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Carolien Stolte appointed visiting professor at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome16 March 2026Associate Professor Carolien Stolte has been appointed visiting professor at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR). Stolte will continue her ...
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Europe Hub launches new minor programme: European Approaches to Societal Challenges12 March 2026As of September 2026, Leiden University’s Europe Hub will be offering a new interdisciplinary minor: European Approaches to Societal Challenges.
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‘Interaction between politics, science and colonial impact often overlooked’NWO grant 10 March 2026How did science relate to politics and colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Assistant Professor Lauren Lauret has been aw...
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Interior design Aleida Nijland: light, recognisable and future-proof09 March 2026During the meeting on 26 February with the future users of Aleida Nijland, design agency Studio Linse presented the interior design. The design is bas...
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Five Humanities master's programmes highly rated in Keuzegids 202605 March 2026Five master's programmes from the Faculty of Humanities scored highly in Keuzegids 2026.
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Call for Papers: Universities and Society at the End of Empire and Beyond (UniSoc)Workshop at the University of Birmingham | 23-24 June 2026 05 March 2026Based upon an academic partnership between the Universities of Birmingham in the UK and Leiden in the Netherlands, Universities and Society at the End...
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Replication study on sentence comprehension: what role does the frontal lobe play?Beurs 05 March 2026What role does the frontal lobe play in understanding sentences? Assistant professor Jurriaan Witteman has received a grant to replicate a leading stu...
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Japanese Ambassador visits Leiden UniversityJapan 03 March 2026The new Japanese Ambassador, Michii Rokuichiro, visited Leiden University on 2 March. The Netherlands and Japan share a long-standing relationship in ...
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Joëlle Kraaijeveld wins Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize03 March 2026Joëlle Kraaijeveld has won the Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize for history with her master's thesis.
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Professor Marlou Schrover bids farewellInterview 02 March 2026Marlou Schrover played an important role in the study of migration history for many years. Now she is bidding farewell.
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Ben Arps receives Indonesian Culture Award26 February 2026Professor of Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture Ben Arps has received the Anugerah Kebudayaan Indonesia (Indonesian Culture Award) from the ...
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Puck Rouffaer wins the Volkskrant-IISG thesis prize26 February 2026Puck Rouffaer has won the Volkskrant-IISG thesis prize with her master's thesis on psychiatrist Coen van Emde Boas. Leiden University student Nina Wit...
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CFP: Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq24 February 2026The Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History (LUCITH) will host a two-day conference on the topic of Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq
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Evanthia's minor now allows her to combine her favourite subjectsMinor 24 February 2026From a bachelor's degree in English Language and Culture to a master's degree in International Relations: a minor made it possible for Evanthia Andrea...
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Decolonisation at university: ‘There was a feeling that something new and positive was happening’Beurzen 24 February 2026Much research into the colonial past of scientific institutions stops as soon as a colony gains independence. In two new projects, university lecturer...