve PhD candidates will report on their daily work in videos and blogs on the Faces of Science website (in Dutch...
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards 17 February 2022
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independe...
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A quick call about Ukraine: 'Putin wants to be taken seriously' 15 February 2022
Suddenly there they were, the Russian soldiers near the border of Ukraine. Since then, reports of tensions between Russia on the one hand and the Unit...
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education 15 February 2022
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti wer...
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Do you buy your partner chocolates and roses? Fascination for American holidays explained 14 February 2022
Buying chocolates as a sign of love, getting the best deals on Black Friday and putting on a spooky costume for Halloween. In recent years, these holi...
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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund 04 February 2022
The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclu...
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How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today 24 January 2022
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not g...
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’ 18 January 2022
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with ...
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden 10 January 2022
The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who ar...
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Six prospective members of the new cabinet studied in Leiden 04 January 2022
The Rutte IV cabinet will be sworn in soon. A fifth of the prospective ministers and secretaries of state studied in Leiden. Who are they and what did...
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The link between The Hague bonfires and different types of citizenship 27 December 2021
For the third year in a row, the bonfires in the Duindorp and Scheveningen neighbourhoods in The Hague during New Year's Eve have been cancelled. Acco...
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie 20 December 2021
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honou...
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‘Migration is more about hope than economy’ 18 December 2021
Afghans who came to the Netherlands in a hurry, refugees who were used as leverage by Belarus and boat refugees who tried to reach Europe in an increa...
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‘As an ambassador you witness history as it unfolds’ 17 December 2021
Carmen Gonsalves has been the Dutch ambassador to Chile since this autumn. She studied history in Leiden. How useful has her degree been and what’s it...