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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards10 January 2024A 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 Heavens03 January 2024With 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 show19 December 2023Graduating 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 population12 December 2023Microorganisms 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 Award11 December 2023The EU Product Safety Award encourages and honors innovative business initiatives and research that make a difference for consumers. This year, the Go...
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'We are only content when everything is taken care of'07 December 2023Two organisers at heart. In the background, facilities managers Nick van Asperen and Kees Schoonwater ensure that staff and students have everything t...
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Fatma Çapkurt appointed deputy chair of State Committee on Rule of Law05 December 2023On 1 December 2023, Fatma Çapkurt was appointed as deputy chair of the State Committee on the Rule of Law.
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Gianclaudio Malgieri nominated in the '35 under 35' Future Leaders list28 November 2023The 4th edition of the award for young leaders in digital policy included Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, among the award recipients.
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Meet Prof. dr. Jürgen K. Zangenberg, LJSA Co-Initiator and Member23 November 2023Prof. Zangenberg came to Leiden in 2006 as Professor for New Testament and Early Christian Literature and is now Chair for the History and Culture of ...
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Meet Dr. Rebekka Grossmann, LJSA Member20 November 2023Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Grossmann worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She first did her PhD and then she joined the Franz Rosenzweig Mi...
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member17 November 2023Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.
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Joke Bouwstra is the first woman to receive the Dr Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize: 'Wonderful to be in a line of distinguished scientists'16 November 2023Emeritus professor Joke Bouwstra (LACDR) will receive this year's Dr Saal van Zwanenberg Ereprijs: a tribute to her years of fundamental research on t...
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Marco Beijersbergen fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering13 November 2023Cosine Marco Beijersbergen has been appointed as one of the distinguished 62 fellows of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE). With these fello...
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‘Science is international so our faculty should be too’09 November 2023‘Our faculty is a very international community. And that is something everybody really benefit from,’ says Yun Tian. As the officer internationalisati...
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ZonMw grant for Leonie Vreeke to develop a stepped-care treatment for very shy young children06 November 2023Psychologist Leonie Vreeke is ready to start a new 5-year research project which was granted by ZonMw with nearly € 600.000,-. A PhD student and a res...