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Delegation from Leiden University visits MexicoA delegation from Leiden University will be visiting Mexico from 21 to 25 October. The visit aims to strengthen the ties between Mexican universities ...
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What's your idea for bringing Dutch and international students together?Do you have a creative idea for improving contacts between Dutch and international students? Work out a plan and you could win the Van Bergen Prize an...
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Come to the award ceremony of the World Cultural CouncilLeiden University will be the stage of the annual award ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November. We answer the five key questions a...
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Still learning from the Ancient GreeksThere are still things we can learn from the Ancient Greeks. How they managed to make sure that innovations were accepted, for example. A group of cla...
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Summer in Leiden and The Hague through student eyesOver the summer, students – and a few members of staff – at Leiden University sent in their best photos to the University’s ‘Summer in Leiden and The ...
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Relief of Leiden: University closedOn Tuesday 3 October we will celebrate the Relief of Leiden, so all Leiden University premises will be closed that day. The University premises at our...
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Schöningen honours researcher from LeidenSince 1992, Professor Thijs van Kolfschoten, has been excavating at Schöningen.
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Seeing the Romans - and ourselves - in a different lightGlobalisation means becoming globalised, a process in which material culture plays a crucial role. This is what Miguel John Versluys, the new Professo...
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledgeStreet theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 Septem...
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Festive opening of Asian Library by Queen MáximaOn 14 September Queen Máxima symbolically opened Leiden’s new Asian Library. In a Pieterskerk filled with international guests, the queen received the...
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Media attention for lime-producing NeanderthalsNeanderthals were the first people to make glue, but how did they do that? Leiden archaeologists discovered how, and their findings did not go unnoticed.
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Come to the Tour of Asia festival!From gay rights in Asia to water management in the Philippines and from the Silk Road to current tensions with North Korea. Come to the Tour of Asia o...
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic yearOne person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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From Table to TrashThe Life Cycle of Archaeological Objects: Uncovering the treasures of the faculty of archeology
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How Neanderthals made the very first glueThe world’s oldest known glue was made by Neanderthals. But how did they make it 200,000 years ago? Leiden archaeologists have discovered three possib...