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Robert Zwijnenberg: ‘Don’t just talk but dare to get your hands dirty’ 21 July 2020
Rob Zwijnenberg, Professor of Art and Science Interactions, uses daring experiments to get his students to think about social issues. "People who I in...
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Anoma van der Veere: ‘In Japan, the awkward little masks symbolise the government’s failure’ 21 July 2020
Leiden Asia Centre researcher Anoma van der Veere argues that the Japanese government has failed to respond properly to Covid-19. There were difficult...
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Bibi Dumon Tak new writer-in-residence 20 July 2020
Author Bibi Dumon Tak will be the new writer-in-residence at Leiden University from autumn 2020.
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More powerful data centre will accelerate research 15 July 2020
Language evolution, targeted drugs or archaeological interpretation. Researchers are making increasing use of supercomputers that can rapidly process ...
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'Migration and integration policies for the future only work with knowledge from the past.' 06 July 2020
An inclusive society in which everyone has equal access to health and wealth is the focus of the new Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre on the Governance of ...
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Suzy Sirks-Bong succeeds Menno Tuurenhout in Faculty Board 06 July 2020
Starting 1 September, Suzy Sirks-Bong will be appointed as the Director of Operational Management of the Faculty of Humanities Faculty Board. She will...
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Maurits Berger: ‘Every researcher should do a social project’ 03 July 2020
Maurits Berger worked as a lawyer in Amsterdam and as a journalist and researcher in Egypt and Syria. Since 2008, he has been a Professor of Islam in ...
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Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professor 30 June 2020
Senior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting te...
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Looking for a job with impact – Check the webinar! 29 June 2020
Marliese Vollebregt (BA International Studies, MA International Relations) works at JINC, a Dutch NGO focusing on equal opportunities for children. Af...
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Working from home during corona: Mike Schmidli 24 June 2020
We continue to work from home as much as possible. How are the staff members of the Institute for History doing? Mike Schmidli shares his experience b...
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Anna Loh: ‘Art is the one constant factor in my life’ 22 June 2020
Anna Loh is a third-year student of the BA in Arts, Media and Society. We spoke with Anna about what it’s like to write a thesis during COVID-19, Inst...
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Maxine David: ‘Have realistic expectations of what you can do in these difficult times’ 08 June 2020
Maxine David is a lecturer in European Politics in the Institute for History and is a busy bee when it comes to teaching. When countries started locki...
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Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy: ‘The Instagram influencer should also be preserved as a historical source’ 08 June 2020
Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy, assistant professor of African History and International Studies, has received a Comenius Teaching Fellow grant of 50,0...
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Black lives matter: ‘Racism takes different forms but it’s a world issue’ 05 June 2020
It all started with demonstrations protesting about the death of George Floyd from police brutality in Minneapolis, but the Black Lives Matter protest...
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André Gerrits: ‘Coronavirus is speeding up social developments' 05 June 2020
All the world leaders have had to choose an approach during the global Covid-19 crisis. But which approach is the most effective? André Gerrits, Profe...