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Meet Max Farasat, Co-Winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award 30 January 2024
In December 2023, Mr. Max Farasat (B.A. Religious Studies) was announced as Co-Winner of the "Best Thesis in Jewish Studies" Award. He sat down to ans...
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Austria Centre Leiden Supports Young Researchers at the Association for Jewish Studies Conference 30 January 2024
For the second year in a row, the Austria Centre Leiden sponsored a festive gathering for the Paula Hyman Mentorship Program at the Annual Conference ...
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Old/New Histories that Continue to Matter: M.A. History Students use Leiden Austria Centre programming as they study the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe 30 January 2024
Nearly eight decades after the liberation of Auschwitz, we continue to learn more about how the Holocaust “happened” in central and eastern Europe. In...
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Meet Dr. Lital Abazon, LJSA Member 25 January 2024
Prior to arriving to Leiden, Dr. Abazon completed her Ph.D. at Yale University's Department of Comparative Literature, where she also taught courses r...
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Michiel Hogerheijde temporary programme director MSc Astronomy 24 January 2024
Michiel Hogerheijde has been appointed temporary programme director of the Astronomy master's programme from 1 January to 1 September 2024. He takes o...
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PhD candidates deserve special attention: their new confidential counsellor Annemarie Meijer explains why 23 January 2024
She studied biology in Leiden and never left. Now, as Professor of Immunobiology, Annemarie Meijer has taken on the role of the new confidential couns...
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper 22 January 2024
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabash...
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Rector Bijl presented the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award at the Leiden Jewish Studies Association first annual conference 19 January 2024
On December 6, 2023, Rector Hester Bijl welcomed participants at the Leiden Jewish Studies Association’s First Annual Conference 'Jews at Home: From C...
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Meet Dr. Kathyrn Brackney, LJSA Member 19 January 2024
Dr. Brackney is a modern European intellectual and cultural historian with a Ph.D. from Yale University. Before coming to Leiden, she held postdoctora...
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The colour purple: why it's important to our new Dean 16 January 2024
During the New Year's Reception at FSW, new Dean Sarah de Rijcke gave her maiden speech. The first official moment at which she's able to share what s...
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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards 10 January 2024
A beautiful speech by vice-dean Bart de Smit, a mini-lecture on exoplanets and the presentation of three faculty awards. That's how we started the new...
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In memoriam Harold V.J. Linnartz 1965 – 2023: Unlocking the Chemistry of the Heavens 03 January 2024
With great sadness we share the news that Prof. Harold Linnartz passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday 31 December 2023. We are all in shock,...
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From studying international law to touring with your own theatre show 19 December 2023
Graduating in international law and fulfilling a childhood dream by performing your own theatre show. Alumna Fleur Verhoeff has achieved both. How did...
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How ‘sleeping’ microorganisms can determine the fate of a population 12 December 2023
Microorganisms that temporarily ‘go to sleep’ play an important role in the evolution and survival of a population. Mathematician Shubhamoy Nandan con...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Hadassah Drukarch win European Commission’s Product Safety Award 11 December 2023
The EU Product Safety Award encourages and honors innovative business initiatives and research that make a difference for consumers. This year, the Go...