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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia09 November 2021The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly supp...
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’08 November 2021The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That...
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Leiden researchers work on exhibition about growth addiction27 October 2021Museum De Lakenhal issued an open call for creative solutions to the problem of growth addiction. From over 500 submissions, they selected 15 artworks...
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Writing history together in the Transvaal18 October 2021Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and...
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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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Tsolin Nalbantian receives Comenius grant: 'We must bridge the gap between education and society'02 August 2021In academia, the mention of Wikipedia might be met with suspicion. However, for Tsolin Nalbantian, university lecturer Modern Middle Eastern Studies, ...
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What does it actually say? Linguist launches video series on wall poems16 July 2021The city centre of Leiden is covered in them: wall poems. When roaming around, you come across poetry written in the Latin alphabet, but also in scrip...
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President Annetje Ottow helps fish plastic out of the canal12 July 2021Every Sunday you can help fish plastic and other floating garbage out of the Leiden canals. You can use your own canoe or loan one from Plastic Spotte...
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Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 202005 July 2021The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. Th...
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Master’s students create Graduate Journal: ‘It represents the development we’ve achieved’28 June 2021A celebration was held in the Tabú restaurant: Mark Rutgers, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, was presented with the first copy of LEAP, a journal w...
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Nadine Akkerman is the winner of the LUCAS Audience Award 202116 June 2021The LUCAS Audience Award 2021 has been awarded to Nadine Akkerman. This is a prize for researchers who appeal to an audience wider than the academic c...
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Back to Rabat10 June 2021The airspace had almost closed last year as Leiden students and staff rushed to leave the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR). How is this Leiden in...
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other31 May 2021The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden Univers...
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’31 May 2021The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is t...
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Sarah Cramsey awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership20 May 2021Dr. Sarah Cramsey, University Lecturer Judaism & Diaspora Studies, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the KNAW.