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March 2022

Curator of the National Museum Marion Anker: ‘History can cause friction'

Marion Anker is a junior curator at the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands. She studied History in Leiden and Amsterdam. Together with her team, she organised the controversial exhibition ‘Revolusi! Indonesië onafhankelijk!’ What did studying History teach her?

Support students from Ukraine and Russia

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts. Will you help them?

Leiden alumni event in Brussels

All alumni working and or living in Brussels or surrounding Brussels are welcome on 31 March to the academic debate 'Unified in diversity, or simply divided: values and the future of the EU' with prof.dr. Maurits S. Berger; prof.dr.mr. Armin Cuyvers and dr. Maxine David, ending with drinks and networking.

PhD defence livestream

Did you know that you can follow all the PhDdefences by Leiden University researchers via the videostream in the Academy building? In the event calendar

you can see all the upcoming defences, and you will also find the livestream on the right.

News from your university

More news

► Advancing melanoma diagnostics and treatment in special patient populations

► Luuk van Middelaar in European newspapers on Europe’s response to war in Ukraine

► Prestigious Gutenberg Research Award for archaeologist Wil Roebroeks

► Selected as Europaeum Fellow: ‘Excited to learn from others’

► Incentives for sustainable healthcare education are high

► 'We want to use academic knowledge to make the horticulture sector more sustainable'
► Advocating for Human rights in Brussels: catching up with Calum Thomson

► Archaeology alumna Oda Nuij wins Florschütz Thesis Award

► Ukraine and its place in Europe and the EU

► More news

Events

► Lecture The Gaia telescope: mapping 1 billion stars with 1 billion pixels
19 March | Hybrid

► Development matters - Longitudinal pathways in brain and behavior
22 March | Hybrid

► Liveable planet lunch meeting - Learning from Ancient Water Systems
24 March | Hybrid

► Streaming the Sagas: a live role play in the North-European Age of Heroes
24 March | Hybrid
► Debate: Conversation with Norman Farrell
24 March | Hybrid
► Evidence Gathering Strategies in the Investigation of Crimes against Indigenous Peoples
30 March | Online

► Leiden University Alumni Event in Brussels
31 March | Brussels, Belgium
► On the Origins of 'The Origins of Inequality'
31 March | Leiden

► Fact-Finding Missions and Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
31 March | Online

► IEEE Milestone Award “String Galvanometer”
8 April | LUMC, Leiden
► Statistical Aspects of Clinical Trials
11 April | LUMC, Leiden
► LUCIR Lecture: Technological Change and Human Rights
19 April | Hybrid

► Closing the Gap 2022 | Responsibility in Cyberspace: Narratives and Practice
8 - 9 June | Brussels, Belgium

► All events

Podcasts, Books & Life Long Learning

► Podcast: About the sound of silence

► Book: The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East

► Online book launch 'Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy'
20 April | Online

► Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance' 13 - 24 June | The Hague

► MOOC: Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice
► Leiden MOOCs (MOOC: Massive Open Online Course)

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