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Dr Andrew Sorensen wins Tübingen Prize for Older Prehistory and Quaternary EcologyAndrew Sorensen received the award for his work on the origins of fire-making, especially for his dissertation "Beyond Prometheus: Pursuing the origin...
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How meat substitutes in your lasagne can help save the planetNational Meat Free Week, from 11 to 17 March, encourages us to choose the environmentally friendly option more often. But apart from preventing animal...
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Final conference INFORM project in Sofia, BulgariaOn March 7th 2019, eLaw (the Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University) will participate at the INFORM Final Conference 'Data Prote...
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Giliam de Valk 'How to stay Resilient with Ever-changing Threat Assessment?'Giliam de Valk, assistant professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, was one of the speakers at the third congress of the National Thi...
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in NRC about Dutch DiplomacyJaap de Hoop Scheffer, Professor of International Relations and Diplomatic Practice at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), was interv...
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Wanted: research questions for citizen scienceHow many species of butterfly are living in my garden? Do I recognise the Leiden dialect? What is the air quality like in my area? Do you have a quest...
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Get to know Seif Kabil, chairman International Young Leiden Law Alumni NetworkSeif Kabil is the new chairman of the International Young Leiden Law Alumni Network. Time to get to know him better.
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Giacomo Fontana wins thesis prize with 'Seeking tombs from space'The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) annually awards the best theses on the Ancient Near East. The 2018 award went to archaeology studen...
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A hornets’ nest: Leiden University during the Second World War‘That hornets’ nest in Leiden must be destroyed,’ said Dutch National Socialist Party member Robert van Genechten in November 1942. He was referring t...
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Festive celebration International Day of Women and Girls in Science in LeidenOn Saturday 9 February 2019 we celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019 in Leiden! View the photos of this festive day, wit...
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The HagueLeiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured...
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Robbert Dijkgraaf: ‘Diversity improves science’His Leiden honorary doctorate, the future of scientists, and diversity in science. Robbert Dijkgraaf tells about it in one of the classical rooms of t...
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Meet the Professor in The HagueOver 1600 pupils from primary schools in Leiden and The Hague were taught by a professor of Leiden University on the 444th anniversary of our universi...
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'British TV channels in Europe could be off air in event of hard Brexit'British television channels transmitted in Europe are facing an unpleasant surprise: in the event of a hard Brexit their licences will have to be sort...
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Graduation Ceremony Interdisciplinary Master Cyber SecurityOn Thursday 7 February 2019, the graduation ceremony for the executive master programme Cyber Security took place at The Hague Security Delta (HSD). T...