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‘When you work together, you get a much broader understanding’ 20 June 2023
At the Capstone Conference, Honours College students of the Humanities Lab presented their final projects. In small groups, they conducted research on...
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Vincent Niochet investigates intercultural connectivity in the deep past with an NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant 20 June 2023
For already two years, Vincent Niochet has been affiliated with the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology as an external PhD candidate. Now, he has been award...
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Manju went to Nepal during winter break: 'I would highly recommend going abroad' 19 June 2023
Studying abroad and going on an exchange is a great way to broaden your horizons and explore new places, cultures, and fields of study. In addition to...
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Being an anthropologist in a big company ‘it’s interesting to look at the internal culture of a business' 19 June 2023
Leonie Siepman is Global Culture & Change Manager at Mammoet. She followed the Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology bachelor programme and ...
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Archaeologist Mink van IJzendoorn receives LUF grant to investigate late amphorae 19 June 2023
Amphorae are usually associated with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. ‘Yet, in some cases, such as Byzantium, amphorae existed for c...
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Award winners in Methodology and Statistics department 19 June 2023
The Department of Methodology and Statistics proudly celebrates the remarkable achievements of two award winners.
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An archaeological perspective on South Holland and its Water Past and Present 16 June 2023
Four students of the Faculty of Archaeology investigated how the current and past inhabitants of the Dutch province of South Holland deal with water. ...
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Rutger Leukfeldt appointed Chair in Governing Cybercrime shared by two faculties: 'You have to do this together' 15 June 2023
Rutger Leukfeldt has been appointed endowed Professor of Governing Cybercrime at the faculties of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) and Leiden Law ...
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students 15 June 2023
Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming research...
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Leiden through the student lens: Student Loïs de Jong wins Leiden Media Contest 15 June 2023
A TikTok by student Loïs de Jong from Leiden University in which Leiden sparkles as a student city won the final of the Leiden Media Contest on 13 Jun...
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From bachelor student to entrepreneur: card game about elementary particles an unexpected hit 15 June 2023
A Christmas present that got out of hand: that's what prompted physics student Serafine Beugelink to start her own company. Her card game about elemen...
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From chemistry teacher to founder of outdoor escape room company 15 June 2023
Alumnus Vincent Renken studied Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences in Leiden and is now co-founder of an outdoor escape room company. ‘I asked myself: do you ...
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Can the Netherlands deny entry to international students? 15 June 2023
Dutch education minister Dijkgraaf wants to reduce the number of international students. But is the Netherlands allowed to do so? And if so, is it eve...
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Prize for production of sustainable rose smell 14 June 2023
Sustainable rose smell that can be produced on a large scale. Tobias Fecker made this into a possibility during his master's thesis, which was a colla...
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Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections 13 June 2023
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collecti...