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Covid graduates sign their names in the Sweat Room
Many students who graduated during the pandemic were unable to celebrate their graduation in style. To make up for this, they were given the chance to sign their name in the Sweat Room on Friday 26 May.
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Summer meeting LUMC Alumni Association
Alumni event
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Tsolin Nalbantian
Faculty of Humanities
t.nalbantian@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2985
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multilateralism: Principles and opportunities for multilateral cooperation in the UN
How can the support for a collaborative approach to global challenges be increased, in times when international organisations’ capacity to act is under threat? Gisela Hirschmann (Leiden University) and Cornelia Ulbert (University of Duisburg-Essen) suggest a number of options.
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What's Next? Alumni share their journey after studying Media Technology
We are excited to restart the Media Technology alumni talk series, organized by students, for students and alumni. Upcoming edition will bring us two alumni to share their unique journeys after Media Technology: Ella Keijzer and Bastiaan Terhorst.
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Humans of Psychology
For Humans of Psychology, students and staff will be put into the spotlight. At our institute prizes are won, exiting research is conducted, knowledge is harnessed, public meeting are organised and open science is highlighted. Take a look behind the scenes.
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Michael Kerschner
Faculteit Archeologie
m.kerschner@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mirjam Wever
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.c.m.wever@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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SBB alumni nominated for the ‘’Best tech-idea of 2017’’
SBB alumni Dennis van der Wiel and Max Wijsman are nominated for the ''Best tech-idea of 2017'' of the scientific magazine 'kijkmagazine'.
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European Union Studies (MA)
The Master’s in European Union Studies at Leiden University offers students an opportunity to study the EU from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
- Leiden Calling - Alumni Gathering
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Alumni Cyber Security Academy in AD "Cyber security is hot, and not only among nerds"
Cyber security is only for socially awkward nerds? Three alumni of the Cyber Security Academy prove the opposite.
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COVID-19 vaccine
Leiden researchers are helping develop safe COVID-19 vaccines.
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Alumni, staff and students and why you should vote for them
Many students, members of staff and alumni at Leiden University are active in politics, including as candidates in the local elections on 21 March.
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What's Next? Life as a Researcher: alumni Danica Mast & Lise Stork
With the What's Next? series we hope to inspire current Media Technology MSc students, show the variety of paths taken after the studies, and bring together alumni. Editions of the series are generally organized around a particular theme by Media Technology MSc students themselves, and followed by social…
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Research
At Leiden University, researchers from all disciplines work together to find answers and design innovations in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Composed Performers: The music-making body from a compositional perspective
Composer Paul Craenen (1972) is actually a pianist, but as part of his PhD ceremony, he performed a composition on PVC pipes. Craenen studies the position and role of the body in music. ‘I am interested in what precedes the resulting sound’.
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Biophysical Organic Chemistry
The long term goal of the Biophysical Organic Chemistry/SSNMR group, headed by Prof. Huub de Groot, is to reach an understanding of structure, dynamics and functional mechanisms of membrane proteins and self-organized biological assemblies and to translate this knowledge into new concepts for nano-devices,…
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Night of Discoveries
The Night of Discoveries is an annual event in Leiden, focusing on science and culture. The Young Academy Leiden is a recurring contributor to the Night of Discoveries.
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Two more alumni with their sights on the European Parliament
It's a no-brainer: of the candidates that you can vote for on 23 May, 14 studied at Leiden University. We asked four of them about their motivation and ambitions. In this article we interview Samira Rafaela, alumna of Public Administration, and Caspar Rutten, who is studying Law.
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Thijs Vos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.j.vos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ionica Smeets
Science
i.smeets@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1119
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Leiden alumni meetings Indonesia
Alumni event
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Leiden alumni meetings Indonesia
Alumni event
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Leiden Classics: the ‘Sweat Room’
It may well be the best tradition in Leiden: immortalising your name in the ‘Sweat Room’ after receiving your diploma. But is it really immortalised? The names were at risk due to crumbling plaster. Fortunately, a crowdfunding project was able to save this beloved ritual.
