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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from? 28 June 2022Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a g...
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A blue or gold background? NICAS grant awarded for research on restoration 27 June 2022Should the background of the painting remain blue or be restored to its original gold colour? PhD candidate Liselore Tissen will be using 3D prints an...
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‘Artists seek and research another dimension of science’ 27 June 2022In July, Leiden will be hosting the EuroScience Open Forum conference. Humanities scholars from Leiden will make use of the opportunity to stress the ...
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Alumnus Asa Splinter: ‘LGBT+ identities are not a burden but a source of inspiration’ 23 June 2022Even as a teenager Asa Splinter was determined to study Japanese in Leiden. A HAVO diploma and a change in legislation threatened to throw a spanner i...
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‘The ancient Egyptians were concerned with more than just death’ 23 June 2022When we think about ancient Egypt, the first things that come to mind are usually mummies and sarcophagi. According to researcher and Rijksmuseum van ...
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Out now! LEAP # 2: (Mis)Reading Nature 23 June 2022LEAP is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 2021 by a team of junior and senior scholars of Leiden University as part of a Faculty-broad Master course....
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Niels got his dream job right after graduating: ‘You work with the best here’ 23 June 2022What would it be like if you could work with the best in your field every day? Alumnus in International Studies Niels Drost knows just what that’s lik...
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’ 20 June 2022In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics ...
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GDPR error? Report it! ‘We’re not here to rap people on the knuckles’ 20 June 2022Starting four years ago, the same privacy laws apply throughout the European Union: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The law also affect...
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history 19 June 2022Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century s...
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Russian writer Maxim Osipov coming to Leiden University 17 June 2022Russian writer and cardiologist Maxim Osipov will come to the Netherlands for a year to teach in Leiden about Russian literature, his own work and the...
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Students advise international organisations: 'I mainly learned how to communicate' 17 June 2022Twelve weeks of hard work later, the big moment has finally arrived: the third-year students of International Studies are ready to complete the 'Pract...
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Application deadline 15th of June: New master’s students for the upcoming academic year 16 June 2022Last Wednesday was the official deadline for students to apply for one of our master’s programmes. Some of our master’s programmes, such as History, o...
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Grand opening of renovated Arsenal building 15 June 2022The renovated Arsenal building, part of the Humanities Campus, has been in use since April 2020. The building was officially opened on Monday 13 June ...
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A day as an intern at the Leidsch Dagblad 14 June 2022The Journalism and New Media study programme is celebrating its 20th anniversary. On the occasion of the anniversary, student Iris Kole gives a glimps...