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Meet Max Farasat, Co-Winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award 30 January 2024
In December 2023, Mr. Max Farasat (B.A. Religious Studies) was announced as Co-Winner of the "Best Thesis in Jewish Studies" Award. He sat down to ans...
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Tenth volume of International Labor Rights Case Law Journal 30 January 2024
Leiden University’s Department of Labour Law and Social Security is proud to announce that the International Labor Rights Case Law Journal (ILaRC) is ...
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Austria Centre Leiden Supports Young Researchers at the Association for Jewish Studies Conference 30 January 2024
For the second year in a row, the Austria Centre Leiden sponsored a festive gathering for the Paula Hyman Mentorship Program at the Annual Conference ...
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Release of the Leiden Ranking Open Edition 30 January 2024
The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, in collaboration with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI), Sesame O...
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'We aim to continue innovating technologically, but in a relevant manner' 30 January 2024
Within the field of medical science, there is significant interest in tissue and organ repair using biomaterials, notably in orthopedics and liver- an...
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Algorithms and data behind Leiden Ranking in public domain 30 January 2024
Unlike other major university rankings, the Leiden Ranking – Open Edition is completely transparent. The ranking compiled by the Centre for Science an...
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'Only when you give students freedom, exceptional results are possible' 30 January 2024
It doesn't happen every day that the research project of a first-year bachelor’s student results in a scientific publication. And not only that, but a...
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Old/New Histories that Continue to Matter: M.A. History Students use Leiden Austria Centre programming as they study the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe 30 January 2024
Nearly eight decades after the liberation of Auschwitz, we continue to learn more about how the Holocaust “happened” in central and eastern Europe. In...
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Exploring Leiden University College: A personal journey with alumna Georgina Kuipers 29 January 2024
It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught...
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Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities 29 January 2024
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversi...
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Freya Baetens awarded Francqui Chair 29 January 2024
Freya Baetens, Professor of European Law, has been awarded a Chair by the Francqui Foundation in Belgium for the impact of her work on lawmaking and p...
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge 29 January 2024
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent s...
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This board game helps navigate the dilemmas of academic life 29 January 2024
How did you get to where you are now? This is a key question in the Academic Life Course board game, developed by and for academics. ‘In a normal work...
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Simona Demkova speaks at conference 'Artificial Intelligence, between Ethics and Law' 29 January 2024
On Monday 22 January 2024, the University of Florence hosted the conference 'Artificial Intelligence, between Ethics and Law'. Organised by the Depart...
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The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now? 27 January 2024
Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the...