Alfons Chorus, founder of the Institute of Psychology: who was he really?

Alfons Chorus was the ‘founding father’ of Psychology in Leiden. His son Rogier Chorus recently obtained his PhD at Leiden University based on his biography of his father. He talked to his Leiden PhD supervisor Willem Heiser about his father’s innovations, his plagiarism and how he was misunderstood.

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A PhD candidate from Leiden in Milan

On 14 January 2019, Shermarke Hassan boarded a plane to Milan. With support from the Leiden University Fund, this young PhD candidate was going to spend the next three months doing research at one of the world’s biggest research centres for haemophilia.

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From Leiden to Singapore: Cleveringa around the world

You're invited to attend one (or more) of the interesting lectures on current scientific topics around November 26th, in over more than 25 cities worldwide.
Meet your fellow alumni in your area at one of the Cleveringa meetings (In Dutch & English)!

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Leiden Alumni meet Dutch Prime Minister in Jakarta

Representatives from the Leiden University Alumni Association in Indonesia (IKALI) were honored to have a discussion with Dutch Prime Minister H.E. Mark Rutte during his visit to Jakarta on 7 October 2019.

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