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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden' 20 September 2024
Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester s...
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How can police officers adhere to their own norms? PhD research links law to technology 20 September 2024
It’s not something the police force wants to see, but it still occurs: racist and misogynist behaviour in police work. Dr Linda Louis is a human right...
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Personal Professional Skills Lab: a certificate for the development of FSW bachelor students 20 September 2024
In line with the university and faculty ambition: ‘Future-oriented development of students’, from now on all FSW bachelor students can follow a three-...
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Largest research project on sustainable hydrogen production kicks off 19 September 2024
It is one of the energy carriers of the future: hydrogen. But how can hydrogen be produced in a sustainable way? With over 50 million euros in funding...
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The utopia is not a utopia for everyone 19 September 2024
A perfect world, who doesn't want that? But what is perfect is debatable. What is great for one person is disastrous for another. PhD student Zeynep A...
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Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights 19 September 2024
Leiden University Celebrates 10 Years of OPIC with Key Contribution at UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Commemoration Event
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Successful start of new Governance of Migration and Diversity LL.M. 19 September 2024
On 30 September 2024, the newly established LL.M. track of the multidisciplinary Governance of Migration and Diversity master's programme welcomed its...
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New video on Leiden student city features archaeology student Meike 19 September 2024
In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the third vid...
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‘The university and the Relief of Leiden are inextricably linked’ 19 September 2024
Lara Ummels came from Maastricht to study law in Leiden, and never left. She recently joined the board of the 3 October Association. You can’t get mor...
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Modderman Prize 2024 awarded to Elco Nab 19 September 2024
The Modderman Prize for the years 2022-2023 is awarded to Elco Nab. The prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field of crim...
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Special donor makes stroke recovery research possible 19 September 2024
How do you ensure that people who have had a stroke get the right therapy at the right time? This is the question researcher Jorit Meesters wants to a...
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Conference 'A Changing Europe in a Changing World' 17 September 2024
On 13 and 14 September 2024, the annual meeting of the European Group of Public Law (EGPL) took place in Legrena, Greece.
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Dennis Janssen appointed as Director of Operations for the Leiden Observatory 17 September 2024
Dennis Janssen has been appointed as Director of Operations for the Leiden Observatory. He succeeds Dominique de Vet who temporarily held the position...
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Podcast: this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language 17 September 2024
Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach thi...
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‘Young Academy Leiden wants to stand up for young researchers, especially in difficult times’ 17 September 2024
Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome seven new members. Outgoing chair Julia Cramer and incoming chair Rachel Plak ...