News
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Sculptures provide more diverse view of University’s history 04 February 2021
Three new initiatives will provide a more diverse view of Leiden’s academic history, literally and figuratively: a historical study on the background ...
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Pussy Riot and other stories about the Academy Building 04 February 2021
In her book Rap 73, Dorrit van Dalen shares intimate anecdotes and what for many are previously unknown stories about the Academy Building and its use...
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Book ‘De Glazen Toren’: ‘The balance isn't quite right anymore’ 04 February 2021
Writing a book on the recent history of Leiden University in corona times. For educational and policy historian Pieter Slaman (34), this has meant wor...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship 22 January 2021
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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Still the cat’s whiskers: De Kattekop nursery at 40 01 September 2020
If there’s one place at the University where it doesn’t matter where you come from, it’s De Kattekop. This, the University nursery, celebrates its 40t...
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Josephus Scaliger: famous scholar and grouch 26 June 2020
Josephus Justus Scaliger was one of the most famous scholars of his time and yet today his name is likely to be met with blank looks. His corresponden...
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’ 04 June 2020
The Pilgrims to America exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal inspires reflection. How far do you go in the quest for freedom? It focuses on the Pilgrims’ ...
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Anar Ahmadov awarded fellowship at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study 29 May 2020
Anar Ahmadov, Assistant Professor of Political Economy at LUC, has been awarded NIAS Individual Fellowship by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced S...
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Looking back on an extraordinary Remembrance Day 05 May 2020
This year’s Remembrance Day on 4 May was more intimate than ever. Although it was not possible to come together as usual, an online lecture by Ethan M...
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories 23 April 2020
Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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‘A doctor! You?’ Three women on their PhD and career 03 March 2020
Rietje Knaap’s (83) PhD was a real feat of endurance, but she persisted. ‘You’re married so you don’t need a pension, do you?’ What are the experience...
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Pilgrim Year: a commemoration rather than a celebration 21 January 2020
Myths abound about the Pilgrims, the group of religious refugees from England who set sail for America in 1620. Did they really live in peace with the...
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Bio Science Park: from empty fields to hip neighbourhood 13 January 2020
New housing in old labs and striking architecture for University buildings and high-tech companies, not to mention waterside parks. An exhibition in O...
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Cleveringa Professor: ‘Individuals make history’ 25 November 2019
Through each individual decision, however small, people make history. This is what historian Katja Happe said in the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November...
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‘Don’t assume that someone else will step in’ 11 November 2019
Her book ‘Veel valse hoop’ (Much False Hope) about the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands was immediately hailed as a seminal work. German his...