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A thousand participants in Dies for alumni16 February 2021The Dies Natalis for alumni on 11 February was an online event. Almost 1,000 alumni tuned in to Bastiaan Rijpkema’s interview with Annetje Ottow, who ...
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Loes Janssen in NWO Synergy Award final03 February 2021Loes Janssen would like to foster well-being of families by using an app and sending families short and fun activities each day to do together. For th...
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eLaw Alumnus wins European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ at CPDP01 February 2021Taner Kuru, an eLaw alumnus, was awarded the prestigious European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ for his paper on the shortcomings i...
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Alumnus (90) donates historic house to Leiden University29 January 2021Alumnus Ruurt Hazewinkel (90) has presented Leiden University with a special gift: a historic house on Leiden’s Rapenburg canal. He handed over the ke...
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups25 January 2021In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more le...
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Law graduate Irina Ghazarian convinces international insurer to change tack21 January 2021After her law degree, Irina Ghazarian (28) started working at Zurich Insurance PLC, an international insurance company. ‘Why do we outsource cases tha...
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“This China alumni network is a way to give something back to Leiden”20 January 2021If you would want to set up an alumni network after you graduated in Leiden and returned to your home country, how would you go about it? Seven Leiden...
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‘In these times you need all the help and connections you can get’18 January 2021Because they could really have used it during their own time as students. For many alumni, that’s their reason for signing up for the mentors network ...
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Alumna Natacha Harlequin: ‘When it really matters, I’m a lion’11 January 2021She stands out for the moderate tone she takes in discussions on Dutch talk shows. Without judgement you can have an open conversation, criminal lawye...
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Mouse & Manuscript: a Collection of Interactive Lessons on Codicology and Oriental Manuscripts18 December 2020This week sees the first edition of the textbook Mouse&Manuscript published online. Mouse&Manuscript is a collection of interactive lessons on codicol...
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‘Our pirate image scares people off, but that’s exactly what we want’16 December 2020Controversial environmental organisation Sea Shepherd fights illegal fishing all around the world and is not afraid to take direct action. Alumnus Gee...
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Researcher Marte Luesink: ‘I’ve always been interested in crisis situations.’15 December 2020Alumna Marte Luesink took both a bachelor’s in International Studies and a master’s in International Politics at Leiden University. Very quickly after...
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Prizes for research internships in Suriname and on the Spanish Costa14 December 2020They were pleased enough to receive a grant from the LUF International Study Fund (LISF). That the same research internship would also win them a priz...
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New Podcast Asks Guests to Reimagine Education08 December 2020The Centre for Innovation has launched a new podcast series called What if Education… In each episode, the host Monika Theron invites students, teache...
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Hall of fame 2020: Students and staff in the spotlight08 December 2020Throughout this past year many students and staff at Leiden Law School received a prize or grant, were shortlisted for a prize or appointed to an acad...