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'The show must go on, but making politics less tedious is an almost effortless job these days!'
After almost a year of working from home during this Covid pandemic, Scientific Director Paul Nieuwenburg conveys how the Institute of Political Science is sailing through waves and lockdowns: from transformation to bi location to 'non location', from teaching on the beach to teaching to 'black cubes'…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Students HC Law visit neighbourhood centre: 'You think that's bizarre? Welcome to our world'
Do young people trust the law? That is what HC Law students are trying to find out. Regular guest speaker and social worker Carlito Jones invited the students to the Bezuidenhout-West neighbourhood centre in The Hague to talk to youth workers and neighbourhood police officers: what do they run into…
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En de nieuwe assessor is...?
De studentassessor: één student die als lid van het faculteitsbestuur aanschuift bij alle belangrijke overleggen en projecten. Zo wordt de student, een van de belangrijkste doelgroepen, vertegenwoordigd bij bestuurlijke besluitvorming. Assessor Julie Külsen draagt volgend collegejaar per 1 september…
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…
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Pieter de la Court Medal winners talk about accessibility and the conditions of education
During the New Year’s Reception on 11 January 2022, the Pieter de la Court Medal was awarded to two students of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Orestes Kyrgiakis and Claire van den Helder. They tell us about the causes they fight for and what it means for the University to be better.…
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Passionate debate on university’s fossil fuel ties
Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this first…
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New Year’s reception 2021: a memorable online event
The Faculty’s traditional New Year’s reception, like everything else these days, was transformed into an online event this year. Dean Paul Wouters as the host led us through the programme filled with the Casimir Teaching Award, the Pieter de la Court Medals, the Master’s Thesis Prizes, and a short lecture…
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CFA: Summer school Global History in the 2020s, Leiden 27-29 June 2023
On 27-29 June, 2023, Leiden University's Institute for History will host a summer school on Global History in the 2020s, in collaboration with the Huizinga Institute-Research School for Cultural History, the Research School Political History, and the Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH).…
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Leiden Law Cast #6: Geerten Boogard on (local)elections & political upheaval
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Life after Security Studies: five alumni share their thoughts about the bachelor programme
Five students who graduated from the Bachelor Security Studies share their experiences. Where did they end up after graduation? Are they still using the skills they gained during their studies?
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Stop the cuts to education’
Scrap the radical cuts to research and teaching. This was researchers and students’ message to government at the opening of the new academic year. Various speakers in Leiden’s Pieterskerk highlighted the importance of science for society.
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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge
Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arabic. Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).…
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Plans for Faculty of Humanities financial policy are now known: ‘Shared responsibility necessary’
The Faculty of Humanities is heading for a financial deficit in 2024 and subsequent years. After the report of the analysis core group, the Perspective 2028 steering group submitted their advisory in report in May. The Faculty Board has now has drawn up a Plan of Action, in consultation with the institutes…
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The colour purple: why it's important to our new Dean
During the New Year's Reception at FSW, new Dean Sarah de Rijcke gave her maiden speech. The first official moment at which she's able to share what she stands for and what to expect of her. In case you weren't there, or you want to read the speech at your own pace, below you can find the integral copy…
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Two psychologists on a date with the Rector
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this edition…
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First scientific images Euclid telescope exceed all expectations
Space telescope Euclid is capable of unravelling the secrets of the universe. That is what the images published by ESA today show, according to astronomers working with the telescope's data. The images exceed all expectations. Scientists within the Euclid consortium, including astronomers Henk Hoekstra…
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Cleveringa Meeting Leiden 2022
Alumni event, Debat
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Workshop: Video Montage @ LUCAS!
Course, Workshop
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How to develop cancer drugs with less side effects
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Evolution of Molecular Resistance to Snake Venom α-Neurotoxins in Vertebrates
PhD defence
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Modern Transimperial Histories: Forms, Questions, Prospects
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Mongol Loyalty Networks
PhD defence
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Media, Race and the Infrastructures of Empire
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Prosociality as trigger and fuel of intergroup conflict
Lecture
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Beschadigd vertrouwen: Vertrouwenwekkend schadebeleid na door de overheid gefaciliteerde schade
Lecture
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In the Shadow of the Constitution: the Micropolitics of Constitutionalism in Cambodia
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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The road to the beginning
Exhibition
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LUCIR Lecture: Inside Gang Governance: How and Why Gangs Rule the Streets of Rio de Janeiro
Lecture
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The Leiden-Birmingham lectures: Comparative Cross Modal Linguistics
Lecture, Workshop
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Healthy Society Event
Conference, Launch Healthy Society Center
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The Polish challenge: Can and should courts decide on the supremacy of EU law?
Lecture
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Climate justice through the courts: Will courts prevent (and redress) human rights harm from climate change?
Lecture
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The Israeli Right One State Reality
Discussion
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10 years of OPIC - Pathways of Access to Justice for Children
Conference
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Intervision group on diversity for mid-career lecturers
Didactics
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What a glow in the dark squid tells us about the human gut microbiome
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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The Concept of Living Customary Law Revisited
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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Peel Slowly and See
Festival
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China Fashion Power - Fashioning Power through South-South Interaction: Rethinking Creativity, Authenticity, Cultural Mediation and Consumer
Lecture, China Seminar
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
- Media Outreach Training for Young Researchers in the field of Climate and Energy
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LGBTIQ+ Employee Resource Groups: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities
Debate, Symposium
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Surprising vacuum forces in a superconductor
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Lessen uit de Toeslagenaffaire voor duurzame rechtspraak
Lecture
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Jean Monnet Seminar: CompaRe meets EUTAXGOV
Seminar