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International Studies students receive their diploma28 August 2020Organised in four separate sessions throughout the day, and broadcast live online to guests and families who could not join, a total of 260 students r...
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Leading international politics site publishes article of student Aileen Schuurmans18 August 2020Aileen Schuurmans finished her MA International Relations this summer. She wrote an article titled 'How to Change the Story of the Pandemic with Daois...
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Online reunion: five years of BAIS Alumni18 August 2020Recently, the BAIS Alumni Association organised their yearly reunion. Due to the current circumstances, there was a twist: the reunion – as many event...
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks'28 July 2020The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of ...
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Alumna Akke de Hoog: ‘My work is teaching me how to think in terms of opportunities’10 July 2020Akke de Hoog (26) helps asylum seekers whose application has been rejected to plan their future and voluntary return to their country of origin. Her m...
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Looking for a job with impact – Check the webinar!29 June 2020Marliese Vollebregt (BA International Studies, MA International Relations) works at JINC, a Dutch NGO focusing on equal opportunities for children. Af...
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‘We add a bit of escape room to our lessons’17 June 2020Tommy Hopstaken and Jochem Haverhoek run an escape room in Kruithuisje, a medieval tower on what was once the perimeter canal in Leiden. They are also...
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories23 April 2020Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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Inspired by the quote: ‘Leiden University never leaves you’21 February 2020With this quote in mind, we organised an alumni event in Brussels for those alumni that live and work in the Brussels Area. 67 mostly young alumni - t...
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How to pursue a career within the European institutions18 February 2020Visiting the beating heart of European politics, namely, the European Council in Brussels, is a great opportunity for students. I was lucky to be able...
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At the helm of the largest Oxford college18 February 2020Kersti Börjars studied English language and literature in Leiden. She became a professor and now she is Master of the largest college at the Universit...
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European Union Studies in Brussels: a three stage rocket10 February 2020After the successful visit to Brussels of last year, staff of the MA International Relations specialisation European Union Studies, the Communications...
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Alumni employers: ‘Follow your heart!’06 February 2020Where do Humanities alumni work after they graduate? And how should they prepare to enter the labour market? According to three Humanities alumni and ...
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Join the Humans of Humanities film premiere in Trianon!24 January 2020The humanities consist of various academic fields. But what is the common ground of all these different academics and students? And why does their wor...
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Graduated from Humanities? Take part in our Job Market Survey!22 January 2020Did you graduate at our faculty between 2016 and 2019? Please take part in the Humanities Job Market Survey!