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Alumni in Indonesia: ‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’ 13 June 2023
Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to ...
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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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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 Many colleagues think that sounds out of date.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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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' 02 June 2023
As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectivenes...
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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...
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Interdisciplinary research: brainstorming and bridge-building 25 May 2023
Bring over a hundred driven researchers together in one room and the good ideas will start to flow: that was the thinking behind the internal networki...
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Executive Board column: Fire, power cut, evacuate... 25 May 2023
We take it for granted that water comes out of the tap and electricity out of the socket. But that isn’t always the case. Last Tuesday began like any ...
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Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May 24 May 2023
Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard ...