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Cleveringa Lecture: ‘I’m deeply ashamed of this orchestrated asylum crisis’27 November 2024The rule of law is crumbling in the Netherlands, lawyer Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You warned in her Cleveringa Lecture. She held up a mirror to those p...
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Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Membership of foreign academies is incredible recognition'26 November 2024When Petra Sijpesteijn became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, she was the only Dutch member with an appointment at a Dutc...
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How can regional organizations help save the environment? Leiden and Singapore collaboration on Green Regionalism.25 November 2024On 21 and 22 November, a conference on Green Regionalism was co-organized by CompaRe and the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia of the Singapore Manage...
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Royal honour for policy director John Kroes21 November 2024John Kroes received a royal honour from Leiden deputy mayor Julius Terpstra on 20 November. He was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau for ...
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The Nuance Project: Respectful dialogue about sensitive topics give students hope21 November 2024Students from Leiden University have launched The Nuance Project, a platform for respectful, open-minded dialogue on divisive issues. The aim is to fo...
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‘Polarisation is good. Much better than an uneasy silence’21 November 2024If a young person from a migrant background climbs the social ladder despite internship discrimination, the exclusion often gets worse. It is only whe...
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Antibodies against rheumatic diseases tested directly on patients20 November 2024Leiden Professor of Translational Rheumatology Hans Ulrich Scherer has one foot in the clinic, where he helps patients, and the other in the lab, wher...
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Archaeologist Tom Hazenberg seeks the frontiers of the Roman Empire18 November 2024From Roman ships to the ‘Gordon’ cavalry mask. Alumnus Tom Hazenberg was involved in spectacular finds that put the Dutch frontiers of the Roman Empir...
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Valerie Frissen wins Lifetime Achievement Award18 November 2024On 10 October, Valerie Frissen was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Internet Society Foundation. The professor by special appointment rec...
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UNICEF Student Team Leiden: ‘We all have our own role to play here at Leiden University’18 November 202420 November 2024 is World Children's Day. To mark this occasion, the UNICEF Student Team Leiden is organising a lecture on children's rights. We spoke...
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Cleveringa Professor Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You: ‘Exclusion is dangerous’18 November 2024Amid rising polarisation and discrimination, lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You wants to show in her Cleveringa Lecture on ...
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Why cultural anthropology and development sociology?18 November 2024If you've ever wondered why people behave the way they do or how societies work, studying cultural anthropology and development sociology could be for...
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‘A safe city starts with good education and robust policing’14 November 2024It is more myth than reality that people with migration backgrounds commit more crime. Leiden has successfully tackled anti-social behaviour by Morocc...
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Join the protest against the higher education cuts13 November 2024Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a...
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‘Leiden could raise its profile as an AI expert’13 November 2024‘In the field of AI, Leiden is still a relatively unseen university,’ says Thomas Dohmen. The brand-new Director AI Collaboration Center, would like t...