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The dean Mark Rutgers speaks at penultimate session of flash campaign15 July 2024After the new government announced its plans to cut expenditure on academic education, the Faculty of Humanities launched the flash campaign ‘Stop the...
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Kiem project on safety and dangers in the digital world results in new research network15 July 2024No less than 33 project received a Leiden Kiem grant in 2023. How did they fare? Olga Bogolyubova shares experiences from her project ‘Interdisciplina...
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Europa Institute at the ICON-S 2024 Conference12 July 2024On 8-10 July, 2024, public law scholars from around the world gathered in Madrid for the annual conference of the International Society of Public Law ...
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The future of the Dutch incapacity benefit system11 July 2024Barend Barentsen, Professor of Labour Law, recently spoke at a meeting of experts in Amsterdam on the future of the Dutch incapacity benefit system.
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Professor Wolff talks to primary school pupils about EU elections10 July 2024In May 2024, ahead of the European elections, Professor Wolff spoke to 135 pupils from the European Primary School The Hague about Democracy, Europe a...
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Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You is the new Cleveringa professor09 July 2024Lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You is the new Cleveringa professor. She will deliver the Cleveringa lecture on 26 November ...
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Video: Leiden University awards Kiem grant to interdisciplinary initiatives09 July 2024With a 'Kiem grant' of up to €10,000, Leiden University stimulates initiatives in research and education where diverse fields of study meet. This inte...
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First eLaw Conference: Law and/versus Technology08 July 2024The first eLaw Conference held at Leiden University was a success and fostered timely discussions on the legal challenges and opportunities presented ...
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Kristof Gombeer speaks on the Protection of People at Sea at 81st Biennial International Law Conference, Athens02 July 2024On 28 June 2024, Dr Kristof Gombeer spoke on State jurisdiction and the protection of people at sea at the 81st Biennial Conference of the Internation...
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Annachiara Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates beyond it’02 July 2024For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circul...
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Documentation of International Symposium What Methods Do28 June 2024The International symposium on artistic research methods organized by ACPA and the Platform for Arts Research in Collaboration (PARC), in coordination...
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Parenting choices and parenting styles important in transmission of extremist views within families28 June 2024Do children growing up in a jihadist or right-wing extremist household develop the same extremist views as their parents? That depends in part on broa...
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Researcher teaching in the classroom: ‘We need to imitate nature more closely’27 June 2024How can we supply the growing world population with sustainable energy? At Laurens Lyceum in Rotterdam, Prof. Marc Koper speaks with the students abou...
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery27 June 2024What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building fe...
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Academics start campaign against government cuts27 June 2024Academics from Leiden University have started a campaign against cuts at universities. From 26 June to 11 July, they are giving lunchtime pitches in L...