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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students06 March 2018A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...
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The Leiden Connection - screenwriter Gerard Soeteman looks back14 February 2018Gerard Soeteman (1936) created a furore as a screenwriter of films that became classics (Dutch films: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, de Aanslag), bu...
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Out into the world, camera in hand: Tulasi Das became a filmmaker01 February 2018Leiden alumna Tulasi Das moved to England to pursue a career in film, was accepted onto the BBC Trainee Scheme and now works in London as a researcher...
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Maarten Asscher as mentor: ‘It's at the periphery of your own discipline that things happen'11 January 2018Alumnus Maarten Asscher (60) is mentor of the month. He studied Law in Leiden and has worked as a literary publisher, senior official at the Ministry...
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Highlights of 2017: our most read articles18 December 2017An online course to teach our international students their first words in Dutch, American presidents in Leiden and how Neanderthals made the very firs...
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’04 December 2017A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also atten...
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Alumna Minke Lok: ‘Millions of people hear my work’28 November 2017Alumna Minke Lok (26) programmes many announcements in various languages at almost all major airports in Europe, including at Schiphol. ‘Millions of p...
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From Leiden to Tokyo: Cleveringa around the world28 November 2017On or around 26 November every year, Cleveringa meetings are organised for Leiden alumni throughout the world. Including in Tokyo, where Professor of ...
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Lisette Atsma: how a Korean and Asian Studies alumna became an ICT specialist20 November 2017She studied Korean and Asian Studies and, four years after graduating, is now working as a specialist for an ICT secondment company. This is the story...
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A historian in the Pieterskerk: alumnus Ward is junior curator30 October 2017Looking for a job after a financial crisis is not easy, but Ward Hoskens (28) managed to take his fate into his own hands. During an internship, he fo...
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‘Without Leiden University, I wouldn't now be living in Mexico’25 October 2017When delegations from Leiden University visit foreign countries, they often arrange a meeting specially for alumni of the country. Mexico was no excep...
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Still learning from the Ancient Greeks09 October 2017There are still things we can learn from the Ancient Greeks. How they managed to make sure that innovations were accepted, for example. A group of cla...
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In love with translating: alumna Anna became a literary translator29 September 2017A permanent job or start your own company? After her studies in English Language and Culture and History, Anna Visser (28) was faced with this exact c...
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From catwalk to book gala20 September 2017Sander Kok (35) was a hit as a model for Armani and he is now making a name for himself as a writer. His philosophically tinted first novel 'Smeltende...
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledge18 September 2017Street theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 Septem...