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Love took Ephrem from a refugee camp to the lecture hallBetween Ethiopia and Leiden 15 January 2025Raised by his grandmother and grandfather, trained as a doctor, the medical director of a camp for Eritrean refugees: Ephrem Tesfay was anything but a...
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The Comics Canon - Graphic Novels at Leiden University Libraries14 January 2025Graphic Novels and Comics have developed from pulp status to an entirely self-contained medium. This form of storytelling is not limited to stories of...
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Alumnus Jan Joosten: ‘New Amsterdam seemed more exciting than old Amsterdam’16 December 2024Jan Joosten studied civil and tax law in Leiden from 1985. After periods studying abroad and an internship, he became infatuated with the United State...
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Insights from CSM alumni: real-world experience and career guidance16 December 2024On Thursday, 17 October, the Crisis and Security Management (CSM) master’s programme hosted an insightful alumni panel with five graduates from differ...
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From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York16 December 2024How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly...
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Beatrice de Graaf in Huizinga Lecture: ‘History is necessary in times of crisis’13 December 2024Professor Beatrice de Graaf held the 53rd Huizinga Lecture on Thursday 12 December. In front of a a sold-out Stadsgehoorzaal, she spoke about how his...
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Archaeologist Tom Hazenberg seeks the frontiers of the Roman Empire18 November 2024From Roman ships to the ‘Gordon’ cavalry mask. Alumnus Tom Hazenberg was involved in spectacular finds that put the Dutch frontiers of the Roman Empir...
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Join the protest against the higher education cuts13 November 2024Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a...
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Flash interview with alumnus Willemijn de Best, who secured major music stars as clients12 November 2024Willemijn de Best’s career path led her to the media sector. Besides the more obvious legal professions, a degree in law actually offers many other po...
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy07 November 2024The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. O...
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Alumnus Heidi Burrows: ‘Children are inherently vulnerable’04 November 2024What is it like to study law in the Netherlands as an international? Alumnus Heidi Burrows came to the Netherlands from the UK to study International ...
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From Underground to Overground, from Print to Digital: A Symposium on Unofficial Poetry from China31 October 2024Leiden University Libraries holds an internationally unique collection of unofficial poetry from China. Produced outside the System over the last fift...
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New research to get young people back into reading for pleasure30 October 2024Young people are more likely to find long texts unappealing to read, particularly with all the digital distractions. To improve young people’s reading...
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From LUC to the front of the classroom: a journey from student to educator29 October 2024From exploring global issues at Leiden University College (LUC) to shaping young minds in the classroom, LUC alumna Malou den Dekker shares how her ac...
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Maps and atlases collection Bodel Nijenhuis available for online search23 October 2024With the addition of over 16,500 new catalogue records, the collection of Johannes Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis (1797-1872) is now almost entirely searcha...