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Honorary doctorate for Arabist Beatrice Gründler 30 January 2023Beatrice Gründler, professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Freie Universität Berlin, will receive an honorary doctorate in Oriental Manuscr...
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Friendship in poetry - a reading list 26 January 2023How do we view friendship? And how have writers throughout the ages described that unconditional bond of trust in poems and literature? It's Poetry We...
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Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales 15 December 2022Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers...
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries 29 November 2022Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ...
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Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows do research in Leiden Special Collections 22 November 2022In November, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) welcomed the first Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows in the Special Collections reading room. Fellows Chin Ny...
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA 21 November 2022Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natu...
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New ‘university centre’ to be created in former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown The Hague 07 November 2022Leiden University, together with the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands, will take up residence in the Spui building at Grote Marktst...
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National platform launched for academics facing abuse 07 November 2022Academics regularly face threats, intimidation and abuse. The Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Royal Ne...
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’ 31 October 2022The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight part...
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script 27 October 2022Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need t...
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana 21 October 2022Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the proje...
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Exhibition Maps: navigation and manipulation 20 October 2022Are maps objective or do they convey hidden messages that you would miss at first glance? A map is always a simplification of reality. Mapmakers reduc...
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler 11 October 2022Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian governmen...
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list 06 October 2022The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for t...
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Dr Farouk El-Hosseny joins the teaching staff of Grotius Centre as Visiting Assistant Professor of International Law. 28 September 2022
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies is delighted to announce that Dr Farouk El-Hosseny will join the teaching staff as Visiting Assista...