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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 ...
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Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Delving deeply into something suits me’20 June 2019She began as an IT professional but after 7 years in the business world, she devoted herself to an entirely different field: Islamic Theology. As co-f...
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future19 June 2019Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary o...
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MA Translation awarded European Master’s in Translation label07 June 2019The MA Linguistic’s specialization in Translation has now been admitted to the prestigious European Masters in Translation (EMT) Network.
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POPcorner: helping make the University more inclusive07 June 2019One of the ambitions of the Learning@LeidenUniversity vision on teaching and learning is to foster an international and inclusive educational communit...
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Lecturers share knowledge during expert meetings on educational innovation05 June 2019Interculturality, diversity and digital skills. These were themes on which lecturers shared their experiences during expert meetings on educational in...
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Digital Examination: easier marked and faster results04 June 2019Digital examination is an emerging new form of examination: exams are easier to mark and students get their grades faster. This year, on the basis of ...
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Member of Parliament Tielen (VVD) visits the Faculty of Humanities03 June 2019Asia, Asia, Asia. That was what the working visit of VVD Member of Parliament Judith Tielen - at her request - was all about. In a two hour long progr...
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'It is important to have discussions about topics that not everybody agrees on'29 May 2019Today Mikhail Khordorkovsky visits the Leiden University Campus of The Hague to debate with students about the future of Russia. It is the first time ...
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Something else than writing an essay: Ruben made a documentary for an assignment27 May 2019Ruben van Gaalen used a very unique approach for a course of the research master Colonial and Global History: instead of writing an essay, he went to ...
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Refugees build a new future in Leiden27 May 2019Solafa Saad (29) fled her homeland of Sudan for the Netherlands in 2016. She is now following the Leiden Preparatory Year (VGL), an initiative by Leid...
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Alumni event South and Southeast Asian Studies: an inspiring afternoon20 May 2019
On Saturday 11 May 2019, the BA South and Southeast Asian Studies programme held an Alumni Event for former students. All current students and staff w...