Alumni Newsletter November 2019
Universiteit Leiden


Alumni News

November 2019
Leiden
 

From Amsterdam to Singapore: Meet our Leiden professors around the world

You're invited to attend one (or more) of the interesting Leiden lectures on current scientific topics around November 26th, in over more than 45 cities worldwide.
Meet your fellow alumni in your area at one of the Cleveringa meetings (In Dutch & English)!

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Alumnus Paul Cling
 

Help document cultural heritage before it disappears! 


Ghazwan Yaghi was a leading archaeologist and researcher in Damascus but had to flee in 2014 because of the war.
Will you help Ghazwan so he can keep recording and analyzing cultural heritage in Syria before it disappears?

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Virtual reality
 

Leiden alumnus Surya Tjandra appointed Deputy Minister in Indonesia

Leiden alumnus Surya Tjandra ( Leiden Law School, 4 February 2016) has been appointed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as Deputy Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister.



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Document Rembrandt
 

Digital Sweat Room: Sign now!


Do you remember that point in time when you were allowed to write your signature on the wall of Leiden University’s Sweat Room?
Now you can record your signature for posterity on our 360̊ photo of the best-known room in the Academy Building.



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Alumnus Paul Cling
 

More News

› "The refugee" does not exist
› Together, plants and fungi could slow down climate change
› How an Alzheimer related protein forms plaques
› Being a part of the network of Leiden graduates across the world (EU Studies)
› ‘We need to be better prepared for war’
› Leiden University receives gift for research into psychology of economic behaviour
› Transition to electric vehicles puts heavy pressure on production of critical metals
› How Johan Huizinga sent the Nazis packing
› Eveline Crone new ERC Vice-President

› More News
 

Meet alumni around the world

› Cleveringa meetings all over the world
› Meet & Greet EU Alumni in Montreal (EU Scholarship Alumni Only)
  14 November - Montreal
› Orange Knowledge Exchange Series - Regional Alumni Conference Bangkok
  20-22 November 2019 - Bangkok
› Alumni Meet up in Beijing
  23 november 16:30-19:30 Beijing
› NCA Charity Christmas Fair
  27 November - Singapore
› Lecture: Imaging the Event Horizon in the Galactic Center and M87
  29 November - St. Petersburg
› Peacebuilding in peri-urban areas in Colombia: nature-based solutions for community resilience
  2-14 december - Bogota, Colombia

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Not invited? Moved house? Leiden University invites alumni by email for international alumni events if we have your email address and the name of the country you're living in.
So please update your information here so we can easily invite you for a event close to you!
 

Meet alumni in Leiden & The Hague

› Alumni day for Bio Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy
  16 November - Leiden
› Brazil Week 2019 LUCAS
  18-21 November - The Hague
› The Science Festival Connecting Social Sciences 
  22 November - Leiden
› Lecture: Portraits of Alien Worlds
  4 December - Leiden
 
 

Recent Books & Publications

› Leiden University Press Publications
› Leiden University Libraries
 
MOOC's (Free online education)

› Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
› The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World
› Clinical Kidney, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
› The Rooseveltian Century 
 
 
Alumni Benefits & Services
 
Online Free Education
Become a mentor
 
Stay connected: update your information!