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Strength-based communication training: ‘It’s a great way to get to know yourself’ 23 September 2024Simple and effective communication with your colleagues is often easier said than done. The ‘Use your strengths to communicate’ skills lab helps you h...
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Three Leiden students in the running for an ECHO Award 23 September 2024Three Leiden students are in the running for the annual ECHO Award. This prize is for students from non-Western backgrounds who are actively engaged i...
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Leiden university is a member of Una Europa: ‘We’re much stronger when we work together’ 23 September 2024Many Leiden University staff members have already benefited from Una Europa, the alliance of eleven leading European universities: they have received ...
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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden' 20 September 2024Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester s...
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Discover 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal 20 September 2024The exhibition ‘Leiden celebrates – 450 years of parades’ at Museum De Lakenhal shows how parades and society have changed through the centuries. Alum...
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A new songbook for Leiden’s 3 October festival: why you should come to the singsong in the park 19 September 2024After a long night of partying, hundreds of people head to Leiden’s Van der Werfpark early on 3 October for a good singsong. Lecturer in Dutch literat...
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SSH labs: ‘Researchers are amazed at what we have here’ 19 September 2024Just outside Leiden city centre is the Sylvius building. This building of the Faculty of Science houses no fewer than 25 labs where FGW and FSW scient...
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Meetups, day trips and discounts galore: join the Staff Association 17 September 2024Did you know that Leiden University has an active staff association? As a member you can get to know colleagues in an informal setting during activiti...
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Podcast: this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language 17 September 2024Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach thi...
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‘Young Academy Leiden wants to stand up for young researchers, especially in difficult times’ 17 September 2024Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome seven new members. Outgoing chair Julia Cramer and incoming chair Rachel Plak ...
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The last Research Traineeship programme has ended for now: ‘We’ll bring it back as soon as we can’ 17 September 2024Amsterdam’s attitude to sex work, politeness in historical Arabic letters and malaria in the Middle Ages: again this year, there was a wide variety of...
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The forgotten world of Surinamese cloths and the Leiden Cotton Company 16 September 2024For her internship at the Textile Museum, master's student Evi van Stiphout researched the Surinamese cloths of the Leiden Cotton Company. Leiden and ...
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‘Let politics be the focus at the State Opening of Parliament’ 16 September 2024A big performance by André Rieu, food trucks in The Hague and more contact with the Royal Family: grand plans were announced in April to make the Stat...
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Eric Storm: ‘Nationalist politicians have a more international orientation than traditional parties’ 13 September 2024Nationalism is so prevalent in our society that we hardly realise it once didn’t exist. In his new book, senior university lecturer Eric Storm reveals...
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Diabolical dilemmas in timeless theatre about the Relief of Leiden 12 September 2024What is freedom worth in times of hunger? ‘Beleg’ is a modern interpretation of Lucretia van Merken’s 1774 play. With five performances in Leiden’s Sc...