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Memorial to professor and resistance hero Ben Telders unveiled at Bergen-Belsen12 September 2025A memorial stone honouring professor and resistance hero Ben Telders was unveiled on 12 September at the site of the former concentration camp Bergen-...
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New DH-AI Minor students tour the Humanities Hub12 September 2025Future proofing student skills with a new cohort of Digital Humanities & AI students.
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Alumna Lindsey Boosten: ‘Aviation is a great sector to work in’Alumni interview 12 September 2025Lindsey Boosten followed her passion by combining the study of aviation and law in the Advanced Master in Air and Space Law in Leiden. It turned out t...
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Understanding far-right communities on alternative platforms: Jonathan Collins on his PhD researchPhD dissertation 12 September 2025On Tuesday 30 September 2025, PhD candidate Jonathan Collins will defend his dissertation A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the ...
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Sovereign debt as strategy: Kathleen Brown on the politics behind the numbersPhD dissertation 11 September 2025On Tuesday 30 September 2025, PhD candidate Kathleen Brown will defend her dissertation 'Deception, Risk, and Evasion: The Politics of Sovereign Debt ...
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How do we experience music? Vocational students to explore this at a festival11 September 2025Many of us love music, but we don’t understand why exactly that is – or how our individual experiences of music can differ. Rebecca Schaefer will rese...
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‘Never stop trying’: Barz sees his polymers enter clinical trialsDrug discovery 11 September 2025A new class of polymers has been used in patients for the first time. The compound is the first new drug solubilising agent in decades. Introduced in...
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Gripped by ancient hands: Cora Leder awarded prestigious NWO Humanities PhD Grant11 September 2025How did early humans use their hands, and what can that tell us about our shared past? Cora Leder, newly awarded recipient of the NWO PhD in the Human...
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Plastics are causing stress to crops (and biodegradable alternatives do too)PHD 11 September 2025Micro- and nanoplastics cause stress to crops such as lettuce and carrots, PhD candidate Laura Julia Zantis found. This can lead to reduced growth and...
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Oldest parts of Leiden University Archives digitised11 September 2025Recently, the oldest parts of the Leiden University Archives have been preserved and digitised thanks to a grant from Metamorfoze. This makes an impor...
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Arjan Louwen wins LUS Teaching Prize: 'He stands out for his passion and dedication'11 September 2025During the ceremony of the Opening of the Academic Year, University Lecturer Arjan Louwen has won Leiden University's prestigious LUS Teaching Award. ...
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Funding for Law Sector Plan now structural11 September 2025Now the Dutch national Law Sector Plan has been positively evaluated, the temporary funding provided to Leiden Law School for the research projects ‘I...
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A future with tailored therapy for patients with atherosclerosisGrant awarded 11 September 2025Personalised treatment for patients with atherosclerosis. That is what the researchers of the AtheroNeth consortium are working towards. The Dutch Hea...
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Why the law has not eliminated race discriminationLaw 11 September 2025Despite being prohibited by law since 1971, race discrimination continues to exist in the Netherlands, making it harder for some people to find a job ...
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Inspirational start to faculty year10 September 2025On Friday 5 September, to mark our 450th anniversary we celebrated the opening of the faculty year together with the Leiden Revisited alumni event. Co...