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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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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...
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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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COIn grant enables Leiden researchers to improve their research infrastructureCOIn grant 23 February 2026The COIn grants enable researchers to improve the infrastructure for their research. The four initiators of two projects explain how the grant has hel...
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In memoriam: Vincent van Heuven (1949-2026)23 February 2026Vincent van Heuven passed away unexpectedly on Friday 6 February 2026 at the age of 76 at his home in Kûbaard (Friesland), the Netherlands.
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In memoriam: Takamitsu Muraoka (1938-2026)18 February 2026On February 10, 2026, emeritus Professor Dr. Takamitsu Muraoka (1938–2026) passed away, one day after celebrating his 88th birthday. From 1991 until h...
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A platform for a complex conflict: ‘Friction is good’17 February 2026Yousef Sweid was called a ‘stinking Arab’ in the sandpit at his Jewish kindergarten in Haifa. In a packed lecture hall, the Palestinian-Israeli actor ...
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New Visiting Professor for Central European Studies Saskia Jaszoltowski delivers talk about her work16 February 2026On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Professor Saskia Jaszoltowski, the new Visiting Professor for Central European Studies at Leiden University joined stud...
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'Beb & Bob| Collateral Damage' shows the human story behind the forgotten bombing of RotterdamPodcast 12 February 2026Alumna Lisa Koolhoven is the granddaughter of a Rotterdam woman who experienced the ‘forgotten bombing’ of the city on 31 March 1943. Her friend Krist...
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Martijn Treur wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesisAwards 12 February 2026History student Martijn Treur has won the incentive prize from Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis prize for his bachelor's thesis.
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Bastiaan Rijpkema elected as a member of the KHMWAppointment 12 February 2026On 9 February 2026, Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, was elected as a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KH...