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Cleveringa Professor Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You: ‘Exclusion is dangerous’ 18 November 2024Amid rising polarisation and discrimination, lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You wants to show in her Cleveringa Lecture on ...
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Join the protest against the higher education cuts 13 November 2024Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a...
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy 07 November 2024The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. O...
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Honourable mention for Rosa Schwarz at Christiaan Huygens Prize 2024 01 November 2024During the award ceremony of the Christiaan Huygens Prize on 16 October, mathematician Rosa Schwarz received an honourable mention. Schwarz, former Ph...
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From Underground to Overground, from Print to Digital: A Symposium on Unofficial Poetry from China 31 October 2024Leiden University Libraries holds an internationally unique collection of unofficial poetry from China. Produced outside the System over the last fift...
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Maps and atlases collection Bodel Nijenhuis available for online search 23 October 2024With the addition of over 16,500 new catalogue records, the collection of Johannes Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis (1797-1872) is now almost entirely searcha...
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Podcast: Ancient cuneiform tablets reveal their secrets 16 October 2024Leiden scholars study clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. But what exactly does the cuneiform script say?
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Banner exhibition graphic works of Harry van Kruiningen about the Epic of Gilgamesh 09 October 2024The Epic of Gilgamesh was a lifelong inspiration to artist Harry van Kruiningen. This tale from Mesopotamia about the adventures of Gilgamesh, the leg...
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University couple marries ‘in front of all of Leiden’ on 3 October 09 October 2024They have known each other since they were small but Rianne and Tom first fell in love when working together at the university. That love culminated i...
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The Internet Archive takes over foreign dissertations from UBL 08 October 2024Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. We are happy to report now that The Internet Arc...
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Photo report of the university float in the Grand Parade 07 October 2024The Grand Parade was a festive highlight of the 450th anniversary celebration of 3 October. Students and staff members from Leiden University particip...
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Hundreds of visitors learn about Leiden University science during 3 October University 07 October 2024Glorious sunshine, dozens of enthusiastic academics and huge numbers of Leiden residents ensured that this year’s special jubilee version of 3 October...
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Leiden University & Elsevier Symposium on AI and Academic Publishing 27 September 2024Artificial Intelligence is likely to have far-reaching consequences for all actors in the realm of academic publishing, including authors, editors, re...
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Scores of visitors attend open evening at new Middle Eastern Library 26 September 2024Over 200 people paid their first visit to the new Middle Eastern Library on a special open evening. As well as exploring the library, they got to see ...
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Discover 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal 20 September 2024The exhibition ‘Leiden celebrates – 450 years of parades’ at Museum De Lakenhal shows how parades and society have changed through the centuries. Alum...