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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 ...
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Five Leiden professors elected to KNAW 18 April 2018
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected five Leiden professors from different disciplines as new members. Two of the new member...
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North Korea: Disentangling a Gordian knot 21 March 2018
The announcement by US President Donald Trump on 9 March in response to the invitation for a summit meeting with the North Korean supreme leader Kim J...
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‘Do the Russians want to participate in the electoral performance?’ 15 March 2018
Although it is already certain that Vladimir Putin will win the Russian presidential election on 18 March, it is still significant for him, argues Rus...
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Rutte in Leiden: ‘Only studying is such a waste of opportunity’ 15 March 2018
From political confessions to life lessons from his own student time. On 14 March, Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave candid answers to questions from Lei...
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'Stephen Hawking put abstract science on the map' 14 March 2018
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (76) passed away on 14 March at his home in Cambridge, having been a long-term sufferer of the muscular disease ...
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Religious Studies does well in QS Rankings by Subject 08 March 2018
Leiden’s Religious Studies ranks 40th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Emotions always run high in discussions on female emancipation' 08 March 2018
At the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on 8 March, former Minister of Education Jet Bussemaker expressed her surprise at the commotion again raised by ...
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students 06 March 2018
A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...
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Former Leiden Colleague Sven Vleeming honored with ‘Festschrift’ 21 February 2018
On February 2nd, 2018, Professor Sven P. Vleeming of Trier University was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ to celebrate his retirement last summer. The ...
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The Leiden Connection - screenwriter Gerard Soeteman looks back 14 February 2018
Gerard Soeteman (1936) created a furore as a screenwriter of films that became classics (Dutch films: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, de Aanslag), bu...
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Why both fascists and liberals idolise Nietzsche 13 February 2018
The doctrine of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is complex, contradictory and open to a range of different interpretations. As a result, his le...
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Beyond The Last Utopia? A Student Blog Series About the History of Human Rights 06 February 2018
As a result of the MA-course History of Human Rights, dr. Paul van Trigt and students who participated in the course wrote a series of blogs concernin...