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Law track launched for master's in Governance of Migration and Diversity07 November 2024The master's programme in Governance of Migration and Diversity has expanded to include a Law track (LL.M.). Law students can now enrol in this master...
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Claudia Robustella: 'I've learned to accept myself and my mental health issues'04 November 2024During her student years, Claudia Robustella struggled with her mental health. Thanks in part to the help of her study coordinator Rosa van Straten, s...
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Fanny Wonu Veys: ‘I want to introduce students to the art history of Oceania’22 October 2024Fanny Wonu Veys was appointed Professor of Art and Material Culture of Oceania on 1 August. Time for an introduction.
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Crash course in journalism: students make a podcast with TV presenter Twan Huys21 October 2024Leiden students are producing ‘College Tour, the podcast!’ with TV presenter Twan Huys. In next to no time, they have to find top journalists and prep...
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Urban Studies students receive diploma: ‘I want to make cities better places’15 October 2024Lecture hall A0.06 in the Schouwburgstraat in The Hague was packed with parents, friends and other loved ones on Friday, 27 September. No fewer than 6...
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’07 October 2024‘What more could I want?’ University and education historian Pieter Slaman is still deeply touched to have been awarded the LUS Education Prize for be...
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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden'20 September 2024Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester s...
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The last Research Traineeship programme has ended for now: ‘We’ll bring it back as soon as we can’17 September 2024Amsterdam’s attitude to sex work, politeness in historical Arabic letters and malaria in the Middle Ages: again this year, there was a wide variety of...
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What does it mean to be Ukrainian?16 September 2024It is almost two and a half years since Russia invaded Ukraine, but the conflict between the two countries has been going on for much longer. Central ...
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Pieter Slaman wins 2024 LUS Teaching Prize02 September 2024Pieter Slaman, Assistant Professor at the Institute of History and the University’s university historian, has won the 2024 LUS Teaching Prize.
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Launch Leiden University Dialogue in Education Network (LUDIEN)26 July 2024On July 3rd the Leiden University Dialogue in Education Network (LUDIEN) has officially been launched. The network welcomes all who are interested in ...
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Jesse Dijkshoorn: ‘I had to learn to take time off’11 June 2024Research master's student in history Jesse Dijkshoorn collaborated on a transcription system for medieval texts. ‘It’s nice to make the Middle Ages ac...
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Twan Huys lecturer Journalism and New Media06 June 2024Television presenter and journalist Twan Huys will be a lecturer in Journalism and New Media at Leiden University from 1 September 2024.
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10 years of Humanities Lab celebrated in style at Capstone conference03 June 2024Last week, Humanities Lab honours students presented their research through creative posters and pitches at the Capstone Conference in PLNT Leiden. It...
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Ten years of PRINS: Students give practical advice to organisations03 June 2024Students in the third year of the BA International Studies programme follow the Practicing International Studies (PRINS) consultancy course. They cond...