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Lifelong friendships, started in Leiden
30 July is the International Day of Friendship. The student years are a time when many close friendships are formed, and a surprising number of them last a whole lifetime. Two of our alumni share their stories about a special friendship.
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Rie and her Gentlemen
Rie Schild-de Groen watched over ‘her’ Gentlemen, the residents of the ‘t Heerenhoeckje (Gentlemen’s Corner) Minerva house at Rapenburg 110, like a mother hen for 70 years. She was moved by the stories of residents who had lost loved ones to cancer. Jaap Koster and a few other former housemates helped…
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Campaign platform connects researchers with sponsors
Want to sponsor scientific research by raising funds? You can now do just that via Leiden University's campaign platform acties.steunleiden.nl. A broad range of projects have already started, including for research on genetic diseases.
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Being a guest author for blogs/online reviews: why and how
Last July, after the end of my Advanced LLM in Public International Law, I wanted to find new tasks to prove myself on topics related to what I studied during my stimulating master in the Netherlands. In the impossibility to work “on the field” as I was busy for my bar exam in my own country and I was…
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Leiden University Europe Hub Vision
The Leiden University Europe Hub approaches Europe from a broad and inclusive perspective.
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Schoof I cabinet: These cabinet members studied in Leiden
It took a while, but the new cabinet has now finally been appointed. Four members of Schoof I studied in Leiden. Who are they?
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2025 rare books in Lovaniensia
In 2025, it will be 600 years since a university was founded in Leuven, the forerunner of today's KU Leuven. In anticipation to these festivities, KU Leuven Libraries, in collaboration with UCLouvain, is putting its academic collection in the spotlight. Thanks to the efforts of the past months and years,…
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A Leiden love story – with a bit of a delay
Kerstin Fischer and Angus Johnston were exchange students in Leiden in 1995. Sparks flew when they met at a Leiden International Student Club party, but then they lost touch. They met again 19 years later and the flame was rekindled. A Leiden love story – with a bit of a delay.
- Career prospects
- Career prospects
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Maarten Asscher as mentor: ‘It's at the periphery of your own discipline that things happen'
Alumnus Maarten Asscher (60) is mentor of the month. He studied Law in Leiden and has worked as a literary publisher, senior official at the Ministry of Education and director of Athenaeum Booksellers. Will he be your mentor?
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Bramesada Prasastyoga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
b.prasastyoga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Graduation in sight? Get some career tips from the Mentor Network
As you near the end of your student time, it can be daunting thinking about what you want to do after graduating. Am I ready for the job market? What are my options? Just about every student wrestles with these questions, and Lisanne and Wilbert are no exception. They called on the help of the University's…
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks'
The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre in 2019. A woman with a deep awareness of historical places, she sees it as more of a series of coincidences, but the…
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Sustainability Series
We are very excited to announce our Sustainability Series for 2023-2024. Each month an interactive workshop will be organised that discusses a specific theme of sustainability. Interested about sustainability? Do not hesitate to sign up to our events !
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Programme structure
Study all aspects of cultural heritage from an archaeological prespective.
- International Conference: Bodies of Knowledge
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Alumni work visit to The Hague International Centre
Alumni event, Work visit
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Alumni event voor Statisticians
Alumni event
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A fitting punishment
There are frequent calls from society for heavier prison sentences, but the question is whether longer sentences result in a safer society. Judges are seeing more and more offenders with social and psychological problems and they therefore often prescribe a programme of treatment and monitoring for…
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The developing brain and behaviour
Our childhood years largely determine how we will fare later in life. In the first two decades of our life, our brain is still developing, which is clearly reflected in our behaviour. By studying how the young brain develops and how children behave, researchers can learn important information about…
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Young Alumni Day 2022
Alumni event