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How do we prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist? 13 June 2023
We can accrue pensions, reinforce dykes and make our homes more sustainable. But how do we make our higher education fit for the future? And what skil...
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Historian Frank van Vree is the new Cleveringa Professor 13 June 2023
Frank van Vree, Emeritus Professor of War, Conflict and Memory Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), is the new Cleveringa Professor at Leiden...
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Separating AI fact from fiction at the AI & Society Conference 12 June 2023
Researchers and policymakers are welcome to attend the AI & Society Conference in The Hague on Friday 23 June. The SAILS interdisciplinary research pr...
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Now available: Open Science: A Practical Guide for Early-Career Researchers 09 June 2023
This practical guide is aimed at PhD candidates, Research Master Students, and early-career researchers from all academic disciplines. The instruction...
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Lennart Kruijer wins Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize with thesis on ancient Commagene 09 June 2023
The prestigious Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize is annually awarded to the five best dissertations published in the year before in the fields o...
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DEN Award for Streaming the Past project: 'A truly innovative way to engage with new audiences' 06 June 2023
Back in 2021, the project Streaming the Past, an NWA funded project ran by Leiden University and the VALUE Foundation, launched to take a young audien...
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Help desks switch to inclusive salutation: ‘Times change, and we change with them’ 06 June 2023
Dear Sir or Madam? Many colleagues think that sounds out of date. That is why the hundreds of thousands of automated messages sent by university help ...
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Take a sneak peek at the new Gorlaeus building 05 June 2023
Want to see how the most important building on our Science Campus at Leiden Bio Science Park is taking shape? Come and find out on Construction Day (D...
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Executive Board column: Why our collaboration with Indonesia is so important 02 June 2023
This month, I and a group of enthusiastic researchers went on a knowledge mission to Indonesia, visiting different universities and other knowledge in...
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Doggerland shortlisted for the annual EAA Book Prize 31 May 2023
The popular-science book 'Doggerland. Lost World under the North Sea' has been nominated for the EAA Book Prize 2023, awarded annually by the European...
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New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices 31 May 2023
At the end of the 7th century something curious occurs in Northwestern Europe. Suddenly, people start burying the dead next to their dwellings instead...
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Diplomacy may look very different in space than on Earth 30 May 2023
A symposium on space diplomacy for experts and the general public will take place in The Hague on Monday 12 June. Everyone has an interest in learning...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023
Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men 26 May 2023
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected...
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Covid graduates sign their names in the Sweat Room 26 May 2023
A graduation ceremony at your laptop in your student room is a huge anticlimax. Many students who graduated during the pandemic were unable to celebra...