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Leading international politics site publishes article of student Aileen Schuurmans18 August 2020Aileen Schuurmans finished her MA International Relations this summer. She wrote an article titled 'How to Change the Story of the Pandemic with Daois...
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Online reunion: five years of BAIS Alumni18 August 2020Recently, the BAIS Alumni Association organised their yearly reunion. Due to the current circumstances, there was a twist: the reunion – as many event...
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks'28 July 2020The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of ...
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CEO Andrew de la Haije: ‘Optimally serving our clients is more important than growth or profit’21 July 2020Andrew de la Haije is Director of the Dutch branch of Xebia Consultancy Services, an internationally operating consultancy agency that coaches compani...
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Rie and her Gentlemen21 July 2020Rie Schild-de Groen watched over ‘her’ Gentlemen, the residents of the ‘t Heerenhoeckje (Gentlemen’s Corner) Minerva house at Rapenburg 110, like a mo...
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Dean Joanne van der Leun accepts gift of tableau by Syrian artist14 July 2020On Monday 13 July, the gift of the artwork Homs by Syrian artist Rabi Koria was officially accepted at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. The tableau can ...
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Alumna Akke de Hoog: ‘My work is teaching me how to think in terms of opportunities’10 July 2020Akke de Hoog (26) helps asylum seekers whose application has been rejected to plan their future and voluntary return to their country of origin. Her m...
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Looking for a job with impact – Check the webinar!29 June 2020Marliese Vollebregt (BA International Studies, MA International Relations) works at JINC, a Dutch NGO focusing on equal opportunities for children. Af...
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‘We add a bit of escape room to our lessons’17 June 2020Tommy Hopstaken and Jochem Haverhoek run an escape room in Kruithuisje, a medieval tower on what was once the perimeter canal in Leiden. They are also...
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Alumni still meeting, but then online17 June 2020Masterclasses, network meetings and coaching cafés: the Alumni Office was offering a whole range of activities every month for the University’s alumni...
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‘Nature likes a mess’20 May 2020Wouter Moerland is on a two-year secondment as ecology adviser at the Municipality of Leiden. This biology alumnus talks animatedly about his work. ‘W...
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Students meet alumni at digital meeting place in Corona time18 May 2020The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) has always been proud of its network, and most notably its alumni. These unprecedented Corona...
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Advocate-General Simon Minks discusses the 'Context' terrorism trial30 April 2020Advocate-General Simon Minks was involved as a public prosecutor in the Context proceedings. In this interview he shares some insights with the Centre...
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New Video Air and Space Law29 April 2020Check out our new video for the Adv. LLM in Air and Space Law
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories23 April 2020Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...