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North Sea Noise in the Anthropocene
PhD defence
- Participate and create in the ELS Atelier
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International Summer School Global History in the 2020s
Conference, Summer School
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden
The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who are these alumni?
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‘Some think I’m too lightweight, others too highbrow’
Cornald Maas was able to ‘pioneer’ in Leiden. This Dutch Studies graduate, presenter, programme maker and publicist combined an active student life with studying hard.
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Antithrombotic therapy in the Netherlands- New insights from nationwide data
PhD defence
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“Book Diplomacy” in the Cultural Cold War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Conference
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Rule of Law in the EU: Beyond Poland and Hungary
Panel discussion
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Opening exhibition- Finding Happiness in the Soft Spots
Exhibition, Practicum Artium
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3rd History and Philosophy of Physics in the Netherlands Workshop
Conference
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Kamran Ullah: ‘I love working at De Telegraaf’
‘People talk at the coffee machine about what’s on the front page of De Telegraaf.’ Kamran Ullah took office as deputy editor-in-chief of De Telegraaf on 1 January this year. Ullah began studying Public Administration at Leiden in 2002.
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From Leiden student to Australian Ambassador to the Holy See
Chiara Porro from Australia studied International Relations and Diplomacy at Leiden University and has been Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See since August. How did she end up at the Vatican and what is it like? ‘The Pope told me his door was always open!’
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Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community
PhD defence
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The Arctic Crossroads: Climate, Culture & Diplomacy in the High North
Lecture
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Planetary Thinking in the Era of Global Warming
Inaugural lecture
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Tocharian and Iranian in the Tarim Basin and beyond
Conference, Workshop
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Kusundic, a possible linguistic substrate in the Himalayas
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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‘The depletion of the Earth’s resources is coming closer every year’
A packaging-free shop, small mobile homes, solar panels on all Leiden's roofs… Jeroen Schrama, alumnus of Public Administration, is a creative world improver. ‘If we really want to save the world, we have to make much more radical choices.’
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Techno-power in the Food Supply Chain
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
- Info Session: Study in the Netherlands at Leiden University
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European Citizens’ Initiative and participatory democracy in the EU
Lecture, Seminar
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Characterization of innate immune cells in the glioma microenvironment
PhD defence
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Characterization of innate immune cells in the glioma microenvironment
PhD defence
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Making and Breaking Global Order in the Twentieth Century
Conference, INVISIHIST Conference
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Strategies in the Battle Against Neonatal Nosocomial Infections
PhD defence
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Proof techniques in the quantum random-oracle model
PhD defence
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Sexuality in the Renaissance. From dissertation to public book
Lecture, Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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Spatiotemporal building stock modeling for residential decarbonization in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Understanding syncope in the framework of transient loss of consciousness
PhD defence
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Substrate adaptability in the beta-lactamase BlaC
PhD defence
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Dynamics of the opioid crisis in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Biomarkers and Prognosis in Cardiac Surgery in the ICU
PhD defence
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Network Analysis Methods for Smart Inspection in the Transport Domain
PhD defence
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Food insecurity, dietary quality and health in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Giant galactic outflows and shocks in the Cosmic Web
PhD defence
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes
In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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Working in intensive care: ‘You can make a real difference here’
Many alumni are frontline health workers and are working day and night to treat thousands of corona patients. Intensivist Michael Frank (53) is one of them. As head of intensive care at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Dordrecht, he is steering his department through the corona crisis.
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A PhD at 20
Philosopher Stefan Buijsman obtained his doctorate this year at the age of 20 at the University of Stockholm, making him the youngest PhD in Sweden. He was already taking lectures in Astronomy in Leiden when he was 12, and at 15 he started a degree programme in Information Technology. 'The first reaction…
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How a very international archaeologist was born
From mandrill teeth to the microstructure of bones: archaeology alumna Simone Lemmers (31) is determined to reveal the past by studying old remains. Her curiosity has led to a very international career, also in the UK, where she witnessed the Brexit referendum.
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Alumnus (90) donates historic house to Leiden University
Alumnus Ruurt Hazewinkel (90) has presented Leiden University with a special gift: a historic house on Leiden’s Rapenburg canal. He handed over the key to Rector Carel Stolker on Monday 25 January.
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How can we tell the story of multivocal the Netherlands?
At a time when statues of figures from history have an uncertain future Valika Smeulders has just become Head of History at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. What changes does she want to make? And how does she look back on her Languages and Cultures of Latin America degree programme in Leiden?
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Pluriform prosody in the voice, face, and hands
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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VVIK Lecture: Court politics in the Vijayanagara successor states
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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From inquisitive exchange student to Californian dream job
As an exchange student, alumna Jessica Ma was already looking for a bridge between statistics and the real world. In Leiden, she gained the experience to follow her interests and, after a few detours, she landed her ideal job with Disney in the United States.
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Alumnus Anne Speckens opened a mindfulness centre in Nijmegen
Professor of Psychiatry Anne Speckens studied medicine in Leiden and did her psychiatry training there too. She opened the Radboudumc Center for Mindfulness in Nijmegen. What does she do there and how does she look back on her time as a student?
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Voice of the ocean
There are many tributaries to Rosalin Kuiper’s story and they all lead to the sea. The 28-year-old sailor was one of the five-person Team Malizia in the world’s most prestigious sailing competition: the Ocean Race.
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?
In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of the House over the Republicans. But the Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate. Three of our researchers, experts on US politics, share their…
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‘Leaving the master and into the desert. Slaves escapes in the Spanish Sahara in the 1940s and 1950s’, Ali Al Tuma
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Seventeenth-century depictions of sacred sites in the Kailasanathar Temple at Nattam, Tamil Nadu
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.