News
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ERC Starting Grant for Thijs Porck: 'Everyone loved Old English in the nineteenth century' 01 December 2023
In the nationalist nineteenth century, people developed an interest in medieval language and literature. The study of medieval material in one’s own v...
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Dubai climate summit: 'Virtually all funds are underfunded' 30 November 2023
Dubai is teeming with world leaders these days at the United Nations' annual climate conference. What can we expect? We look ahead with university lec...
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Keuzegids consumer guide: six top programmes at Leiden University 30 November 2023
Leiden University has six top bachelor’s programmes, according to Keuzegids universiteiten 2024 consumer guide to universities published on 30 Novembe...
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Call for Papers: 'Matrilineal Kerala: Investigations across Borders' 29 November 2023
In collaboration with: Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, the Netherlands & Mar Chrysostom Chair, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
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'Especially now, in-depth knowledge about Judaism and Jewish history is important' 27 November 2023
The newly established Leiden Jewish Studies Association aims to bring together Leiden scholars working on Judaism. The first annual conference will ta...
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'The dancing body embodies its own form of knowledge' 27 November 2023
Suzan Tunca was the first dancer to receive her PhD from PhDArts at Leiden University. Her work focuses on the relationship between the physical and m...
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Looking at the past with VR glasses: 'It really helps to visualise the impact of policy' 24 November 2023
A subject like history is all about the past. That often involves scrolling through old documents, but in the Research Master's in History, Professor ...
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Meet Prof. dr. Jürgen K. Zangenberg, LJSA Co-Initiator and Member 23 November 2023
Prof. Zangenberg came to Leiden in 2006 as Professor for New Testament and Early Christian Literature and is now Chair for the History and Culture of ...
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KNAW Early Career Awards for two Leiden researchers 21 November 2023
Young Leiden researchers Alisa van de Haar and Marleen Kunneman have received a KNAW Early Career Award. The prize, awarded annually for outstanding a...
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Special Chair for Central European studies and LJSA Member Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey holds “teach-ins” on the most recent history of Israel/Palestine 21 November 2023
Since the horrific events of October 7, 2023, Leiden students have grappled with difficult questions about Israel, Gaza and Israel/Palestine conflict ...
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JEDI Fund: ‘We’re now showing clearly that the community is diverse’ 20 November 2023
If you have a plan that could improve the education or the learning environment of the Faculty of Humanities in terms of diversity or inclusion, you c...
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Meet Dr. Rebekka Grossmann, LJSA Member 20 November 2023
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Grossmann worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She first did her PhD and then she joined the Franz Rosenzweig Mi...
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ 20 November 2023
A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have be...
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Wives of professors, students and alumni played a crucial role in Leiden’s women’s rights movement 17 November 2023
Aletta Jacobs, Suze Groeneweg and Joke Smit are familiar names from the Dutch women’s rights movement. Less well-known are the feminists who operated ...
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member 17 November 2023
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.