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Robert Zwijnenberg: ‘Don’t just talk but dare to get your hands dirty’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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Civil Liberties Under Pressure: Maartje van der Woude to hold webinar for Indonesian universityOn Wednesday 22 July, Professor Maartje van der Woude will hold a webinar for Nusantara University (Indonesia). Her lecture is entitled ‘Governing Thr...
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European Law Moot Court Success: Best Advocate GeneralOn 10 July 2020, the final of the European Law Moot Court Competition took place online before an impressive line-up of academics and practitioners of...
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'First Americans': exhibition on turbulent past and present of native AmericansThe First Americans exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnology showcases the resilience and creativity of native Americans. Striking artworks, fas...
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More powerful data centre will accelerate researchLanguage evolution, targeted drugs or archaeological interpretation. Researchers are making increasing use of supercomputers that can rapidly process ...
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How sustainable is Leiden University?How does Leiden University save energy? Could we organise our recycling better? Do our study programmes devote sufficient attention to the importance ...
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Dean Joanne van der Leun accepts gift of tableau by Syrian artistOn Monday 13 July, the gift of the artwork Homs by Syrian artist Rabi Koria was officially accepted at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. The tableau can ...
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EUniWell selected as 'European University'EUniWell –the European University for Well-Being in which Leiden University and six other universities collaborate – is among the consortia selected f...
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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave opens exhibition with major role for corona crisisThe ‘Contagious!’ exhibition was set to open at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in April but had to be postponed because of the corona crisis. The museum hasn’t...
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‘The Netherlands thought it was prepared for a pandemic, but was in for a surprise’Has the Netherlands responded well to the corona crisis? Or are we, as Geert Wilders terms it, the ‘dunce’ of Europe? A group of authors including Lei...
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An inclusive university as a joint effortInclusive teaching and research, a good reflection of society and a safe and accessible learning and working environment. The new Diversity and Inclus...
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'Migration and integration policies for the future only work with knowledge from the past.'An inclusive society in which everyone has equal access to health and wealth is the focus of the new Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre on the Governance of ...
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Leiden Observatory launches online summer programme for kidsThis summer, the Universe is closer than ever. With the online astronomy summer programme Space in Your Living Room!, the Leiden Observatory brings as...
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Maurits Berger: ‘Every researcher should do a social project’Maurits Berger worked as a lawyer in Amsterdam and as a journalist and researcher in Egypt and Syria. Since 2008, he has been a Professor of Islam in ...
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Europe to foster the Social-Economical Impact of AstronomyThe European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (E-ROAD) has held its first conference session at the 2020 virtual Annual Meeting of the Eur...