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Delegation Leiden Law School to Indonesia 07 November 2018
At the end of November/early December a delegation from Leiden Law School, led by Dean Joanne van der Leun, will a number of various partner universit...
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Protecting children is what inspires Cleveringa professor Dettmeijer-Vermeulen 01 August 2018
Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, the well-known legal expert and Leiden University alumna, was for many years the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in H...
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The story behind the war victims 04 May 2018
Herta Mohr was a promising Egyptologist who died in Bergen-Belsen. Lawyer Amandus Wolfsbergen died in Auschwitz, without knowing that the his work wou...
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Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of war 23 April 2018
Paul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden Univers...
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students 06 March 2018
A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’ 04 December 2017
A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also atten...
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From Leiden to Tokyo: Cleveringa around the world 28 November 2017
On or around 26 November every year, Cleveringa meetings are organised for Leiden alumni throughout the world. Including in Tokyo, where Professor of ...
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‘War history of Eduard Meijers warrants place in memorial culture’ 28 November 2017
A group of confidants including a former student of Meijers managed to avert his deportation to a death camp. In her lecture on 27 November, Clevering...
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Leiden victims of WWII given a face 21 November 2017
Every year on 26 November Leiden University commemorates the protest speech given by Professor Cleveringa against the Nazis. At least 663 students, s...
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Cleveringa lecture to focus on Jewish Professor Meijers 28 September 2017
Historian Marjan Schwegman is the new Cleveringa Professor. Her lecture on 27 November will focus on Eduard Meijers, the Jewish professor who was dism...
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How Leiden University reopened after the war 01 May 2017
Students were able to continue their studies in September 1945 after the University had been closed for several years during the Second World War. Thi...
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Student in war time 20 April 2017
Jacques Waisvisz (98) is one of our oldest living alumni. As a Jewish student in the Second World War, he was forbidden from completing his studies. H...
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Doctors and citizens under fire in conflict zones 25 November 2016
It is time for the international community to put a stop to war crimes – especially against medical personnel, argued international chair of Doctors W...
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Cleveringa professor Joanne Liu to give extra lecture 25 October 2016
Cleveringa professor Joanne Liu, international president of Artsen Zonder Grenzen, will give an extra lecture on 24 November. The subject will be how ...
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Doctor Joanne Liu to be new Cleveringa lecturer 22 August 2016
Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, is the Cleveringa professor for the 2016-2017 academic year. She will deliver the ann...