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Herring, 3 October & Alumni worldwideDo you remember the 3 October celebration during your study time in Leiden? And do you miss it every year, while living abroad?
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Wil Roebroeks interviewed about new discoveries Borneo: "This killed Eurocentric views on early rock art"In a remote cave on the Indonesian island of Borneo, a series of rock art paintings have been discovered. The oldest painting might be the oldest-know...
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Niels Stensen Fellowship awarded to Vestert BorgerA Niels Stensen Fellowship has recently been awarded to Vestert Borger. Since the 1960s, the Fellowship is awarded each year to 6 or 7 scholars at Dut...
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5.7 million for future-proof lettuce varietiesA new 5.7 million euro research project will ensure that lettuce will be more resistant to pathogens and climate effects and will grow better in new c...
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Luuk van Middelaar speaks at Copenhagen conference on “EU Constitutional Imagination”On 1-2 November, Professor Luuk van Middelaar spoke at the Academic Conference “EU Constitutional Imagination: Between ideology and utopia” at the Uni...
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...
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Upcoming Fourth LEAC Conference – 27 November 2018 at Strathmore University Law SchoolOn 27 November 2018, the Center for Legal and Comparative Studies of the East African Community of Leiden University (LEAC) is organizing, in close co...
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Leandro Mancano wins Common Market Law Review Prize For Young Academics 2018The Editorial Board is pleased to announce the result of the 2018 Common Market Law Review Prize for an article submitted by a young academic.
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Did Rembrandt paint this portrait of Leiden Professor Van Schooten?Leiden Professor of Maths Frans van Schooten Jnr. (1615-1660) and his wife Margrieta were painted by Rembrandt. This is the claim made by mathematicia...
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Melanie Fink and Jorrit Rijpma present advice to the Frontex Consultative Forum in WarsawOn 17 October Melanie Fink and Jorrit Rijpma spoke at the 17th meeting of the Consultative Forum of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Fronte...
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Jorrit Rijpma speaks in Georgia on mobility and securityOn 11 and 12 October Jorrit Rijpma spoke on Mobility and Security at the Batumi State University and the Tbilisi State University.
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Jojanneke in Dutch mediaJojanneke van der Toorn appeared in several Dutch media.
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View the Humanities Master’s Open Day presentationsMany thanks for visiting the Master’s Open Day on Friday 2 November! We hope that you enjoyed the day and that all your questions were answered.
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Call for Papers - Conflict Management in the Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic, 1200-1600: Actors, Institutions and Practices of Dispute SettlementFrom the late Middle Ages onwards, maritime conflict has developed hand in hand with international trade. Over time, specific institutions were establ...
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'Empathy is one of the most important things I 've learned at LUC'Hande Taner (on the left), graduated from Leiden University College (Liberal Arts and Sciences, World Politics) now pursuing a Master’s in European Af...