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Peter van der Putten on Robo Rabbi and a robot that performs funeral rituals 16 November 2021
Can a robot rekindle the waning interest in Buddhism in Japan? University lecturer Peter van der Putten researches the philosophical and social questi...
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Research Martijn Nouwen about secretive EU tax body revealed in media under #TheCode 12 November 2021
Under #TheCode, European media are reporting on Martijn Nouwens’s research on the secretive EU Code of Conduct Group which is tasked with tackling har...
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Hendriks: Spanish euthanasia law important, but with teething problems 04 November 2021
Earlier this year, Spain passed a law that legalises euthanasia and assisted suicide. Spain is now the fourth country in Europe with such a law. Its i...
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Visit the virtual Gold Matters exhibition 03 November 2021
The virtual Exhibition Gold Matters is now live and can be explored online. This exhibition is the result of collaborations between artists, members o...
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Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus 22 October 2021
Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the po...
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Former Visual Ethnography lecturer Koen Suidgeest city photographer Leiden 20 October 2021
People need to get to know each other to see the positive side of migration, according to photographer and documentary maker Koen Suidgeest. Since the...
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Federica Casano about EU tax haven blacklist 11 October 2021
One of the EU's most heralded weapons against tax avoidance and evasion falls prey to political whims, is applied arbitrarily, and lacks transparency,...
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Is there evidence for an increase in teenage homicides? 30 September 2021
Recent figures from Statistics Netherlands show that the total number of homicides has decreased in 2020. But the number of homicides among young peop...
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Astronomer Joe Callingham testifies against killer stars in new show on Discovery Channel 17 September 2021
On Friday evening 17 September, Leiden astronomer Joe Callingham can be seen in a new series on Discovery channel. Killers of the Cosmos is about diff...
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Podcast: Urban Life in Catalonia in the 14th Century with Jeff Fynn-Paul 06 September 2021
Most of us know that Venice, Genoa, and Florence were major Mediterranean powers during the Renaissance. But did you know that in terms of trade and s...
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New book shows impact of coronavirus on Leiden 06 September 2021
Tuesday 7 September sees the release of the book ‘Plots stond het Leidse leven stil’ by Charlotte Boin, a freelance writer from Leiden. This book of i...
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Six modes of co-production for sustainability - Marja Spierenburg in Nature Sustainability 20 August 2021
In a recent publication in Nature Sustainability, an international team led by Josephine Chambers from Wageningen University, and including Marja Spie...
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Ton Liefaard presents at the Francophone association of ombudspersons platform 10 August 2021
On 8 July 2021, The Francophone Association of Ombudspersons (L’Association des Ombudsmans et des Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF)) launched their...
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Can businesses and employers demand proof of vaccination? 09 August 2021
Can bars, gyms and travel providers refuse customers who have no proof of vaccination? And can an employer dismiss employees who are not vaccinated? R...
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Watch the best films of Visual Ethnography alumni on Alexander Street Press 28 July 2021
The Leiden University Visual Ethnography collection has been added to Alexander Street Press, an educational streaming video service. The master’s spe...