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Festive opening of Asian Library by Queen Máxima14 September 2017On 14 September Queen Máxima symbolically opened Leiden’s new Asian Library. In a Pieterskerk filled with international guests, the queen received the...
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic year04 September 2017One person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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Four reasons to visit the Night of Art & Sciences24 August 2017On 16 September, the Rapenburg canal will be the setting for the Night of Art & Sciences. There will be plenty of things to do, including for internat...
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‘New students, tomorrow's world needs you!14 August 2017'Today is the start of EL CID, the first of three introduction weeks at Leiden University. A new influx of students is ready and waiting, eager to get...
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Queen Máxima to open Asian Library06 July 2017Queen Máxima will open Leiden University's new Asian Library in a ceremony in the Pieterskerk on 14 September. The Library houses important collection...
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Twentieth anniversary of the Lorentz Center: developing ideas in a scientific bubble27 June 2017The 20th anniversary of the Lorentz Center will be celebrated on 28 June 2017 with the opening of an exhibition in the Oude UB. For two decades alread...
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Field school Oss01 June 2017Home sweet home, by Arjan Louwen
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Choose an elective or minor in Music and Fine arts!29 May 2017Students can choose to take courses in music, fine arts and design, as an elective course, a minor, or as an extracurricular course. Many of these cou...
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Museum Night in Leiden all about time13 April 2017The ninth Museum Night in Leiden will take place on Friday 19 May 2017. This year's theme will be 'About time'. Nine museums are taking part and the ...
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Less Stress, Better Grades with the Writing Lab12 April 2017Writing is a complex creative effort that involves many steps, such as the design of a strategic plan, data collection and processing, structuring ide...
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Studying with a disability: 'Accessibility alone is not enough'07 April 2017How can we make studying easier for students with a functional disability? This will be the key question during a public conference on 20 April. Romke...
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The crowd helps to unlock historical maps of the Caribbean20 March 2017Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has started the Maps in the Crowd project. Nearly 1,100 digitized maps of the Caribbean will be unlocked with the he...
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Summer Schools 2017: from Biopharmacy to Papyrology15 March 2017Want to explore a different specialist field? Or maybe study a topic from your programme in more depth? This summer Leiden University is again offerin...
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Discover the right master's for you23 February 2017Are you exploring the options for a master's programme? If so, come to our Master's Day on 10 March. You can visit the presentations by the different ...
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Wijnhaven: where you can get to know the world10 February 2017On 10 February Leiden University celebrated the official opening of Wijnhaven, the University's newest premises in The Hague. Everyone present emphasi...