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Aris Politopoulos: ‘I use games as a teaching method' 19 August 2020
In his lectures Aris Politopoulos combines archaeology with video games. He is one of the three nominees for the 2020 LUS Teaching Prize. 'A good teac...
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Concrete Islands in Alphaville 17 August 2020
Concrete Islands in Alphaville A Photo Gallery of Responses to two Seminal Artistic Explorations of Urban Technocracy and its Monstrous Highways
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks' 28 July 2020
The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of ...
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Robert Zwijnenberg: ‘Don’t just talk but dare to get your hands dirty’ 21 July 2020
Rob Zwijnenberg, Professor of Art and Science Interactions, uses daring experiments to get his students to think about social issues. "People who I in...
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Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professor 30 June 2020
Senior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting te...
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Leiden University places sixth in QS Ranking Classics and Ancient History 26 June 2020
The faculty of Humanities scores well in the anual QS World Universities Ranking By Subject list. This year we have placed sixth in the category Class...
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Anna Loh: ‘Art is the one constant factor in my life’ 22 June 2020
Anna Loh is a third-year student of the BA in Arts, Media and Society. We spoke with Anna about what it’s like to write a thesis during COVID-19, Inst...
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Film, video and Instagram: students create an online film programme 16 June 2020
Film and Photographic Studies master’s students Vanessa and Deirdre created a film programme about the Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon for the Jewish ...
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Black lives matter: ‘Racism takes different forms but it’s a world issue’ 05 June 2020
It all started with demonstrations protesting about the death of George Floyd from police brutality in Minneapolis, but the Black Lives Matter protest...
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Classicist Ineke Sluiter KNAW president 01 June 2020
Leiden professor Ineke Sluiter was appointed president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) on 1 June. She was presented with ...
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Sara Polak warns about social media: ‘What do you do with those tweets by Trump?’ 25 May 2020
Sara Polak, American Studies expert and University Lecturer investigates how American presidents deal with the media and how new, social media influen...
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Sara Brandellero: 'the news coming from Brazil is chilling' 18 May 2020
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro called the COVID-19 disease “a minor illness”. With more than 200.000 confirmed corona cases today (May 18) however...
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Sara Polak: ‘Corona unveils great social inequality in the US’ 14 April 2020
Following China and Italy, it appears that the United States is becoming the next epicentre of the coronacrisis. Can the US handle this crisis? Is pre...
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Dutch Studies Open Day: broad and varied 02 March 2020
From the new street language Smibanese to 17th-century manuscripts: the first national Dutch Studies Open Day explores a wide range of topics. The Ope...
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Ineke Sluiter receives honorary degree from the University of Bristol 21 February 2020
Ineke Sluiter received an honorary degree from the University of Bristol on 18 February 2020. In the Wills Memorial Building, she addressed young doct...