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Neuroscientists on tour: 'Many people with MS do not link their cognitive symptoms to the disease' 22 January 2024
In the MS Cognitietour, psychologists and neuroscientists from Leiden University discuss the latest scientific knowledge with MS patients and their lo...
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Santino Regilme wins Cecil B. Currey Book Award for ‘Aid Imperium’ 22 January 2024
Salvador Santino Regilme, Jr. Associate Professor of International Relations and Program Chair of MA in International Relations, has been honored with...
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The journey taken by our discarded clothes 22 January 2024
We take our worn, torn and unwanted clothes to the clothing bank, assuming they will get a second chance. But what exactly happens with all those text...
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Crammed with meaning: what museum collections tell us about our political system 19 January 2024
What does a 19th-century exhibition of traditional utensils from the province of Zeeland tell us about the current rise of populism? A lot, Ad Maas wi...
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Rector Bijl presented the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award at the Leiden Jewish Studies Association first annual conference 19 January 2024
On December 6, 2023, Rector Hester Bijl welcomed participants at the Leiden Jewish Studies Association’s First Annual Conference 'Jews at Home: From C...
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Meet Dr. Kathyrn Brackney, LJSA Member 19 January 2024
Dr. Brackney is a modern European intellectual and cultural historian with a Ph.D. from Yale University. Before coming to Leiden, she held postdoctora...
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Universiteit Leiden Academy: Verdiep, verrijk en groei 18 January 2024
Leiden University Academy is making lifelong learning even better! The entire range of programmes on offer for professionals has been expanded and uni...
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Better treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases requires close collaboration 18 January 2024
Exceptional collaboration between physicians is needed to better understand and treat autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation in various organ sys...
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Students with a connection to Israel or Palestine together in a support group 18 January 2024
Psychology lecturer Sepideh Saadat is leading a support group for students affected by the Israel-Hamas war. In four sessions she brings together stud...
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Developing methods on remote sensing detection of archaeological features in Colombia with LDE grant 18 January 2024
A Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research team has been awarded a LDE Global Support Grant to develop reusable algorithms in the remote detection of non-orthogo...
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Black hole one year later: proof of a persistent shadow 18 January 2024
The brightness peak of the ring around M87's supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This is shown by new images re...
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where' 18 January 2024
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Assoc...
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Rising inequality slows as more women in lower-income groups join the labour force 18 January 2024
Behind the relatively stable income inequality in the Netherlands, big changes have been happening. Income inequality has increased over the past 40 y...
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Thesis on research on the intergenerational transmission of trauma wins FSW thesis prize 2023 17 January 2024
With research on the intergenerational transmission of trauma, Tamara Compagner (right) has won the FSW Thesis Prize 2023. The thesis was written as p...
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Albert van Marwijk Kooy appointed Chair of GIP's Dispute Resolution Committee 17 January 2024
The Pension Funds Dispute Authority (GIP) was founded on 1 January 2024. Albert van Marwijk Kooy has been appointed Chair of the Dispute Resolution Co...