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Come to the (science) fair on 3 October! 24 September 2024Want to find out how to assemble a human skeleton? Do you know what chemistry can be found around you? And are you easily fooled by fake news? Discove...
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The long-awaited UN Summit of the Future has ended − what are the results? 24 September 2024Many saw the UN Summit of the Future as the moment of truth for the United Nations and its plans for the world. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Co...
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Student and staff representation in challenging times: ‘We need each other more than ever’ 24 September 2024The bodies representing student and staff interests met at the start of the academic year for a day of training. New and familiar faces had come toget...
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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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‘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...