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Dr. Hana Kubatova speaks about academic freedom and neutrality to CIROS, CEES and the Austria Centre Leiden23 January 2025
In November 2024, Dr. Hana Kubatova (Charles University, Prague) visited Leiden to talk with students and our community about academic freedom and neu...
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More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access23 January 2025
The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini...
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How can people with autism and social anxiety understand others’ emotions better?Emotions 23 January 2025
A smile, tears in your eyes or a blush on your cheeks: we understand one another better by mirroring one another’s emotions. In her PhD dissertation, ...
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Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean22 January 2025
Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities fro...
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Documentary - Restoring the eleventh-century Arabic manuscript De Materia Medica22 January 2025
Water damage, old restorations and copper corrosion in some illustrations. De Materia Medica has been through a lot over the centuries. The manuscript...
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As a parent, you have a big influence on your child’s anxiety (though there’s no need to worry about it)Anxiety 22 January 2025
How do parents communicate anxiety to their child via body language and words? Psychologist Cosima Nimphy studied this question for her PhD research. ...
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Meijers Lecture and New Year’s Reception: starting the new year full of enthusiasm and inspiration!21 January 2025
In traditional style, 2025 was ushered in at our faculty with the Meijers Lecture followed by the New Year's Reception. On Thursday 16 January 2025, t...
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Chairperson Susan van Grol: We need to be critical but realistic21 January 2025
After 14 years of chairing the Faculty Council, Professor Jan Sleutels is handing over the baton. Student Susan van Grol takes over the chairmanship. ...
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Lecture series Sustainability & Law popular with students21 January 2025
The sixth edition of the lecture series Duurzaamheid & Recht was held during the last semester. Once again, it attracted many students.
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Mayor Heijkoop feels like an ‘ambassador’ for the universityFirst impressions 21 January 2025
Leiden Mayor Peter Heijkoop visited the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the Faculty of Science on 20 January. He met various university...
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‘It’s a great motivator if your research can be life-changing in the real world’21 January 2025
Our university labs are bursting with cutting-edge research, but how do you commercialise these inventions and discoveries or translate them into outc...
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How to choose the optimal location for wind turbines in the North Sea21 January 2025
Thousands of wind turbines will be added to the North Sea in the next decades. Environmental scientist Chen Li identified the most beneficial areas fo...
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Christa Tobler participant in a fireside chat on the relationship between Switzerland and the EU21 January 2025
This year's “Braunwald Inferno” event, a mixture of winter sports (including an early morning ski race) and political event, took place in the Glarus ...
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Princess Beatrix to attend 450th Dies Natalis21 January 2025
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will attend the Dies Natalis ceremony at Leiden's Pieterskerk on Friday 7 February to celebrate...
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Grants boost collaboration between university and The HagueCampus Den Haag 21 January 2025
How can we make our cities greener and more people-friendly? Two Campus The Hague projects have secured a grant from the Municipality of The Hague. Th...