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How to pursue a career within the European institutions18 February 2020Visiting the beating heart of European politics, namely, the European Council in Brussels, is a great opportunity for students. I was lucky to be able...
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European Union Studies in Brussels: a three stage rocket10 February 2020After the successful visit to Brussels of last year, staff of the MA International Relations specialisation European Union Studies, the Communications...
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Lively debate after panel on current events in Iran06 February 2020Over 170 people took part in the panel on current events in Iran organized by LUCIS. A bustling crowd of Dutch-Iranians, students, University staff, a...
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Alumni employers: ‘Follow your heart!’06 February 2020Where do Humanities alumni work after they graduate? And how should they prepare to enter the labour market? According to three Humanities alumni and ...
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Karin Aalderink: ‘It is very satisfying to help students on their way’27 January 2020Her love for China made her study Chinese and go on an exchange trip in her third year of studies. As an Outbound Student Coordinator at the Humanitie...
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Join the Humans of Humanities film premiere in Trianon!24 January 2020The humanities consist of various academic fields. But what is the common ground of all these different academics and students? And why does their wor...
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Field school in Kenya gives students experience of collaborative linguistic fieldwork24 January 2020Descriptions of different languages help us understand what speakers of different languages share worldwide. At the same time, having descriptions of ...
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Orpheus Instituut acquires prestigious library Ton Koopman23 January 2020The Orpheus Instituut acquires the prestigious library of Ton Koopman. The focus of the collection is 17th- and 18th-century music, its cultural conte...
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Colonisation and migration in New-America16 January 2020Migration is nothing new. A lot of people immigrated to the United States after it was ‘rediscovered’. The Netherlands also colonised a part of the Ne...
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Stephan Raaijmakers appointed Professor by special appointment of Communicative AI (Artificial Intelligence)13 January 2020Since November 2019 Stephan Raaijmakers is Professor by special appointment of Communicative AI (Artificial Intelligence) at LUCL. Raaijmakers investi...
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Eighteenth Century Dutch slaves in Morocco already had orientalist views09 January 2020The idea that prejudices about the (Middle)-East came to be during the colonisation of North-Africa in the 19th century is false. Mounir el-Badri wrot...
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Jeroen Touwen new Vice-Dean of Humanities06 January 2020Jeroen Touwen has been appointed Vice-Dean and portfolio holder for bachelor’s programmes at the Faculty of Humanities with effect from 1 January 2020...
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LeidenGlobal course for Research Master's students and PhD candidates17 December 2019
LeidenGlobal course ‘Methodologies in the Social Sciences and Humanities’
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Webinar Week: reaching out to prospective master's students09 December 2019Not all students who are thinking of doing a master’s programme at Leiden University can come to the Master’s Open Day. Hence the first Webinar Week, ...
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 201906 December 2019The fourth edition of the Middle Eastern Culture market was a great success with more than 2000 visitors over the weekend. Attendees participated in t...