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Word from the LUCSoR Chair: September 202519 September 2025The academic year has kicked off—and how! On 2 September, Dr. Yves Menheere opened our year with a lecture on “The What and Why of Chinese Religions”....
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Open Science Survey launched to map awareness and needs across Leiden University19 September 2025A new university-wide survey is now open to all involved in conducting, teaching, advising on, or supporting research related activities at Leiden Uni...
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Kirsten Sandberg appointed as Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s Rights 2025/202619 September 2025Leiden University is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Kirsten Sandberg as the Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s R...
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Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman in Wijnhaven: 'American men have real problems'18 September 2025In a packed lecture hall at Wijnhaven, Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman succinctly summed up the essence of his argument on Wednesday 17 September: ‘Ru...
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Two members of Grotius Centre join Board of NATO Support and Procurement Agency18 September 2025Brian McGarry and Cecily Rose, both affiliated with the Grotius Centre, are members of an adjudicative body established under the auspices of the NATO...
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Leiden students build smart antibodies with protein 'Velcro'iGEM-competition 18 September 2025Nine students dove into a challenging iGEM project this summer. With their idea, they aim to make antibodies more efficient - and in the meantime lear...
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Archaeologist at Binnenhof: ‘Even the staff ate heron’Alumnus interview 18 September 2025An Iron Age skull, a unicorn for cleaning your ear and thousands of beer jugs. Alumnus and archaeologist Chris Muysson has made remarkable discoveries...
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Jiyan Ilbrink: ‘Gardening allows me to put my research into practice’Humans of Humanities 18 September 2025When assistant professor Jiyan Ilbrink isn't working at the university, she can be found in her vegetable garden. On the plot of land around the corne...
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Olga Ceran co-convenes a session at the European Rule of Law Conference 202517 September 2025The European Rule of Law Conference 2025, hosted by re:constitution at the Berlin Social Science Center (15-16 September), brought together scholars, ...
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Amanda Henry appointed Full Professor in Evolution of Hominin Diets17 September 2025As of 1 September, archaeologist Amanda Henry has been appointed Full Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, where she will hold the chair in Evolut...
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Opening of the FGGA academic year: much appreciation, new challenges17 September 2025On Prinsjesdag, 16 September 2025, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) opened the new faculty year with a reception at Wijnhaven. The ...
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Providing information in palliative care: what if patients don’t want to know everything?Palliative care 17 September 2025How do you behave towards patients with life-threatening conditions who do not want to know all the details of the state of their health? This questio...
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Sarah de Lange, new professor of Dutch Politics: ‘We should not take our democratic constitutional state for granted’17 September 2025‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, t...
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AIV calls for renewed cooperation with the Global South17 September 2025Countries in the Global South, including India, Indonesia, Brazil, and Nigeria, are gaining increasing influence in the world economy and in internati...
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Jelle van der Werff on exchange in Melbourne: ‘The best six months of my life!’Exchange 16 September 2025Master’s student in Company Law Jelle van der Werff left for Melbourne in February 2025 for a six-month exchange. It turned out to be a great opportun...