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Letting go of perfection. PhD candidate creates opera about the rebel composer Monteverdi19 June 2018As part of his PhD research at the Leiden University, Johannes Boer wrote an opera about the turbulent year in the life of the Italian composer Claudi...
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Broad media coverage for Kavli prize Ewine van Dishoeck07 June 2018Ewine van Dishoeck was broadly covered in national and international media with her prestigious Kavli prize for astrophysics. She won 1 million dollar...
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Documentary Plastic Soup Surfer on National Geographic04 June 2018Biologist, artist, activist and Leiden alumnus Merijn Tinga supped the river Rijn in 28 days, to gain attention for plastic waste. His journey of more...
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The impact of an open society on your security12 April 2018Our world is constantly changing. Developments in the field of technology, data and society determine how we tackle security. This demands a new visio...
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Dutch Minister for Legal Protection responds to dissertation on pre-trial detention of juveniles13 March 2018On 6 March 2018, the Dutch Minister for Legal Protection, Mr. Dekker, responded to the Ph.D. dissertation ‘Voorlopige hechtenis in het Nederlandse jeu...
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Religious Studies does well in QS Rankings by Subject08 March 2018Leiden’s Religious Studies ranks 40th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Cultural Anthropology alumna in ‘The Newsletter’, IIAS01 March 2018Tarini J. Shipurkar was the winner of the 2016 IIAS National Master's Thesis Prize in Asian Studies. She wrote her thesis, entitled ‘Gender on Campus:...
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Business & Liability Research Network (BLRN) goes live with an inaugural conference on ‘Business Resilience’28 February 2018The Business & Liability Research Network’s (BLRN) Opening Conference on Business Resilience was a resounding success and the report below provides an...
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Media Technology lecturers in NVON's magazine Terugkoppeling22 February 2018Maarten Lamers and Peter van der Putten were guest editors of magazine Terugkoppeling, the publication of the NVON (Dutch Association for Education in...
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Former Leiden Colleague Sven Vleeming honored with ‘Festschrift’21 February 2018On February 2nd, 2018, Professor Sven P. Vleeming of Trier University was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ to celebrate his retirement last summer. The ...
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Distinguished South African Minister visits Leiden as Honorary Professor20 February 2018On 26th and 27th February, the South African Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor will visit Leiden University as honorary Oort Visiting ...
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Minister Kajsa Ollongren offers renewed training programme for council members at congress in Den Bosch23 January 2018Minister Kajsa Ollongren has offered the new training programme for council members at the congress for council members in Den Bosch. The training pro...
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More per pupil, less per student12 December 2017Since the 1950s, the expenses in primary and higher education have grown towards each other. The costs per pupil in primary education rose, while the ...
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Leiden Law School alumnus awarded Max van der Stoel Human Rights award05 December 2017Alumnus Petri Freundlich received the first prize for his LL.M. thesis in the category Master’s theses and academic articles of the Max van der Stoel ...
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Open Acces data and working paper income inequality 47 countries01 December 2017Proud. We did it. All the Ginis. Open Access. Income inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in 47 countries 1967-2014.