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Court case of 15-year-old anorexia patient: force-feed or right to self-determination?Via expedited proceedings at Leeuwarden Court of Appeal, a mother is trying to impose a relatively new treatment for her 15-year-old daughter’s eating...
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Irma Mosquera Valderrama new PhD DeanOn 1 January Irma Mosquera Valderrama succeeded Jean-Pierre van der Rest as PhD Dean, completing the changes to the team of PhD deans at Leiden Law Sc...
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‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repr...
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LUMC starts vaccinating staff against COVID-19Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has started vaccinating staff from its intensive care, emergency and COVID departments. Junior doctor Christia...
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New Year’s reception 2021: a memorable online eventThe Faculty’s traditional New Year’s reception, like everything else these days, was transformed into an online event this year. Dean Paul Wouters as ...
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Joris Larik on Al Jazeera on the new EU-UK trade agreementJoris Larik, university lecturer at LUC, discusses in this interview with Al Jazeera the new trade and cooperation agreement between the EU and the Un...
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Can non-vaccinated persons soon be barred?Private businesses will probably soon refuse access to non-vaccinated persons in the near future. But this is more difficult when it comes to public a...
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Call for Papers – Islam and EvolutionThe Leiden University Shii Studies Initiative (LUSSI) is hosting a two-day online conference on Islam and Evolution.
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Stage for the HumanitiesIn 2022, for one year, Leiden will be European City of Science. For humanities scholars, this offers enormous opportunities to bring their work to the...
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Christa Tobler in the media about Brexit and SwitzerlandIn the days following Christmas, Christa Tobler gave a series of interviews to Swiss newspapers and Swiss radio about the new Trade and Cooperation Ag...
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Ymre Schuurmans Academic Director Institute of Public LawThe Faculty Board has appointed Professor Ymre Schuurmans as Academic Director of the Institute of Public Law. Schuurmans is Professor of Constitution...
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Nico Schrijver member of EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement Arbitration PanelNico Schrijver professor emeritus in Public Law and State councillor at the Council of State has been appointed by the European Union and the United K...
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Work in the time of the coronavirus: ‘I miss the processions'How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? This is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series of articles. This time we...
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LUC The Hague is once again ranked as the best University College in The NetherlandsLeiden University College The Hague received the 'Top rated Programme' seal from the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2021 (Dutch University Guide). It is the...
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How to share responsibility for polluting the atmosphere?In our globalised economy, goods and services are frequently produced abroad. Is it the producer or the consumer that should be held responsible for g...