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19 February 2018

Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis of Leiden University.

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The Leiden moments of Princess Beatrix

Princess Beatrix celebrated her eightieth birthday on 31 January. She has a close bond with Leiden University.

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Knowledge of Caribbean Amerindians crucial for colonisation of Americas

Indigenous Amerindian knowledge has been marginalised in the history of the colonisation of the Americas. Wrongly, say Leiden archaeologists.

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Imagination can reduce pain

If you imagine in advance that something is not going to hurt, this could mean you experience less pain. This discovery was made by Leiden psychologists.

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Dutch ships built by North Koreans in Polish shipyards

North Korean labourers are still being forced to work in the EU, say researchers, including Professor of Korean Studies Remco Breuker.

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Professor warns about risk of politicising security services

The amended Intelligence and Security Services Act (WiV) enacts a fundamental change in the relationship between the security services and politics.

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Skull 'oldest Dutchman' retrieved from North Sea bed

A 13,000-year-old fragment of a human skull and a bison bone together form the oldest known modern human from the Netherlands and the oldest piece of art.

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New and familiar faces at Dies for alumni
 
Emotional bond between humans and dogs dates back 14,000 years
 
PhD defence: Why both fascists and liberals idolise Nietzsche
 
LU Pride: ‘It's great that there's a club where you don't feel different!'
 
Observing a changing platinum electrode
 
Inaugural lecture: ‘Archaeology is quintessentially interdisciplinary'
 
PhD defence: Tigers and people can live next to each other in India
 
Leiden breakthrough in research on nanotherapy
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Leiden Classics
 
How students launched the Leiden LGBT movement fifty years ago

 
 
Leiden through the eyes of...
 
Good-natured twins on the secret jungles in the city
 
 
International students
 
Master’s Day 16 March
Register for the Undergraduate Awards 2018 programme now!
The Holland Scholarship: apply before 1 April
Update your LU-Card before 23 February
Fill in the survey and tell us what you think of your study programme!
First Green Keys sustainability week
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International staff
 
Annual tax statement for 2017 available
Update your LU-Card before 23 February
Arrange guest access to Eduroam wifi yourself
 
 
Coming events
 
20 February: Lecture 'The reception of the "satanic verses" story in the works of early Shi‘ite scholars'
22 February: Lecture on Gender, Religion and Kickboxing
24 February: National Stargazing Days
3 March: Kaiser Spring Lectures ‘Launching into the Night — a brief history of space exploration’

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This month in The Hague
 
20 February: Municipal Institutions as the First Frontier of Conflict Prevention and Peace Building
20 February: Grotius Dialogue ‘Whose cultural objects? Justice and injustice in the field of looted art’
6 March:  Asia Current Affairs Forum 'China’s Belt and Road Initiative'

 
 
Laureates
 
Research on colonial encounters wins Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship
Leonie Henkes wins the OIKOS thesis award

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Books
 
The 'Boys von Schöningen' honoured in book
New book on history electron microscopy including Leiden Physics

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Leiden blogs
 
Leiden Anthropology Blog: New ways of doing ethnography in the city
Leiden Law Blog: Employment and independent contractor relationships in the ‘gig economy’
 
 
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