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Conference A legal assessment of EU integration in the Western Balkans20 November 2025Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dramatically changed the geopolitical situation in the European continent. Former EU High Representative for Foreign Affa...
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Anne Urai wins Rising Stars of Neuroscience Award 202520 November 2025Neuroscientist Anne Urai is one of 25 early-career researchers recognised with the Rising Stars of Neuroscience Award for outstanding achievements. Kn...
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‘Being healthy isn’t an individual choice – it depends on your circumstances’Inaugural lecture 20 November 2025‘Fighting for health’ is the title of Professor of General Practice Hedwig Vos’s inaugural lecture – and for good reason. Public interest is at the he...
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Alumnus Ruurd Kok seeks tangible traces of the pastInterview 20 November 2025After various jobs as an archaeologist, alumnus Ruurd Kok became a journalist. For the ‘Traces of Leiden University’ series, he explored the past of u...
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Inequality in medical science: ‘We need to better understand the flexibility of the female brain’Hormones 19 November 2025During a well-attended Studium Generale lecture at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Professor Ellen de Bruijn demonstrated how hormonal fluctuations influence t...
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Shepherd dogs, sanctions and Instagram algorithms: Three days in the EU’s capital19 November 2025At the end of October the students of MA International Relations: European Union Studies once again made the journey to Brussels for three days of beh...
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'Children are too seldom seen as victims of femicide'Interview 19 November 2025What do we know about the children left behind after (ex-)partner homicide? Director Sara Kolster and professor Marieke Liem joined forces to bring th...
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Which algorithm solves which problem? Diederick Vermetten developed methods to find outDOCTORAL RESEARCH 19 November 2025Algorithms solve problems. But which algorithm is best suited to which problem? During his doctoral research, Diederick Vermetten developed methods to...
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Hundreds join Leiden Reclaim the Night march19 November 2025‘Let’s get everyone home safely!’ This was the message of an estimated 750 demonstrators as they marched through the centre of Leiden on 18 November. ...
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Balancing freedom of expression and non-discrimination19 November 2025Can politicians say whatever they want? What is the limit and when can the Public Prosecution Service act? PhD candidate Jip Stam examined the limits ...
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Nikki Frantzen winnares Moot Court wisselbeker18 November 2025The Moot Court trophy has been awarded for the sixteenth time! This time, it went to the best pleader in the spring of the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Get started with a new teacher's guide for transdisciplinary education18 November 2025Transdisciplinary education, in which students work with external parties, is getting more popular. How do you start such a programme as a teacher? Th...
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The Alternative Reading List Awards 202518 November 2025Who can pitch a book so well that everyone wants to read it? These are the winners of the 2025 Alternative Reading List Awards.
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Gerlov van Engelenhoven and Yanise Zijlstra make short film: 'Intangible heritage you can't put into words'Impact Explorer grant 18 November 2025University lecturer Gerlov van Engelenhoven was to be a guest in one podcast by culture maker and anthropologist Yanise Zijlstra on intangible heritag...
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The colonial contacts of the firm De Heyder & Co: ‘Completely intertwined with the colonial market’Student research 17 November 2025The Lakenhal depot houses three nineteenth-century sample books in which the cotton company De Heyder & Co kept precise records of who placed which or...