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‘A doctor! You?’ Three women on their PhD and career03 March 2020Rietje Knaap’s (83) PhD was a real feat of endurance, but she persisted. ‘You’re married so you don’t need a pension, do you?’ What are the experience...
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Maartje van der Woude delivers Dies Lecture in San Francisco26 February 2020Professor Maartje van der Woude of the Van Vollenhoven Institute delivered a special Dies Lecture in San Francisco on Wednesday 12 February.
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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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CADS alumna Shirley van der Maarel wins Leiden University Thesis Prize 202020 February 2020Shirley van der Maarel won the Thesis Award 2020 with her thesis 'Terra Incognita'. Van der Maarel graduated summa cum laude for the master's speciali...
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‘It affects me most when children are involved’20 February 2020It doesn’t take long before Tim van Lit has told us what interests him: problems that shake the nation. This 28-year-old Criminology alumnus heads a 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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Looking Back: Alumni on the Rise28 January 2020Graduates of Leiden University College The Hague, Juliette Nicolai and Elena Venturoni on their recent win in the Global Health Case Challenge 2019, C...
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Rector Stolker: ‘Give chance a chance’28 January 2020What does Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker think about subjects such as student stress, ‘clean’ transcripts and the onward march of the English languag...
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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!
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Psychologist Bart Verkuil strikes a blow against burnout20 January 2020Burnout is on the increase. It is caused by group pressure, being ‘on’ all the time and asking too much of ourselves. Clinical psychologist Bart Verku...
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‘You end up in a completely different world’17 January 2020What did psychology student Jessie learn while working at a psychiatric hospital in The Gambia? And why is Noman from Yemen now studying political sci...