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Leiden University’s humanities in top 30 of Times Higher Education Rankings17 November 2022Leiden University's humanities have one of the top places in the Times Higher Education Rankings. This year, we were placed 26th.
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From a second-year project to an academic paper: ‘It was such a cool opportunity’17 November 2022It does not happen very often that a research project for a second-year bachelor's course gets turned into a proper academic paper. But International ...
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Master Class | Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History03 November 2022
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social ...
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Online Open Day for Professionals28 October 2022Whether it's brushing up on a language, a course on current legal issues, or a master's degree in cybersecurity. Get inspired at the Online Open Day f...
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10 years of Georgian at Leiden University: Ramaz Kurdadze returns24 October 2022This year marks a special occasion because it was just ten years ago that the Georgian language was taught for the first time at Leiden University. It...
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Graduation Ceremony MA International Relations20 October 2022On Wednesday 19 October 2022, the graduation ceremony for the International Relations MA programme took place. In the Teylerszaal of the Academy Build...
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Medals for Humanities Faculty programmes11 October 2022Three programmes at the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded medals by EW and ResearchNed. The bachelor’s in German Language and Culture took gold,...
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The Activating Podcast Method: engaging students with the help of blended learning10 October 2022How can I get students to collaborate more and increase their engagement? That was the question that teacher, and winner of the 2022 Faculty Teaching ...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed29 September 2022Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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Official opening of the Acts of Kindness pillar in the Lipsius building26 September 2022It has already been a huge success in The Hague, and now the Lipsius building has one, too: an Acts of Kindness pillar. The official opening took plac...
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Students complete research traineeship: 'This is a good start for a career as researcher'09 September 2022After seven months of hard work, the participants in the Research Traineeship Programme concluded their research on Friday 2 September with a pitch an...
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Urban Studies students conduct practical research into the Humanities Campus: ‘It needs lots of green spaces and light’01 September 2022Over the past few months, Urban Studies students have been helping to think about the realisation of the Humanities Campus. To test their knowledge in...
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Writer in residence Maxim Osipov: ‘Writing is the development of truth’29 August 2022Since criticising the war in Ukraine, Russian author and cardiologist Maxim Osipov has fled Russia. Come September, he will be Leiden University’s wri...
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Humanities Lab: broaden your horizon and grow25 July 2022Are you a motivated student wanting to grow outside of your own bachelor’s programme? Then, look no further than the Humanities Lab honours programme:...
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Alexander Dencher: ‘I want to give new elan to the study of applied arts’25 July 2022A successful series of lectures on interior design, a symposium on four-poster beds and a new series of study afternoons on the horizon. University le...