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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. ...
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Farewell Mirjam de Baar: ‘Your interest was always genuine’20 March 2025For nine years, Mirjam de Baar was vice-dean at the Faculty of Humanities. On Monday 17 March, she took her leave in the Academy Building. ‘You have w...
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New edition 'Panoramic. The Leiden Art Review'18 March 2025Last year, the Art History program, led by lecturers Laura Bertens and Elizabeth den Hartog, started the course The Academic Art of Publishing, in whi...
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'Language is part of your identity’Appointment 17 March 2025Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to se...
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Last chance to participate in the Humanities labor market survey17 March 2025Did you graduate from the Faculty of Humanities in the period from 2020 to 2024? Then participate in our labor market survey!
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Jos Schaeken appointed interim vice-dean: ‘The focus is on future-proofing the faculty’17 March 2025Professor Jos Schaeken has been appointed interim vice-dean from 1 March. As Mirjam de Baar's successor, he will focus on future-proofing the educatio...
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Farewell event for Mark Rutgers on a unique day in the university’s history13 March 2025With the red flag flying proudly on the Academy Building (Leiden University was on strike for the first time in its history!), the farewell event for ...