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MA Student Suzanne Oskam invited to conference Philosophy of Death and DyingThe Institute for Philosophy is happy to announce that Suzanne Oskam will be presenting her work this summer in Uppsala, Sweden at the biennial confer...
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Royal honour for astronomer Tim de ZeeuwLeiden astronomer Tim de Zeeuw has been appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He received the distinction on 14 May to mark his departure a...
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The meaning of art decorationsGeometrical patterns serving as decorations do more than just that; they always have a meaning, according to art historian Arthur Crucq. Doctoral defe...
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What mobile phones mean for refugeesWhat do refugees use their mobile phones for? And what does it mean for aid workers in reception camps? The Leiden Centre for Innovation studied this ...
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To anglicise or not to anglicise?This variation on Hamlet’s ‘to be or not to be’ is exercising the emotions of the academic world in the Netherlands. Leiden's Vice-Rector, professors ...
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A Sizzling Summer of SpaceFor the first time in the Netherlands this summer: the Space Studies Programme - an international summer university for those who aspire to a space ca...
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Small but not harmlessTo what extent do nanoparticles accumulate in plants and animals, and what properties of the particles play a part in this? Willie Peijnenburg, profes...
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Nathaniel Martin new IBL professor in Bioorganic ChemistryNathaniel Martin has been appointed professor in the field of Bioorganic Chemistry within the Faculty of Science at the Institute of Biology Leiden, s...
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New research shows prehistoric hunter-gatherers were the first people to ride horses and explores its impact on migration and languagesA new study has discovered that horses were first domesticated by hunter-gatherer descendants in Kazakhstan who left no direct modern trace.
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Guus Kroonen publishes article in Science MagazineAlongside several other authors, Guus Kroonen, University Lecturer in Linguistics, published an article in the well-renowned academic journal Science ...
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Marieke Liem in Trouw about the Terrorist Threat in the NetherlandsMarieke Liem, Associate Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), has been interviewed by Trouw about the opinion of the Dutch...
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Lewis Borck's Leiden experience: "Theories and methods brought me in first"One and half years ago, Lewis Borck exchanged the arid and hot Southwest of the USA for the Netherlands. While an expert in Ancestral Pueblo and Hohok...
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Ton Liefaard Elected Member Steering Committee Children’s Rights European Academic NetworkProfessor Dr. Ton Liefaard, UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights, has been elected as member of the Steering Committee of the Children’s Rights European ...
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Tirana Spring School lectures online!Thanks to the Department of Ethnology of the Albanian research institute for Cultural Antropology and Art Studies (IAKSA) the lectures given during th...
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Heritage specialist Mariana de Campos Françozo interviewed by EURAXESSEURAXESS asked Mariana de Campos Françozo about her current research conducted with an ERC Starting Grant. "Perhaps the most important benefit of the ...