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New BA Urban Studies: How to keep cities liveable 04 September 2018
By 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in cities. This has major consequences for the lives of city-dwellers and for the environment...
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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition 27 August 2018
Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum. They also ...
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Royal honour for Erik-Jan Zürcher 27 August 2018
At his farewell party on 25 August 2018, Erik-Jan Zürcher, professor and specialist on Turkey, was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He...
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From a bold e-mail to a dream internship: take the initiative! 13 July 2018
Imagine: you walk into a museum, see something that catches your eye and before you know it, you have an internship. This is what happened to history ...
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A reminder of our slavery past 11 July 2018
Karwan Fatah-Black of Leiden University, an expert in the area of Dutch colonial history, wrote the text for a slavery remembrance memorial that was u...
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Unstoppable urbanisation of Indonesia calls for interdisciplinary partnerships 05 July 2018
More than half of the Indonesian population lives in cities. What does this mean for public health? How sustainable are these megacities? This is the ...
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Letting go of perfection. PhD candidate creates opera about the rebel composer Monteverdi 19 June 2018
As part of his PhD research at the Leiden University, Johannes Boer wrote an opera about the turbulent year in the life of the Italian composer Claudi...
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Thinking outside your scientific box 19 June 2018
How do you study complex disasters like a nuclear explosion or a natural disaster? Who can help unravel the legal knot that Brexit has become? The imp...
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Studying Monteverdi through an opera 13 June 2018
PhD candidate Johannes Boer conducted research on the eminent Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA...
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UN Security Council listens to text by Leiden student 11 June 2018
Leiden bachelor's student of International Studies Thomas wrote a text that was read out this year in the UN Security Council by the Netherlands repre...
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New Dossier: Korea in the media 11 June 2018
Did you know we have a complete dossier about Korea in de news? Together with Remco Breuker, Professor of Koreastudies, and our other experts we keep ...
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How the Battle of Heiligerlee became a legend 22 May 2018
The Battle of Heiligerlee, on 23 May 450 years ago, is famous as an epic battle in Dutch history. But was it really so momentous? Professor of Early M...
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Just published: Festschrift in honour of Sven P. Vleeming 09 May 2018
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Putting the history of squatting in Leiden on the map 08 May 2018
When you think of squatting, the picture that comes to mind is of young people occupying derelict buildings in big cities. Leiden also has a history o...
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden University 30 April 2018
From Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is ...