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Exhibition - Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Shadowy art from Leiden University Libraries28 May 2024Ominous witches, gruesome monsters, and hideous freaks: from Saturday 15 June, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be putting the spotlight on the shady depths of...
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Unique manuscript map of Suriname now available in Digital Collections28 May 2024The map of Suriname, drawn in 1830 and acquired by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in 2023, has now been made available online via Digital Collectio...
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Alumnus Sam van Raalte: From psychology to podcast21 May 2024How does a psychology graduate end up with a podcast? Alumnus Sam van Raalte followed his passion into freelance journalism. ‘I studied psychology to ...
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‘Some think I’m too lightweight, others too highbrow’14 May 2024Cornald Maas was able to ‘pioneer’ in Leiden. This Dutch Studies graduate, presenter, programme maker and publicist combined an active student life wi...
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'Elections are in the air here in Brussels, the energy is surreal'08 May 2024German-American Mia Müller (26) has been working at the European Parliament for three years now as Press Officer at The Greens/EFA Group. She was stil...
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Leiden archaeologists held an open day in Oss to celebrate 50 years of collaboration08 May 2024On May 4, 2024, from 10.00 to 16.00 hours, a festive day took place in Oss, celebrating the fact that staff and students of the Leiden Faculty of Arch...
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Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers - Symposium & Workshop01 May 2024From Soledad Acosta de Samper and Albalucía Angel to Hazel Robinson Abrahams and Amalialú Posso Figueroa. During the Symposium & Workshop Experience a...
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections19 April 2024On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje va...
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Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’17 April 2024Not your typical student life but training that demands sheer hard work: that was the choice Jorik ter Veer (now 45) made when he signed up for the Ro...
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Panoramic: The Leiden Art Review15 April 2024For twenty years, the Art History study programme had its own journal, the highly successful Decorum, which was written and edited by students. When t...
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Alumnus Allard Altena is a Public Prosecutor: ‘It’s just the best job ever!’15 April 2024Since graduating from Leiden Law School with master’s degrees in Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law and Criminal Law, alumnus Allard Altena now works a...
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New Science Library Open15 April 2024From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library...
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Podcast: an introduction to the Persian Book of Kings11 April 2024How did the mythical kings of ancient Persia live? In this podcast, we delve into the Shahnameh, also known as the Book of Kings.
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens04 April 2024Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning mor...
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Anthropologist working for the government01 April 2024Saskia van Otterloo works as a policy advisor on climate adaptation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands. She gra...