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Adopted from China, back there as a journalist: ‘I want to break the stereotypes’Alumnus interview 17 April 2025Cindy Huijgen was adopted from China and has wanted to return all her life. This Chinese Studies and Journalism & New Media alumnus is now a correspon...
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Jenneke van der Wal wins Ammodo Science Award: ‘Especially unstudied languages contribute to theory building’15 April 2025For associate professor Jenneke van der Wal, things have been good recently. After being awarded a Vici and Una Europa grant, she has now also receive...
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Leiden researchers call for new guidelines for AI-generated images in journalism14 April 2025Generative AI presents journalists with new options for image use but also raises ethical questions. Leiden research shows that GenAI image use is yet...
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Podcasts for Easter11 April 2025Got an hour to spare over the long weekend? Then listen to an episode of the new podcasts that have seen the light of day at the faculty in recent mon...
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CV of Failures exhibition has opened: No growth without failure09 April 2025On Tuesday 8 April, the CV of Failures exhibition was officially opened by Hester Bijl. Members of the university community share their personal stori...
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Design plan for Aleida Nijland building presented during user meeting07 April 2025Future users of the Aleida Nijland building were recently the first to have the opportunity to admire the design plan for the new building. During a u...
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After sixty years, German alumni are back in Leiden: ‘I presided over the meeting with a revolver’07 April 2025They first entered the Academy Building fifty to sixty years ago. On 28 March, they were back for an afternoon: the members of the Dr Pfiffikus debati...
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism03 April 2025Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role i...
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Ammodo Science Fellowship for Sophie Rose's research on the perception of mental illness in the Dutch East Indies03 April 2025Sophie Rose is one of the fellows of the Ammodo Science Fellowship 2024. She will use this fellowship to conduct research at Leiden University.
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How do our language rules come about?03 April 2025Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, Ph...
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Wreck in the Wadden Sea: ‘Objects tell the story’03 April 2025More than 40 years ago, a wrecked merchant ship was found in the Wadden Sea. PhD student Geke Burger looked at this archaeological find from a histori...
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Manon Uphoff to be Leiden University’s new ‘writer in residence’31 March 2025The author Manon Uphoff from Utrecht will be Leiden University’s new ‘writer in residence’ from autumn 2025. As the writer in residence, Uphoff will c...
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Keuzegids Masters 2025: History and Classics and Ancient Civilizations score well above average31 March 2025Two Humanities research masters and one master’s programme score well above average in the Keuzegids Masters: the research master History, the master ...
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Lettie Dorst: ‘Translation programmes change how we interpret the world’27 March 2025Associate Professor Lettie Dorst has received a Vidi grant to research how machine translation programmes such as Google Translate and ChatGPT transla...
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’20 March 2025University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ...