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Exploiting the Empires of Others: Vici grant for Cátia AntunesHaving mostly ignored the gains Dutch traders, investors and firms attained from serving the French, English and Iberian empires, debate in the Nether...
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Vici grants for three Leiden researchersThree Leiden researchers will each receive a Vici grant of 1.5m euros. They are historian Cátia Antunes, cell biologist Dennis Claessen and archaeolog...
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Tobler writes blog on Institutional Agreement Switzerland-EUIn 2018, the Swiss Federal Government published the draft text of a Swiss-EU agreement intended to adapt the institutional rules of five existing EU A...
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‘It affects me most when children are involved’It doesn’t take long before Tim van Lit has told us what interests him: problems that shake the nation. This 28-year-old Criminology alumnus heads a t...
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Council of Europe protects children’s rights through action plan in biomedicineThe action plan focuses on addressing key challenges posed by technological developments and trends in biomedical practices
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Law alumnus Vincent Peeters wins Leiden University Thesis Prize 2020On Saturday 15 February 2020, the Leiden University Thesis Prizes were presented during the Dies celebration day for alumni. Joint first prize went to...
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Lecture Simone van der Hof at symposium Digital Transformation In Law & SocietySimone van der Hof participated in the 2-day symposium Digital Transformation In Law & Society: Comparatve Perspecties On Family And New Media organiz...
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Simone van der Hof appointed as member commitee of the Weizenbaum Institute
Simone van der Hof is appointed as member of the evaluation committee of the Weizenbaum Institute, founded in Berlin in 2017.
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How to pursue a career within the European institutionsVisiting the beating heart of European politics, namely, the European Council in Brussels, is a great opportunity for students. I was lucky to be able...
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Intensive Course on Tax Law, Gadjah Mada University and Leiden UniversityIn the last week of January, Prof. Rex Arendsen and PhD candidate Maarten Manse of the Department of Tax Law at Leiden Law School, taught an ‘Intensiv...
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At the helm of the largest Oxford collegeKersti Börjars studied English language and literature in Leiden. She became a professor and now she is Master of the largest college at the Universit...
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Nature conservation initiatives – who foots the bill?In January 2020, Marja Spierenburg joined the FSW as the new Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihoods. Let’s get to know her. ‘All ...
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Present Day Lobby Efforts: 'Silent Lobby' Becoming Less SuccessfulArco Timmermans, Professor by special appointment Public Affairs, discusses the lobby that is just getting under way and is aimed at the political par...
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New Dean: ‘Get students involved in developing honours education’On 1 March 2020, Jos Schaeken will become the new Dean of the Honours Academy. He is taking over from Ton van Haaften, who is retiring after four year...
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LOFAR pioneers new way to study exoplanet environmentsUsing the Dutch-led Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, astronomers have discovered unusual radio waves coming from the nearby red dwarf star...