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Four LUF Grants Awarded in 2020 to Faculty Governance and Global Affairs 07 July 2020
The Leiden University Fund (LUF) awards grants to research and educational project in various academic fields once a year. This year, Andrei Poama, Jo...
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Voyage to Corona. An artistic insight on COVID-19 by Federico de Musso 07 July 2020
In February Cultural Anthropologist Federico de Musso went to Northern Italy to visit his family. He was there for three days when COVID-19 cases star...
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Serena Viti is our new professor of Molecular Astrophysics 07 July 2020
The Leiden Observatory has appointed a new professor. Selena Viti will hold a chair in Molecular Astrophysics. Viti will build a research group that c...
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Sarah Michiel: ‘I’m looking forward to being back in the office’ 06 July 2020
Sarah Michiel is the Institute Manager of NIMAR and has been living in Morocco since 2012. Due to the coronavirus, she has been working in Belgium sin...
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Two new assistant professors for Empirical Legal Studies 03 July 2020
Niek Strohmaier and Gitta Veldt will start as assistant professors within the project Empirical Legal Studies (ELS). Their appointments are part of th...
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Vanessa Mak appointed Chair of Civil Law 01 July 2020
Vanessa Mak is appointed Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University as of 1 October 2020. She will succeed Professor Jac. Hijma who is retiring.
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Black Lives Matter - New network of Dutch museums 30 June 2020
How are people of color represented in art collections? And do young people of color feel that museum collections reflect their norms and values? Deve...
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Subodh Patil researches gravitational waves in the universe 30 June 2020
Video interview with Subodh Patil, the new assistant professor in Theoretical Cosmology, about the gravitational waves, hidden universes, music, and w...
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Restless Horizon, Richard Barrett and Milana Zarić in concert 29 June 2020
On June 7 Restless Horizon, a composition by Richard Barrett and Milana Zarić, premiered online.
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New professor fosters multidisciplinary approach to arthrosis 29 June 2020
Arthrosis needs a multidisciplinary approach, says Professor Jaap Harlaar. He brings experts from different university medical centres together to unr...
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Crimmigration, corona and exclusion: Creating space to talk about difficult topics through art 25 June 2020
Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude is searching for innovative ways to facilitate dialogue about topics that are usually experienced a...
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Working from home during corona: Mike Schmidli 24 June 2020
We continue to work from home as much as possible. How are the staff members of the Institute for History doing? Mike Schmidli shares his experience b...
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Anna Loh: ‘Art is the one constant factor in my life’ 22 June 2020
Anna Loh is a third-year student of the BA in Arts, Media and Society. We spoke with Anna about what it’s like to write a thesis during COVID-19, Inst...
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Gerard van Westen appointed as full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry 19 June 2020
Gerard van Westen has been appointed full Professor or Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry. This chair has been jointly created by the Lei...
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Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen wants to cross boundaries 16 June 2020
Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and drug development. For the new chair in Artificial Intel...