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Understanding (the value of) machine translation14 May 2020Leiden University Lecturer Lettie Dorst wins a prestigious Comenius Senior Fellow grant for a project about machine translation and its use in higher ...
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‘At first I thought it was a scam when I got an email from the UN’28 April 2020Karen Smith is a university lecturer in International Relations at the Institute for History and she occupies a unique position: she has one foot in t...
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Esa Kasmir: ‘Online video classes give me a reason to change out of my pajamas’28 April 2020Esa Kasmir (21) is a third-year student in International Studies and is doing a minor in Philosophy. How does he cope with the present situation and h...
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What historians can learn from the coronavirus crisis24 April 2020No two pandemics are ever the same. The current coronavirus crisis, for instance, is clearly very different from the deadly plague outbreaks in the 14...
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‘I miss the books and papers from my office’20 April 2020Our lecturers had just a week to convert their lessons into online formats. It was an enormous challenge because by no means everyone at Leiden Univer...
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The corona crisis through the eyes of social scientists14 April 2020The corona crisis relates to not only the medical field but also the field of the social sciences and humanities. SSH Beraad, a consultation body that...
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Film 'Humans of Humanities' festively premiered in Trianon14 April 2020It's easy to forget in these turbulent times, but on March 9th the film 'Humans of Humanities' premiered in cinema Trianon in Leiden. 160 guests saw L...
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Sara Polak: ‘Corona unveils great social inequality in the US’14 April 2020Following China and Italy, it appears that the United States is becoming the next epicentre of the coronacrisis. Can the US handle this crisis? Is pre...
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Summer School for Historical Acting cancelled07 April 2020We have decided to cancel the Summer School for Historical Acting due to the ongoing global public health crisis.
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‘I can’t spend all day giving tutorials now the kids are at home’30 March 2020Lecturers had a week to convert their courses to online teaching. An enormous challenge because remote teaching definitely wasn’t commonplace at Leide...
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Remote teaching: Need a hand?30 March 2020LUCIS is offering its members student assistance to help organize their remote teaching.
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Summer School in Languages and Linguistics is now open.09 March 2020The Leiden Summerschool in Languages and Linguistics, including courses in Papyrology, is now open. BA/MA/PhD students are welcome to attend.
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Journalistiek in Irak tweegesprek met Judit Neurink en Sakir Khader05 March 2020LUCIS organiseerde op woensdag 4 maart een speciale avond over journalistiek in Irak. Journaliste Judit Neurink en programmamaker Sakir Khader verteld...
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Dutch Studies Open Day: broad and varied02 March 2020From the new street language Smibanese to 17th-century manuscripts: the first national Dutch Studies Open Day explores a wide range of topics. The Ope...
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‘Lecturers have to have time and room to experiment with new teaching methods’19 February 2020Motivated, innovative lecturers are the driving force behind our teaching. Thijs Porck is a lecturer in Medieval English at the Leiden Centre for the ...