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‘An inclusive university begins with which books you choose’ 24 September 2019
Sociologist Aya Ezawa is the new Diversity Officer at Leiden University. What is the University doing well and what could it do better? ‘It’s taken mu...
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Fact-checking from the local council to the European Parliament 24 September 2019
‘Timmermans says more Polish workers are staying in Poland, but there aren’t any figures to back this up,’ was the headline of NU.nl news website duri...
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Scholar at Risk Lety Elvir Lazo: ‘My university intimidated me too’ 23 September 2019
The proceeds of the Leiden University Science Run on 28 September will go to Scholars at Risk, a section of the UAF that assists refugee scholars. One...
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Jeroen Touwen appointed Vice-Dean of Humanities 17 September 2019
The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Dr Jeroen Touwen as Vice-Dean and portfolio holder for bachelor’s programmes at the Faculty of...
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Exhibition puts ‘forgotten’ part of the Silk Road in the spotlight 04 September 2019
The story of the iconic Silk Road is often told from the Chinese perspective. An exhibition at Oude UB focuses on the inhabitants and monuments of his...
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Eventful opening of academic year: minister in the church, protest on the square 02 September 2019
Not one but two openings: the minister who defended her plans and many who emphasised the importance of standing together with the arts and social sci...
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Fierce protests against Education Minister's redistribution plans 02 September 2019
Over a thousand researchers and students protested in Leiden on 2 September against the plans to transfer money to science and technology at the expen...
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Museums, Collections and Society' research programme launched 29 August 2019
The Museums, Collections and Society programme, a joint initiative of the Faculties of Humanities and Archaeology, examines the dynamics and implicati...
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Official opening of 467 new student flats 27 August 2019
Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, opened a complex of 467 student flats in Leiden on 26 August. This is the (Y)ours dev...
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Campus The Hague in the picture 26 August 2019
Leiden 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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A Persian love story and the creation of a rock classic 23 August 2019
What is the name of the medieval Persian poet Nezami (✞ ca. 1209) doing on the cover of an Eric Clapton rock album? Asghar Seyed Gohrab, associate pro...
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Students from all corners of the world 21 August 2019
Callum is from Ireland, Sharitah is from The Hague and Kirsten is from Manilla. The new students taking part in the HOP week from 19 to 23 August come...
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Playing Cluedo with speech sounds 15 August 2019
Using speech analysis to resolve crimes. That's what Meike de Boer (26) is aiming to do with her PhD research. 'By analysing how a person pronounces "...
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First ever summer school in Africa for and by deaf academics 12 August 2019
Academic 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-Speetjens 08 August 2019
For 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...