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LIFF Programmer Bob de Brabandere: ‘My academic background enables me to clearly identify the appropriate audience for a film’Alumni 29 September 2025Bob de Brabandere discovered his deep passion for cinema through a minor in Film and Theatre Studies. He currently serves as Assistant Manager at Bios...
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Mirjam Oomens: ‘Healthcare professionals should be cautious about survival prognoses’03 July 2025Mirjam Oomens was working on her PhD research on language in the consulting room when she was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. Four years later, she ...
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Jeanette Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’24 June 2025When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical ...
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From International Studies to HR: ‘I use my skills every day’24 June 2025Ana Oleart came to The Hague from Barcelona to study for her bachelor's degree in International Studies. After completing no fewer than two master's d...
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Tom de Groot: ‘International Studies covered all the topics that interested me’24 June 2025During his bachelor's programme in International Studies, Tom de Groot became fascinated by the theme of peace and security. Now he designs and modera...
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter VreedePhD 11 June 2025Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede (1750-1837) fought for greater popular influence with blazing pamphlets and even a coup d’état. In his PhD dissertation, ...
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Alumni from the French Language and Culture programme return to Leiden: ‘I feel like an ambassador for the language’10 June 2025The pews of the Walloon Church were filled on Friday 23 May, as more than 120 former students of the French Language and Culture programme gathered to...
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English Department turns 75: English Studies alive and kicking in Leiden06 June 2025At the end of May, the Leiden English Language and Culture Programme, formerly known as the Department of English Language and Literature, celebrated ...
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After sixty years, German alumni are back in Leiden: ‘I presided over the meeting with a revolver’07 April 2025They first entered the Academy Building fifty to sixty years ago. On 28 March, they were back for an afternoon: the members of the Dr Pfiffikus debati...
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Last chance to participate in the Humanities labor market survey17 March 2025Did you graduate from the Faculty of Humanities in the period from 2020 to 2024? Then participate in our labor market survey!
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Gijs Zebregts: ‘I want to give hope to fellow sufferers of leukaemia’Humans of Humanities 18 February 2025Gijs Zebregts had just graduated from International Studies when he was stricken with acute leukaemia. A stem cell donor brought relief. Now he is goi...
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New album by Gabriel Paiuk27 January 2025ACPA alumnus Gabriel Paiuk is releasing a new album, titled Degrees of Transparency, on the Unsounds label.
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From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York16 December 2024How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly...
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Beatrice de Graaf in Huizinga Lecture: ‘History is necessary in times of crisis’13 December 2024Professor Beatrice de Graaf held the 53rd Huizinga Lecture on Thursday 12 December. In front of a a sold-out Stadsgehoorzaal, she spoke about how his...
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Reconnecting in Leiden, 15 years after graduation17 October 2024During the first weekend of October, a group of fourteen Master of Arts in European Union Studies alumni returned to the place it all began, 15 years ...