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14 February 2019

     
Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague
Leiden University celebrated its 444th birthday with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured fashion with a ceremony in the Pieterskerk, but broke with tradition by sending professors out to primary schools.

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A hornets’ nest: Leiden University during the Second World War

‘That hornets’ nest in Leiden must be destroyed,’ said Dutch National Socialist Party member Robert van Genechten in November 1942.

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International Labour Organization: tumult on the global labour market

On 7 February, Leiden University hosted the symposium celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the foundation of the ILO.

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Wanted: research questions for citizen science

Do you have a question about something that affects you, your neighbours or the whole city of Leiden or The Hague? Residents and scientists have until 15 March to send in any questions that they want to research.

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How meat substitutes in your lasagne can help save the planet

National Meat Free Week, from 11 to 17 March, encourages us to choose the environmentally friendly option more often.

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Robbert Dijkgraaf: ‘Diversity improves science’

Robbert Dijkgraaf talks about his Leiden honorary doctorate, the future of scientists and diversity in science.

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Table salt discovered around a young star
 
Festive celebration International Day of Women and Girls in Science in Leiden
 
Child abuse and professional confidentiality: ‘Focus on proper care, not on remaining silent’
 
A world without American domination?
 
SUNRISE: from sunlight to smart city
 
Could the General Data Protection Regulation save our online privacy?
 
Dutch universities give Open Access another boost
All news articles of Leiden University
 
Leiden Classics
 
How Leiden University celebrated its first day in 1575
 
Leiden through the eyes of...
 
Two lovebirds
 
International students
 
Take the National Student Survey – and help refugees study!
Cyber attack: Do not open attachments of suspicious emails
International Student Party: Welcome to Plexus
Warm Sweater Day 15 February
Meet us in your country
How degree programmes prepare students for the labour market
 
International staff
 
Warning: Do not open attachments of suspicious mails
Salary increase from 1 February
Annual tax statement 2018 available
Warm Sweater Day 15 February
 
Coming events in Leiden
 
15 February: Lecture The Japan-Korea History Problem
19 February: Career College: Working in Education
21 February: Lecture Free movement in the EU and its discontents: the limits of judicializing social rights
5 March: Conference Fairness and Transparency, towards responsible data science
All coming events
 
Coming events in The Hague
 
15 February: Conference 'The benefits of honours programmes for society at large'
20 February: Lecture: Cinema, US Intelligence, and the Second World War
20 February: Lecture ‘Me, Asian?!’ Mindfulness: Meditative Practices East to West
 
Laureates
 
Royal honour for Professor Paul van der Heijden
More awards
 
Books
 
The early Middle Ages a ‘golden age for the elderly’? Not quite!
What South Park tells us about Charles Darwin
International Human Rights of Children
 
Leiden blogs
 
Leiden Psychology Blog: Why only some teens are risk-takers and why risk-taking is okay
Leiden Law Blog: The appraisal of DNA evidence in criminal law
 
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