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How live bloggers balance speed and credibility28 March 2024PhD candidate Sebastiaan van de Lubben has written live blogs about Leiden politics. But how do you go about covering an event while it unfolds? ‘You ...
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Susanna Lindberg: ‘I want to protect our plurality and openness’26 March 2024Professor Susanna Lindberg has been appointed Scientific Director of the Institute for Philosophy with effect from 1 February. In her new role, she ai...
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Ronald Giphart writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn25 March 2024Writer in residence Ronald Giphart will explore a number of his own fascinations with Leiden students.
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‘Maybe interdisciplinarity could function as a way to change the university’25 March 2024This year, in a three-part symposium series, we are exploring how interdisciplinary collaboration can be promoted at the university. In the second ses...
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks21 March 2024The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...
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Quality of master’s programmes assessed in new guide21 March 2024The Air and Space Law (Advanced LL.M.) master’s programme at Leiden University is among ten ‘excellent master’s programmes’ at Dutch universities. Thi...
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Herta Mohr Building officially handed over to the Faculty of Humanities20 March 2024On Tuesday 19 March, Chris Suijker (Director of Real Estate) handed over the key of the Herta Mohr Building to Saskia Goedhard (Executive Director of ...
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The European Commission, “a humanities-friendly work environment”20 March 2024On February 29 2024, the Humanities Career Service of Leiden University organised a career day to the European Union institutions in Brussels. Natalia...
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Call for applications: Aspasia Travel Grant20 March 2024
Travel grant call for applications open to people who were identified as female at birth or who identify as female at the time of application for exte...
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Alumnus Emma Govaart is fighting for equal opportunities for young people20 March 2024Leiden alumnus Emma Govaart (24) wanted to make an impact on society, so she took a job in the non-profit sector after graduating. She now promotes eq...
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Wouter Kalf and Niels van Doesum win a Seed Grant19 March 2024To support interdisciplinary research on today's world-scale changes and governing challenges, the GTGC programme awards a number of seed grants to sc...
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'19 March 2024The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguis...
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New publication: Papyrological Texts and Studies in Honour of Peter van Minnen18 March 2024This volume contains the edition or re-edition of 52 papyri and ostraca, dating from between the third century BCE and the eighth century CE.
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From Remindo to ANS: Faculty of Humanities implements a new assessment system17 March 2024The Faculty of Humanities will introduce a new assessment system in the next academic year. Marcel van Brunschot, the project leader for the digital a...
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In Memoriam: Rudolf E. de Jong (1958–2024)15 March 2024
On Friday 16 February 2024, Rudolf E. de Jong passed away unexpectedly in Cairo. Since 2012, he was the director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute ...