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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture12 October 2021On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust ...
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Burkina Faso: Artisanal Gold Mining in the Context of Violent Insecurity06 October 2021Over the last 5-6 years Burkina Faso has become seriously implicated in the rapid and dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation in the Sahel. The...
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What to watch during LUVEfest: three suggestions06 October 2021On 8, 9 & 10 October 2021 Share the LUVE takes place, the graduation show with work of this year’s graduates of the Cultural Anthropology master Visua...
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Back to the Faculty with lecturer Alexander van Oudenhoven05 October 2021Last year he became Teacher of the Year because of his innovative and online teaching, now Alexander van Oudenhoven has to change course again and tea...
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Lecture series 'Reconsidering the Socio-Legal Gaze'30 September 2021The Van Vollenhoven Institute is organising a year-long public lecture series entitled 'Reconsidering the Socio-Legal Gaze'. The lecture series aims t...
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Simone van der Hof joins the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Mass Claims and Consumers23 September 2021Simone van der Hof joined the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Mass Claims and Consumers in connection with the Foundation's claim against TikTok.
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How engaged documentary filmmakers use new technologies in their work20 September 2021CADS lecturer Sander Hölsgens is one of the initiators of the NWO Smart Culture Project Documenting Complexity (project number CISC.KC.212). This proj...
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Astronomer Joe Callingham testifies against killer stars in new show on Discovery Channel17 September 2021On 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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Cathalijne van der Plas appointed to chair in Private International Law16 September 2021Cathalijne van der Plas will become Professor of Private International Law (0.4 fte) at Leiden University as of 1 October 2021. She succeeds Prof. Sie...
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Leiden students develop highly contagious card game14 September 2021Infecting each other with viruses and bacteria while protecting yourself with medicines and vaccinations. Sounds like a fun evening, right? Master stu...
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Block 8, 9 & 10 October in your agenda for the LUVE Graduation Show 202113 September 2021
On 8, 9 and 10 October 2021 'Share the LUVE' takes place. During this graduation show the works of this year's graduates of the Visual Ethnography mas...
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Podcast: students decipher a rare Chinese document13 September 2021Last February, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) acquired a rare Chinese manuscript dating back to the Ming Dynasty. Three Chinese Studies students go...
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Thorbald van Hall delivers inaugural lecture on training the immune system to counterattack escaping tumours10 September 2021On 10 September 2021, Professor Thorbald van Hall from the Department of Medical Oncology in the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) delivered his...
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Robine de Lange-Tegelaar joins Board of Governors10 September 2021Ingrid van Engelshoven, outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), has appointed Robine de Lange-Tegelaar to the Board of Governors of...
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Faculty year opening with Leiden Law Op 1 Talkshow – watch again09 September 2021On Tuesday 7 September 2021, the new Faculty year was opened with the Leiden Law Op 1 Talkshow. Various guests shared their thoughts and expectations ...