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Ethics committee for partnerships launched 02 July 2024The ‘Committee for Assessing Ethical Aspects of Partnerships’ is being launched this month. This committee, created by Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl a...
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Academic freedom, protests and a safe campus: where are we and how are we going to move forward? 22 May 2024Leiden University has had a turbulent week. There have been protests inside and outside our buildings that have evoked reactions, and students and sta...
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Our ties with Israeli universities 17 May 2024Leiden University has recently received various petitions from students and staff concerning our ties with Israeli universities. We have also held ext...
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A message from the Executive Board 17 May 2024
These are turbulent times at Dutch universities. We have all seen what has been and is still happening at various campuses in the country. Protests, d...
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Walkout on 13 May 13 May 2024A national walkout will be staged on Monday 13 May. The aim is to express support for the pro-Palestine protests and to speak out against police viole...
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Not in my name: former civil servants on resigning over Israel-Palestine policy 29 February 2024Western civil servants openly struggle at times with their own government’s policies on the war in Gaza. In protest, civil servants in various countri...
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How do we deal with rising tensions? ‘The choice is talk or fight’ 12 February 2024‘A Muslim and a Jew in the house of God.’ This is how historian Nadia Bouras introduced her recent conversation with colleague Sara Polak in Leiden’s ...
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Interview with Rector Hester Bijl: ‘There is no place for antisemitism here’ 30 January 2024Leiden University is under fire: it is allegedly doing too little to tackle antisemitism. Rector Hester Bijl responds to this accusation and to a vide...
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Students with a connection to Israel or Palestine together in a support group 18 January 2024Psychology lecturer Sepideh Saadat is leading a support group for students affected by the Israel-Hamas war. In four sessions she brings together stud...
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Safety, responsibility and connection: especially now 15 January 2024We, the Executive Board and deans, have recently heard from different sources that the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to evoke strong fee...
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UN Special Rapporteur visits Leiden: ‘Suspend the supply of arms to the warring parties’ 14 December 2023Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, visited Leiden Law School on 8 December within the...
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons 28 November 2023From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western rememb...
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‘Let’s try not to lose sight of each other’ – Interview with Annetje Ottow 21 November 2023The conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a clear impact on Leiden University. Students and staff are angry or scared, feel unsafe and are experie...
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Leiden University condemns demonstration at Wijnhaven location 09 November 2023
The Executive Board of the University is shocked by the unannounced demonstration that took place Thursday afternoon at the Wijnhaven location in The ...
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Executive Board column: Academic freedom under pressure 31 October 2023
Academic freedom is something to be cherished. The freedom to conduct research, design courses and publish research findings as we see fit is crucial ...