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Professor of Dutch History Henk te Velde to be new interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities 12 November 2024
Professor of Dutch History prof.dr. H. (Henk) te Velde will become interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University for a two-year term ...
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Faculty Board Column: Looking Ahead Together in Challenging Times 11 November 2024
To underline the urgency: Our faculty faces a significant financial challenge. With a structural reduction of €5 to €6 million in annual income, dark ...
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First Experiences with Digital Testing Platform Ans 11 November 2024
In the second semester of this academic year (February 2025), the Faculty of the Humanities will switch from Remindo to Ans for digital exams. Several...
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Law track launched for master's in Governance of Migration and Diversity 07 November 2024
The master's programme in Governance of Migration and Diversity has expanded to include a Law track (LL.M.). Law students can now enrol in this master...
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Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague 04 November 2024
Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague f...
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NWO grant for the Facebook of the past: ‘Circulating images aren’t new’ 04 November 2024
GIFs, memes and videos: anyone who opens a social media platform can be in no doubt that today we live in a visual culture. But the role of images in ...
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Mehmet Kentel wins the OTSA Yavuz Sezer Prize 04 November 2024
Mehmet Kentel has been named co-winner of the prize, which is given out yearly by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, for his article “Ruin a...
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Claudia Robustella: 'I've learned to accept myself and my mental health issues' 04 November 2024
During her student years, Claudia Robustella struggled with her mental health. Thanks in part to the help of her study coordinator Rosa van Straten, s...
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Rebekka Grossmann awarded Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellowship for research on the effects of migration on Cold War visual culture 30 October 2024
What does forced migration have to do with the way a humanist aesthetics was forged after World War II? A Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellows...
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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique' 28 October 2024
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lect...
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‘American politics gives Europeans a glimpse of what lies ahead’ 24 October 2024
It’s impossible to avoid, even in the Netherlands: the US will soon be going to the polls. Where does it come from, this fascination with US elections...
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika? 24 October 2024
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of ...
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President Korea Foundation op bezoek 24 October 2024
On Friday morning, 18 October, Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl and Professor Remco Breuker welcomed Korea Foundation President Gheewan Kim.
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Wim van den Doel wins 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize 24 October 2024
Professor of Contemporary History Wim van den Doel has won the 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize. Van den Doel receives the prize for his book 'Snouck: H...
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Education in Ancient Egypt: 'Everyone Used the Same Text' 22 October 2024
For hundreds of years, children in Ancient Egypt learned to read using The Satire of the Trades, a text in which a father gives advice to his son thro...