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Partnering Heritage with Latin America: Heritage Futures in the Age of Polycrises26 March 2025Crises today are multiple, ranging from geopolitical conflicts, accelerating climate change, growing inequality, technological disruptions, democratic...
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Archaeologist Valentina Azzarà features in National Geographic documentary on Omani archaeology25 March 2025Dr Valentina Azzarà, an honorary research fellow at the Faculty of Archaeology and an expert on prehistoric Oman, was recently invited to feature in a...
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Guinea-Bissau: Ecowas delegation leaves the country after threats from President Embalo19 March 2025A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) arrived in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on 23 February for five days. 'We need to d...
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Alumnus Marit Brun makes travel guides with a nod to anthropologyInterview 19 March 2025Anthropologist Marit Brun captured Leiden’s student life during her studies, which won her the ‘Best Leiden photo’ competition. She now wants to conti...
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Over a million euros for two studies on solutions to antimicrobial resistanceHealthcare 18 March 2025Two consortia led by Leiden researchers have been awarded over one million euros by the Dutch Research Council and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and...
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What is happening on the shop floor? Executive Board visits the Institute of Tax Law and Economics13 March 2025Each scientific institute has its own dynamics. The Executive Board is visiting the different institutes to find out what is going on there. On 11 Mar...
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Yuliia's big wish fulfilled: dissecting a calf's brain12 March 2025Thanks to Make-A-Wish, Yuliia was given the opportunity to fulfil her dearest wish and learn more about her great interest: the brain. Together with h...
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White dwarf with partner flashes every two hours12 March 2025An international team of astronomers has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf orbiting each other every two hours are emitting radio pulses. Throu...
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Professor by special appointment Saniye Çelik wins Woman in the Media Award: 'Important that women have a voice in public debate'11 March 2025Saniye Çelik, Professor by Special Appointment of Diversity, Inclusion, and Policing at Leiden University, has received the Woman in the Media Award a...
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Leiden and Cambridge help create a model course on EU law for Ukraine07 March 2025Whilst resisting abhorrent Russian aggression, Ukraine has made a clear choice for a future in Europe. With an association agreement already in place,...
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10 March: Leiden University to start staggered strike against government cutsStrike 06 March 2025Staff from Leiden University will start the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts on 10 March. University of Applied Scienc...
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Always vegan, always fun: student-run Community Kitchen thanks to The Hague MarketCampus The Hague 05 March 2025Healthy communal meals that also prevent food waste. On 4 March, Hague alderman Robert Barker came to see what was cooking at the LUC Community Kitche...
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Launch of second student edition of Mediaforum, chaired by Emma de Vries05 March 2025On 14 February, the second student edition of Mediaforum, journal of media and communication law, was festively launched with a symposium in the Acade...
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Christa Tobler gives a public lecture at the University of Tasmania on the European human rights approach to climate change05 March 2025For several years, the University of Tasmania has been ranked first among universities worldwide in terms of climate action. The interest in this topi...
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De Hoe?Zo! Show teaches children that science is anything but boringChildren 04 March 2025Why is water wet? What is ADHD? In De Hoe?Zo! Show, curious 9-and-10-year-olds get answers to their questions. PhD candidates take to the stage to dem...