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Faculty Teaching Prize nominees in the spotlight02 September 2019Who will win this year's Teaching Prize of the Faculty of Humanities? On Thursday September 12th, we will find out during the faculty party in the Sta...
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Thijs Porck wins LUS Teaching Prize 201902 September 2019Lecturer in Old and Middle English Thijs Porck was awarded the annual Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) Teaching Prize at the opening of the ac...
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International Studies students receive their diploma29 August 2019325 students received their Bachelor’s Diploma of International Studies on 30 August 2019. The students received their diplomas in the historic Pieter...
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Campus The Hague in the picture26 August 2019Leiden University turned 444 this year, and we are celebrating this milestone with the residents of the two cities in which we have a presence: Leiden...
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First ever summer school in Africa for and by deaf academics12 August 2019Academic studies or an academic career are a big challenge if you are deaf. Particularly in Africa, where many countries don’t even have secondary sch...
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Assessor Olivier passes on the baton to Jonatan Wirix-Speetjens08 August 2019For two years, assessor Olivier Fajgenblat was a familiar face of this faculty. Starting September 1st, it will be up to Jonatan Wirix-Speetjens to lo...
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‘Old English is super cool’08 August 2019With his dance routine and YouTube clips, he even manages to make grammar fun. His infectious enthusiasm and innovative teaching methods have won Thij...
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‘The question is more important than the answer’08 August 2019Francesco Ragazzi loves to talk about international relations. But what makes him really happy is if his students question the discipline. This has wo...
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First pan-African summer school for deaf academics01 August 2019Researchers from the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) and the University of Ghana are organising the first-ever pan-African summer scho...
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Course helps primary-school teachers with Islam-related dilemmas22 July 2019Primary-school teachers who aren’t Muslim themselves but do have Muslim children in their class sometimes face dilemmas and cultural or religious diff...
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Spots available – Register now - Courses for PhD Candidates12 July 2019Please find a list of courses with start dates in September for which there are still spots available. The dates indicate the start date for the cours...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia02 July 2019The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Karin Amatmoekrim writer-in-residence at Leiden University this autumn02 July 2019Novelist and essayist Karin Amatmoekrim will be writer-in-residence at Leiden University in autumn 2019. She will be the 35th writer-in-residence at t...
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Alumnus Chris Colijn on his traineeship at a think tank, his master’s degree and advice for other graduates01 July 2019What does life look like after International Studies? For Chris Colijn who graduated in 2018, it involves working on his master’s in Russian and Euras...
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Meet Alice Twemlow21 June 2019Associate professor Alice Twemlow introduces a new elective which will start in September, called: Design and the Deep Future. We asked her to tell a ...