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Not one, but two changes of the guard within FSW01 April 2026Two changes of leadership will take place within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) on April first 2026. Shelley van der Veek will b...
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Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation31 March 2026From towering mechanical heroes to city-destroying battles, giant robots have become one of the most iconic images in Japanese animation. On 28 April ...
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Meet Angela Ignatius: a game that helps students discuss their use of AI31 March 2026There is something strange about that new student Angela Ignatius. She is brilliant, helpful and always available. She summarises teaching materials, ...
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Students bring ‘Archaeology of the Margins’ to centre stage at SOYA 2026Student-organised conference 31 March 2026On 10 April, the Faculty of Archaeology will host the Symposium of Young Archaeologists (SOYA), a fully student organised conference dedicated to the ...
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‘Materiality, Religion, and the Environment’: L*CeSAR’s second workshop31 March 2026On Thursday, the 19th of March 2026, students and staff had the chance to partake in the second full-day workshop organized by the Leiden Center for t...
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A combination of telescopes reveals hidden star formation in the early universePHD RESEARCH 31 March 2026Galaxies in the early universe contain more dust and hidden star formation than previously thought. That's what Ivana van Leeuwen concludes in her PhD...
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Planet Earth as an example in the search for life on distant planetsASTRONOMY & INSTRUMENTATION 31 March 2026How do you detect life on a planet light years away? During her PhD research, astronomer Willeke Mulder worked on an instrument to detect such signals...
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Quantum experts from Taiwan and The Netherlands meet in LeidenPHYSICS 31 March 2026Photonics, quantum research and semiconductor technology: Leiden University welcomed a high-level international delegation from Taiwan, to explore new...
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Leiden University and Xi’an Jiaotong University mark a decade of trusted scientific collaborationInternational delegation 31 March 2026A delegation from Xi’an Jiaotong University visited Leiden University on 25–26 March, celebrating ten years of cooperation in education and research, ...
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Holly Riach: ‘Early modern books are less chaotic than previously thought’PhD research 31 March 2026In the early modern period, it was perfectly normal to find recipes, legal documents or medical writings in a book of poems. Holly Riach studied the u...
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LUCL to start working with Macroscope: ‘One place filled with datasets and tools’31 March 2026Over the coming years, LUCL will be collaborating on the development of Macroscope, a new scientific infrastructure that maps social change at the pop...
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Looking critically at autism research: ‘We have to get away from us-versus-them thinking’Autism 30 March 2026Autism research is at times saturated with implicit values, norms and possible prejudices. Researchers should be more aware of this, says development ...
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Light switch for life: controlling molecular droplets with UVBiophysica 30 March 2026Leiden researchers have discovered a surprising new way to shape and control tiny droplets of molecules found in living organisms. The breakthrough co...
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Mosquitos in town: how to prevent disease risk (and still green your city)30 March 2026In cities, parks take the blame for mosquito problems. However, the real issue is usually a few streets away. Drains and standing rainwater create ide...
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How do you find your way as an early career researcher in the academic pressure cooker?Graduate School 30 March 2026From inspiring career stories to hands-on workshops, the Career Event for PhD candidates and postdocs offered young researchers an insight into the ma...