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Visit ambassadors to the University Library Special Collections 18 December 2019
Special visit of seven ambassadors of the Arabic-speaking world to the University Library
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A unique perspective on (pre)historical migration using linguistics 16 December 2019
Migration is not only reflected in DNA, but also in language. By tracing changes in language, we learn more about the lifestyle of the people that spe...
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Lara Weiss: ‘Egypt is not just pyramids and mummies’ 16 December 2019
Egyptologist Lara Weiss is curator at The National Museum of Antiquities and has been leading the VIDI research project 'Walking Dead' since 2017. The...
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Relatively large number of female professors at Leiden University 12 December 2019
Leiden has the second-highest percentage of female professors of all the Dutch universities. These are the results of the annual Women Professors Moni...
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‘Everyone wants to discover the person behind the artist’ 09 December 2019
Artist Marlene Dumas gave the 48th Huizinga Lecture to a packed Pieterskerk on 6 December. She spoke about her own background, and why you can’t assum...
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019 06 December 2019
The fourth edition of the Middle Eastern Culture market was a great success with more than 2000 visitors over the weekend. Attendees participated in t...
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Cuneiform reveals shared birthplace 05 December 2019
Assyriologists in Leiden have been conducting research into ancient clay tablets from the Middle East for 100 years already. What exactly do these cla...
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Renovation Lipsius building 02 December 2019
As of now, a lot of renovations are taking place in the Lipsius building. By the summer of 2020, 23 lecture halls should be completed in this building...
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There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the European refugee crisis 02 December 2019
Who is welcome as a refugee, and who is not? And how is that decided? What role do humanitarian organisations play in the debate surrounding refugees?...
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Who is the rightful owner of colonial art? 26 November 2019
Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the ...
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Marlene Dumas on the Huizinga Lecture: ‘Artists shouldn’t have to justify themselves’ 21 November 2019
Artist and painter Marlene Dumas will give the Huizinga Lecture in Pieterskerk on Friday 6 December. In an interview with Elsevier Weekblad, she talks...
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Three tips on how to celebrate World Philosophy Day 21 November 2019
The UN has christened 21 November World Philosophy Day, a day on which ‘the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for eac...
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Etymology calendar: every day a word and its history 18 November 2019
The Etymology Calendar for 2020, which was compiled by five linguistics students from Leiden University, has now hit the shops. After the resounding s...
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Leiden University advises students to leave Hong Kong 15 November 2019
Leiden University is advising its students to leave Hong Kong and return to the Netherlands. This is due to the worsening situation there.
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes 05 November 2019
In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.