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The publication of Domestic Homicide; a much-needed synthesis of the literature on domestic homicide. 29 March 2018
By Marieke Liem and Frans Koenraadt. Domestic homicide constitutes an extreme type of interpersonal violence. This book offers a much-needed synthesi...
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Mayor Krikke and Rector Magnificus Stolker to be presented with leadership agenda 29 March 2018
What is public leadership? How does one promote research on public leadership? These and other questions will be addressed at the official presentatio...
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Dutch Minister for Legal Protection responds to dissertation on pre-trial detention of juveniles 13 March 2018
On 6 March 2018, the Dutch Minister for Legal Protection, Mr. Dekker, responded to the Ph.D. dissertation ‘Voorlopige hechtenis in het Nederlandse jeu...
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The Challenges of the Sharing Economy: Vassilis Hatzopoulos presents his latest monograph on the Collaborative Economy and EU law 12 March 2018
Last Thursday, the March edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars took place. This well attended seminar took on a slightly different format, as we had the h...
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Religious Studies does well in QS Rankings by Subject 08 March 2018
Leiden’s Religious Studies ranks 40th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Cultural Anthropology alumna in ‘The Newsletter’, IIAS 01 March 2018
Tarini J. Shipurkar was the winner of the 2016 IIAS National Master's Thesis Prize in Asian Studies. She wrote her thesis, entitled ‘Gender on Campus:...
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Business & Liability Research Network (BLRN) goes live with an inaugural conference on ‘Business Resilience’ 28 February 2018
The Business & Liability Research Network’s (BLRN) Opening Conference on Business Resilience was a resounding success and the report below provides an...
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Novel set in Ehrenfest house 27 February 2018
Leiden alumnus and writer Tomas Lieske has published a novel which is set in the house of Paul Ehrenfest. Ehrenfest was a famous physicist who organiz...
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Book ‘Darwin’s combination lock’ gives us hope 26 February 2018
Former dean and physicist Frans Saris writes in his new book ‘Darwin’s combination lock’ how our culture enabled us to dominate nature and about the c...
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Media Technology lecturers in NVON's magazine Terugkoppeling 22 February 2018
Maarten Lamers and Peter van der Putten were guest editors of magazine Terugkoppeling, the publication of the NVON (Dutch Association for Education in...
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Former Leiden Colleague Sven Vleeming honored with ‘Festschrift’ 21 February 2018
On February 2nd, 2018, Professor Sven P. Vleeming of Trier University was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ to celebrate his retirement last summer. The ...
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Distinguished South African Minister visits Leiden as Honorary Professor 20 February 2018
On 26th and 27th February, the South African Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor will visit Leiden University as honorary Oort Visiting ...
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ILS Bookpresentation by Prof. Vassilis Hatzopoulos 15 February 2018
The March ILS lunch seminar will take on a slightly different format, as we have the honour of receiving Prof. Vassilis Hatzopoulos who will present h...
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The 'Boys von Schöningen' honored in book 05 February 2018
For more than 25 years, archaeologists have worked at the site of Schöningen, in Germany, where many spectacular rare finds have been excavated. To ho...
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Publication: Artistic Research in Music: Discipline and Resistance - Artists and Researchers at the Orpheus Institute 02 February 2018
Book publication 'Artistic Research in Music: Discipline and Resistance' marks the 20th anniversary of the Orpheus Institute..