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Call for Papers: Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850 07 February 2025
Keynote speakers: Jennifer Gaynor (University at Buffalo SUNY) and Sue Peabody (Washington State University)
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’ 07 February 2025Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights a...
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Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’ 06 February 2025The lecture halls in the Lipsius were full of curious secondary school students in January. During a special profile selection afternoon, they were in...
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From celestial bodies to plant bodies: exhibition brings together worlds of plants and planets 06 February 2025The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus...
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Major Leiden symposium on TB bacteria 05 February 2025More than 1.3 million people worldwide die of tuberculosis (TB) each year, making research on its prevention and control essential. Researchers from v...
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Five years of Pre-University The Hague: alumni share their experiences 04 February 2025Pre-University College The Hague is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2024-2025. Three alumni look back on their experience. PRE broadened their ac...
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New University Sports Centre reaches highest point 04 February 2025In a topping out ceremony on Thursday 30 January, the new sports centre celebrated reaching its highest point and looked ahead to the future. The univ...
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Executive Board visits institutes: ‘We want to talk to our colleagues in the place where it all happens’ 04 February 2025Board members Annetje Ottow and Hester Bijl recently visited the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL, Faculty of Humanities) and the Mathem...
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago 03 February 2025An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February. Just like i...
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In extremis: five extremes in 450 years of Leiden research 03 February 2025By looking at what is different, researchers often discover the special, the unusual. And that has already brought a wealth of highlights – also in Le...
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First part of the ITK audit: ‘Candid and open sessions’ 30 January 2025This month, the first part of the quality assurance audit (ITK) took place. A team of auditors from the Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie (N...
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Update from the Executive Board on the announced budget cuts 28 January 2025The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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The changing funding landscape: four tips for a successful application 28 January 2025The Dutch research funding landscape is changing. What developments can senior grant adviser Walter van Raaij see? And what are his tips for a success...
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Prof. Eva Pfanzelter joins Leiden as the Visiting Professor in Central European Studies at Leiden 27 January 2025For the spring semester 2025, the Austria Centre Leiden and the Institute History are excited to welcome Prof. Eva Pfanzelter to Leiden for her term a...
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New album by Gabriel Paiuk 27 January 2025ACPA alumnus Gabriel Paiuk is releasing a new album, titled Degrees of Transparency, on the Unsounds label.