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Minister Dijkgraaf comes to Leiden University to discuss the impact of the Israel-Hamas war 31 October 2023Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) spoke with lecturers and students from Leiden University at Campus The Hague on 27 October...
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Executive Board column: Academic freedom under pressure 31 October 2023Academic freedom is something to be cherished. The freedom to conduct research, design courses and publish research findings as we see fit is crucial ...
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Dive into the origins of the International Labour Organisation and the League of Nations 30 October 2023The Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) and the Embassy of Ireland are jointly organis...
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What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer 30 October 2023A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant t...
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Kiem project investigates link between violence and other health problems 30 October 2023‘Violence as a Population Health Problem’ is one of 33 interdisciplinary projects that have been launched thanks to a Kiem grant. The project team wil...
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'Curators are ordinary people who sometimes find themselves in extraordinary circumstances' 27 October 2023Ruurd Halbertsma combines his work as a curator and professor by special appointment with writing thrillers. 'I'd rather respond to the discussion on ...
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list 27 October 2023In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of...
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands 27 October 2023The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinam...
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Statement from the Executive board: taking care of one another 24 October 2023The world is currently beset by many problems. The armed conflict and continuing violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories is resulting in nu...
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Develop your management skills with the Leadership Courses 24 October 2023Working together, taking responsibility, making connections or pushing boundaries: all competences that are essential for leadership. With HRM Learnin...
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Safety at the university: always take your LU-Card with you to work or lectures 24 October 2023We are living in turbulent times. Various conflicts in other parts of the world at times give rise to feelings of anxiety, unrest and anger in our cou...
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent' 23 October 2023When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks universi...
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A bequest to the university: a gift for the future 20 October 2023Have you considered including the Leiden University Fund in your will? This is a way to give future generations of scholars and students the opportuni...
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A meaningful view of diversity? You'll find it in art 20 October 2023What does it mean to be a migrant in a big city? According to assistant professor Kamila Krakowska Rodrigues, artists have the answer to that question...
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Silence as a form of activism: 'It is precisely by being silent that you sometimes keep the conversation open' 20 October 2023We talk too little about silence, thinks university lecturer Gerlov van Engelenhoven. He has been awarded a Veni grant to investigate the role of sile...