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From hieroglyphs to geopolitics: discover at festival just how valuable an understanding of languages and cultures isDay of Languages and Cultures, 26 September 2026 11 August 2026Which language will you pass on to your child? What did the people of Leiden sing in the seventeenth century? How does Russian propaganda work? Leiden...
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In search of the family tree of the Highland East Cushitic languages: ‘Contact between languages proved to be incredibly important’PhD defense 28 July 2026More than seven million people in southern Ethiopia speak a Highland East Cushitic language: Burji, Hadiyya, Kambaata, Sidaama or Gedeo. newly graduat...
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Is the UN Refugee Convention still relevant?Migration 20 July 2026The UN Refugee Convention was signed on 28 July 1951. Seventy-five years later the world has dramatically changed. Three researchers reflect on the si...
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Leiden researcher Sarah Wolff advises on EU rescue missions at sea20 July 2026Together with Professor Violeta-Moreno Lax, Leiden researcher Sarah Wolff has advised Frontex, the EU and other institutions on a European framework f...
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Conference: Ruins and Memory in the Muslim World: Typologies and Motifs (622-1800 CE)16 July 2026We invite proposals for the conference entitled ‘Ruins and Memory in the Muslim World: Typologies and Motifs (622-1800 CE)’ to be held in Leiden betwe...
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Workshop ‘Geopolitics in Europe and the World’ marks start of interfaculty themecross-faculty workshop 15 July 2026Leiden researchers from law, political science, governance and global affairs and humanities gathered for the first workshop organised in the context ...
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Existential Risk in the AnthropoceneA Collaborative Syllabus for An Upper-Level Undergraduate Class 14 July 2026Thanks to a 2025 Una Europa KIEM Grant and building on earlier conversations about existential risk, Leiden researchers Rob Cullum and Maud Rijks orga...
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Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old Egyptian tombEgyptology 14 July 2026A team of Dutch archaeologists headed by Carina van den Hoven from Leiden University has discovered a 3,000-year-old tomb in Egypt. The tomb sheds new...
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Academia meets Policy Workshop on 'Netherlands–Africa Relations in a Fragmenting World Order'07 July 2026On 26 May 2026, two colleagues from the Institute for History participated in an “Academia meets Policy” workshop organised by the Ministry of Foreign...
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Elizabeth I did not just have the heart and stomach of a man – in her letters, she commanded his bile, tooPhD defence 06 July 2026Queen Elizabeth I left behind more than three thousand letters upon her death. Whilst historians have so far focused primarily on the hundred or so wr...
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New interior visualisations of Aleida Nijland06 July 2026Earlier this year, design studio Studio Linse presented the preliminary interior design for the renovated Aleida Nijland building. The design reflects...
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The forgotten deaths of fifteen Chinese workers during the Second World WarNWO XS grant 02 July 2026On 15 April 1942, members of the Dutch military police on Curaçao shot and killed fifteen Chinese Shell workers. Assistant Professor Vincent Chang has...
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News shaped the seventeenth-century Atlantic worldBook 30 June 2026When people think of Atlantic trade, they often think of sugar, tobacco and cotton. However, there was something else of crucial importance on board s...
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Utrecht’s buried treasures: Roman boats along the old Rhine29 June 2026Students and staff from the Ancient History department recently visited Utrecht for the fifth annual study trip, combining a museum visit with a boat ...
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Students tackle the issue of a sense of purpose among young peopleLearning with the city 25 June 2026How can community organisations strengthen the sense of purpose among young people in Leiden? Students of Religious Studies undertook this project on ...