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Leaving the National Museum of Antiquities after forty years: ‘I will be taking a gap year first’13 May 2025On 14 May, curator and professor Ruurd Halbertsma will be leaving the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) after forty years of dedicated service. In ...
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Live: protest in Wijnhaven building Leiden University06 May 2025Around 1:00 p.m., a group of more than one hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the The Hague campus. Participants chanted slogans and put u...
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The new pope: militant or mediator?Conclave 06 May 2025In these times of political tensions and ethical dilemmas, the cardinals need to choose what kind of pope the Catholic Church needs. We asked religiou...
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School of Democracy 2025taking a dive into politics 01 May 2025
The ‘School of Democracy’ is an initiative of several Dutch political foundations to reach out to young Morrocans, to support and motivate them to str...
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Webinar: The Fading Role of Public Health in Air Quality Management: Insights from Morocco01 May 2025
Globalsmog Seminar Series #7 Morocco
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Resistance against the Dutch and German Occupiers: Indonesian Students in Leiden24 April 2025On the eve of World War II, Leiden was home to the largest Indonesian student community in the Netherlands. Many of these students joined the resistan...
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Podcasts for Easter11 April 2025Got an hour to spare over the long weekend? Then listen to an episode of the new podcasts that have seen the light of day at the faculty in recent mon...
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism03 April 2025Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role i...
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Ammodo Science Fellowship for Sophie Rose's research on the perception of mental illness in the Dutch East Indies03 April 2025Sophie Rose is one of the fellows of the Ammodo Science Fellowship 2024. She will use this fellowship to conduct research at Leiden University.
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Radio Palestine/Israel Challenging Preconceptions: ‘A courageous step in a polarised debate’14 February 2025The Israel-Palestine conflict regularly sparked intense debates in university lecturer Noa Schonmann's classes. She decided to start a podcast with jo...
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Now also in Indonesia: The butterflies of Boven-Digoel11 February 2025Three years ago, associate professor Alicia Schrikker published De vlinders van Boven-Digoel, in which she chronicled several stories about colonial l...
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Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’06 February 2025The lecture halls in the Lipsius were full of curious secondary school students in January. During a special profile selection afternoon, they were in...
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language31 January 2025In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. A...
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The Austria Centre Leiden Supports the Czechoslovak New Wave Film Festival in Rotterdam06 January 2025On December 4, 2024, Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey gave a short lecture before a film at the Czechoslovak New Wave Film Festival in Rotterdam. The festival ...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202417 December 2024Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...