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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...
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Flash interview with alumnus and new Faculty Advisory Council member Yousef Yousef 14 December 2021
Yousef Yousef is a 'self-made man'. But he first obtained his bachelor's degree in tax law in Leiden. 'A CEO needs to have a basic understanding of th...
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Organisations and young alumni provide valuable career tips during Meet the Employer Week 13 December 2021
Career Services of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Social Sciences, and Humanities joined forces to organise the ‘Meet the Employer’ Week...
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Katie Pentney wins Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2021 with master’s thesis 13 December 2021
The Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award is presented every two years on 10 December (Human Rights Day) in recognition of outstanding academic works i...
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Exceptional collection of maps and atlases donated to Leiden University Libraries 09 December 2021
Private collectors John Steegh and Harrie Teunissen from Dordrecht have donated their entire collection of maps, city plans and atlases to Leiden Univ...
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’ 06 December 2021
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long whil...
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A love letter to poetry: Albert Verwey Lecture by Antjie Krog 22 November 2021
The South African poet and author Antjie Krog gave the 37th Albert Verwey Lecture in the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building on 18 November. Insp...
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Leiden Chinese heritage collections digitised in Pagode-Europeana-China project 19 November 2021
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently participated in the Pagode-Europeana-China project as an associated partner. As a result, almost two hundre...
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Law graduate Jiska Ogier speaks from experience: ‘The Netherlands should be much more accessible for people with disabilities’ 18 November 2021
Jiska Ogier studied notarial law, which wasn’t always easy because she went to lectures in a wheelchair. As a student she pushed to make society acces...
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A flash interview with our President and alumna Annetje Ottow 16 November 2021
In this flash interview we get a flash introduction of our President and alumna Annetje Ottow.
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Former student Aoife in Glasgow: 'I urged Rutte to limit global warming' 15 November 2021
Aoife Fleming attended the climate summit in Glasgow as UN Youth Delegate for the Netherlands. She recently graduated with a master’s degree in Financ...
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IIASL present at launch of sustainability initiative Net Zero Space 12 November 2021
On Friday 12 November 2021, the Net Zero Space initiative was launched at the Paris Peace Forum. The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIA...
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Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’ 11 November 2021
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Pol...
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Looking for connection through the power of Storytelling 09 November 2021
Anyone can tell a story. That is the guiding principle Hans Dekker, Senior programme leader at the Centre for Professional Learning (CPL), and his col...
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Department of Child Law welcomes back alumna Lucy Opoka 09 November 2021
In the summer of 2021, Lucy Opoka was awarded one of the coveted Meijers PhD positions. In October, she arrived back in Leiden, where she obtained her...