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Co-Producing Nationalism in Crisis: State and Public Dynamics on Weibo26 June 2025During the corona pandemic, the Chinese government's digital communication with its citizens changed. Hard propaganda was increasingly replaced by ‘so...
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Working together to rebuild Ukrainian astronomy26 June 2025How do you rebuild a field of science after years of war? In June, a remarkable gathering of Ukrainian and Dutch astronomers took place at Leiden’s Ol...
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Spinoza Prize for historian Judith Pollmann: ‘We continually reference the past’Interview 26 June 2025How did people in the past deal with change? And how did such change influence personal and collective identities? For her research on these questions...
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Research: large majority of South Holland residents support increase in defence budget26 June 2025There is broad support for the active involvement of the Netherlands in international cooperation. This is shown by a new public opinion survey among ...
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Trumpet, drum and teamwork: ISGA colleagues perform at the Canal Concert26 June 2025What do you get when you bring a percussionist and a trumpet player together in a project orchestra? A story full of passion, unique experiences and a...
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Pension funds as a solution to NATO’s 5% defense goalInterview 25 June 2025The NATO-summit confirms: defense budgets will rise to 5%. The means the Netherlands must spend more, but where will the money come from? Political sc...
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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment25 June 2025NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what...
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Crowdfunding for Leiden Chinese Queer Collection25 June 2025Help us develop and expand the recently established Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏) at Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Experts share future vision at Data for Policy 2025: ‘Data centres must become not only smarter, but also cleaner’25 June 2025The Data for Policy 2025 conference, held at Leiden University in The Hague, brought together 120 participants from across Europe and beyond to explor...
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Video labs and narratives of future conflicts: two lecturers receive a Comenius GrantInnovation in education 24 June 2025Lecturers Marjo de Graauw and Malte Riemann have both received a Comenius Teaching Fellowship. The €50,000 grant will enable them and their project te...
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Anniversary edition of the Leiden Science Run raises record sum for vulnerable children24 June 2025Smiling faces, sweltering heat and a record-breaking donation – that was the Leiden Science Run 2025. On Saturday 21 June, the Leiden Bio Science Park...
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Jeanette Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’24 June 2025When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical ...
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From International Studies to HR: ‘I use my skills every day’24 June 2025Ana Oleart came to The Hague from Barcelona to study for her bachelor's degree in International Studies. After completing no fewer than two master's d...
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Tom de Groot: ‘International Studies covered all the topics that interested me’24 June 2025During his bachelor's programme in International Studies, Tom de Groot became fascinated by the theme of peace and security. Now he designs and modera...
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Spring for everyone: KCPEG symposium on existence insecurity shows both urgency and solutionsPolicy, science and practice come together in the former orphanage during the Spring symposium 2025. 23 June 2025On a sunny afternoon in early June, the KCPEB Spring symposium ‘Spring for everyone’ was held in Leiden’s former orphanage, organised by the Expertise...