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‘Interaction between politics, science and colonial impact often overlooked’NWO grant 10 March 2026How did science relate to politics and colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Assistant Professor Lauren Lauret has been aw...
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Call for Papers: Universities and Society at the End of Empire and Beyond (UniSoc)Workshop at the University of Birmingham | 23-24 June 2026 05 March 2026Based upon an academic partnership between the Universities of Birmingham in the UK and Leiden in the Netherlands, Universities and Society at the End...
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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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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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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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COIn grant enables Leiden researchers to improve their research infrastructure.COIn 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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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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Call for Papers: Peace Movements - A Global History10 February 2026From the First World War until the height of the Cold War, actors from the decolonizing world sought to build connections with international peace mov...
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Leiden Jewish Studies Network convenes 'Care and the Jewish Experience Conference'04 February 2026Building off the success of the 'Jews at Home' conference in December 2023, the Leiden Jewish Studies Network convened its second conference 'Care and...
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Luca Andrea got to work with coins at the Teylers Museum: ‘By looking at the object, you discover new stories’Internship 03 February 2026A paper during her master's degree put student Luca Andrea on the trail of Roman coins. While on an internship at the Teylers Museum, she organised th...
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Winner of the Europe Hub’s Best Master’s Thesis Prize 202503 February 2026Each year, Leiden University’s Europe Hub invites submissions from all faculties for its annual Europe Hub Master's thesis prize. The winning thesis s...
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Friendship between people with and without disabilities: ‘Often valuable for both parties’ERC grant 27 January 2026Despite increasing attention to inclusion, loneliness statistics are not improving for people with intellectual disabilities. University lecturer Paul...