Alumni Newsletter November 2020
Universiteit Leiden


Alumni News

November 2020
Students at the Academy Building after prof. Cleveringa 's protest lecture
 

Follow the live Cleveringa lecture by Roméo Dallaire 

The Canadian Roméo Dallaire (1946) Dallaire will give this year's Cleveringa lecture on 26 November. He was UN Commander in Rwanda at the time of the genocide there, subsequently becoming a champion of human rights. 


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Roméo Dallaire
 

'I fell immediately in love with the university and the city'


A flash interview with a German law alumna: Selina Holstein about hagelslag, working for a large firm, the diversity in team and variety in work and the importance of the Noordwijk beach.


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Selina Holstein
 

'Humans and systems need to understand one another'


You can ask virtual assistant Siri about the weather, but you can’t have a real conversation with it yet. Stephan Raaijmakers, Professor by Special Appointment from TNO, hopes to change this.


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AI
 

Join the worldwide online alumni Cleveringa Meeting 2020

All Leiden alumni are welcome to attend the online Cleveringa Meeting Leiden (in English) on Wednesday 25 November with prof. Maartje van der Woude; prof. Theo Brinkel; prof. Erwin Muller; prof. Rob de Wijk and prof. Alexander Rinnooy Kan. 

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Academy Building Leiden
 

More news

› UN Committee on the rights of the child follows third party intervention
› How a Dutchman contributed to the rapid development of Singapore
› Graduation ceremonies with a bang at the Faculty of Science
› Leiden alumni who graduated between 2016-2018 soon found a job
› Breast cancer patients remember more information if doctors show empathy
› What the refugee crisis teaches us about human connection
› From lively group app to online game night: the mentor project
› We can no longer look at the world as ‘the West and the rest’
› Code for digital children’s rights
› Gorlaeus Highrise lives on in two new buildings in Leiden
› Protecting democracy in Europe

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Agenda

› Roundtable Series: Reflections on a Pandemic 4 - Global Economy
  25 November - Online
› Cleveringa Meeting worldwide
  25 November - Online
› Cleveringa lecture Indonesia:   
  Admired and despised: The life and works of Snouck Hurgronje in Mekka and Java
  26 November - Online
› Online Museum Talk: The Making of the Exhibition 'In the Light of Cuyp'
  26 November - Online
› Lecture: eLaw Open Minded #2 "COVID-19: Disinformation and the Dutch Judiciary"
  27 November -  Online
› Astronomy on Tap: European Space Agency's Exoplanet Missions
  30 December - Online
› PhD Defence Insolvency close out netting: a comparative study of English, French and US laws in global perspective 
  1 December- Online
› Live webinar and Q&A - Executive Master Cyber Security
  1 December - online
› Online Museum Talks: Resurrecting the ‘Spiritual Daughters’
  3 December - Online
› Conference World Press Freedom 2020
  9 & 10 december - Online

› All events
 

Life long learning

› Watch the recorded MuseumTalks on YouTube
› International Law In Action: Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes
  Starts December 14 - MOOC

› All Leiden MOOCs
(MOOC: Massive Open Online Course)
 

Recent books & publications

› Leiden University Press Publications
› Leiden University Libraries
 
Alumni Benefits & Services
 
Online Free Education
Become a mentor
 
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