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Former CADS PhD student Stacey MacDonald in science programme Atlas on nature policy in Bonaire12 October 2022In the scientific television programme Atlas, social psychologist and former Cultural Anthropology PhD student Stacey MacDonald talks about her resear...
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IIASL alumni receive awards from the International Institute of Space Law29 September 2022The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) that took place last week in Paris was extremely successful for IIASL.
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Researching sustainable filmmaking approaches, while exploring Indigenous Futurisms through film practice19 September 2022ACPA alumna Dr. Itandehui Jansen is currently working on a new experimental film. The project researches sustainable filmmaking approaches, while expl...
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Alumna Sytske Besemer on living and working abroad15 September 2022This month's flash interview is with alumna Sytske Besemer, Criminologist, who works at a startup called Cradle. Sytske has specifically chosen to wo...
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How chemist Marc Tijhuis left business to change the world15 September 2022Halfway through his career alumnus Marc Tijhuis made a radical change: he left the corporate world to join the global battle against waste with the In...
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Leiden Revisited: Back to uni!Leiden Law School alumni event 2022 15 September 2022During Leiden Revisited, alumni from Leiden Law School were given the opportunity to relive their student days once more. This year, the event took pl...
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Ten years of International Studies: ‘During lectures I sometimes felt my brain was exploding with all the new insights.’14 September 2022The bachelor's programme in International Studies is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Ko Voskuilen was among the very first batch of students to fol...
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International Studies students receive their diploma02 September 2022On 2 September 2022, 300 students received their Bachelor Diploma of International Studies. The students were awarded their diplomas in the historic P...
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New front office of Leiden University in Jakarta opened01 September 2022Last July, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Minister of Education, Culture and Science and Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University's Executive Board, opened t...
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana18 August 2022From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-centur...
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Flash interview with alumna Liz Kool about her choice for a career with social impact21 July 2022Kool made a conscious choice to work for a non profit organisation. Recently, inspired by the pandemic, she also made a career switch.
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Succesful first edition of the MA International Relations Alumni Career Networking Event04 July 2022Students, staff members and alumni of the MA International Relations programme gathered together on the first student-alumni career networking event t...
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Alumnus Asa Splinter: ‘LGBT+ identities are not a burden but a source of inspiration’23 June 2022Even as a teenager Asa Splinter was determined to study Japanese in Leiden. A HAVO diploma and a change in legislation threatened to throw a spanner i...
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Niels got his dream job right after graduating: ‘You work with the best here’23 June 2022What would it be like if you could work with the best in your field every day? Alumnus in International Studies Niels Drost knows just what that’s lik...
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Digitised Chinese mega-maps now available in Open Access20 June 2022Three enormous maps of China, created during the reign of three different emperors of the Qing dynasty, have now been made available in open access an...