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PR Coordinator LIFF Jetske Breedeveld: 'Going to the cinema between lectures' 08 October 2024Alumna Jetske Breedeveld pursued both a Bachelor's in English Language and Culture and a Master's in Literary Studies at Leiden University. Her passio...
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’ 07 October 2024‘What more could I want?’ University and education historian Pieter Slaman is still deeply touched to have been awarded the LUS Education Prize for be...
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world 07 October 2024As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like anoth...
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ 02 October 2024A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. ...
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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa 02 October 2024At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its ...
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Beatrice de Graaf to deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture 01 October 2024On Thursday, December 12, 2024, historian and terrorism expert Beatrice de Graaf will deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leid...
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‘A reproduction can make the original important again’ 01 October 2024For her research, PhD candidate Liselore Tissen put one famous painting after another through a 3D scanner. The resulting reproductions were indisting...
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?' 30 September 2024As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequent...
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Sarita Koendjbiharie: ‘Through the dogs, I learned a lot about leadership’ 30 September 2024University lecturer in Management & Organisation Sarita Koendjbiharie is a welcome lecturer on The Hague campus, and not only because she takes a genu...
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Leiden students research the Relief of Leiden: ‘It was a divided city’ 30 September 2024If you do research on Leidens Ontzet in Leiden, you can count on a lot of interest. But Leiden Kennisstad interns Marieke Nolten and Alexander Nuijten...
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Sarah Cramsey's "Uprooting the Diaspora" wins the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies 27 September 2024Sarah Cramsey's first book, Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the "Ethnic Revolution" in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1946, has won the ...
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Leiden University researchers tackle global challenges with Una Europa-Africa grants 26 September 2024Three international research projects involving Leiden University researchers will receive funding from the Una Europa university alliance. The projec...
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Word from the LUCSoR Chair: September 2024 24 September 2024Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year! I hope this finds you feeling refreshed following an enjoyable and restful summer holiday season. As we start ...
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Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders' 24 September 2024To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of...
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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden' 20 September 2024Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester s...