400 years of ties celebrated with new Dutch-Turkish dictionary
The new Dutch-Turkish dictionary has been completed, just in time for the celebration of 400 years of Dutch-Turkish ties. It would not have been possible without Gerjan van Schaaik and Mehmet Emin Yıldırım from Leiden University. On Wednesday 18 April the Education Minister Marja van Bijsterveldt will officially be presented with the first copy.

Leiden legal experts launch blog
The phenomenon of the 'blog' has really taken off in the past few years. High time, then, for the Leiden Law Blog, an initiative of the Leiden Law Faculty. More then 50 researchers are poised to give their views on current events. The authors, all specialists in prominent fields of law, are blogging in English. Their aim is to reach a worldwide audience.

Leiden delves into the mystery of the brain and language
The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) is concentrating increasingly on research into the role of the brain in language development. The institute has now set up the LIBC Language website that brings together all the information on this research.

‘Fallen party boss Bo Xilai populist rather than conservative’
The western media always wants to place party conflicts in China at the axis of modern-conservative. That is nonsense, says Frank Pieke, Professor of Modern China Studies. ‘It’s about who gets which jobs.’ Pieke knows the Chinese Communist Party from his previous anthropological fieldwork.

Leiden researchers abroad with a Rubicon subsidy
Four Leiden researchers will be gaining experience at prominent international research research institutes funded by a Rubicon subsidy from NWO. One international researcher will be coming to Leiden.

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International students

	LUC The Hague: Building progress at Anna van Buerenplein

	Pre-sessional courses at Academic Language Centre

	Study Abroad Programmes

	EuroScholars programme

International staff

	P&O News 10 April

	Keukenhof combi-tickets available at Leiden Visitor Centre

Coming events

	20 April: China after the global financial crisis

	20 April: Panel discussion on the future of the historical humanities

	27 April: 'Texts in Context: A Reflection About the Hermeneutics of Buddhist Texts'

	2 and 3 May: Leiden English Freshers present 'A streetcar named desire'

	10 May: Leiden Observatory hosts Oort lecture on 'Cosmology: can it really be true?'

	15 May: Colloquium on 'Language: the cultural tool'

	More events

Laureate

Ewine van Dishoeck appointed Academy Professor

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