For the first time in history Leiden University has a female Rector Magnificus! Hester Bijl accepted the chain of office. #dies21
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Virologist from receives his honorary doctorate and calls on people to take a stand against threats to scientists. ‘We should never think this is normal.’ #dies23
Great news! As of 8 February 2021, Hester Bijl will be our new Rector Magnificus. This makes her the first female Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. She has been Vice-Rector of the University since 2016.
The first episode of #TheMiniaturist on BBC1 this evening. The BBC has adapted this worldwide bestseller by Jessie Burton about the spooky story of young woman in 17th-century Amsterdam. The outdoor scenes were actually filmed in #Leiden.
Hip hip hurray, today is our birthday! 443 years a bastion of freedom #diesnatalis18. And today we also celebrate that on this day 50 years ago, students started the Leiden LGBT movement.
Follow the ceremony in the Pieterskerk live at 3pm on our website universiteitleiden.nl
We wish everyone happy holidays and a very happy and healthy 2022💫
Administrators, staff members and students from 14 universities will be sounding the alarm and asking the government to invest an additional 1.1 billion euros per year in university teaching and research.
Finally, female scholars in the sculpture garden! Classicist Ineke Sluiter and President knaw and astrophysicist Ewine van Dishoeck have been immortalised (2/2).
It is thanks in part to all our predecessors such as #Neanderthals that we are who we are today. This is what Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology, will argue today in her inaugural lecture.
Spot the mystery guest next to in our board meeting today: Mark Rutte just happened to be passing by. He said how impressed he was with all the hard work to keep the University up and running over the past few months.
Great news: Three Leiden professors have been awarded the most prestigious scientific accolade in the Netherlands by !
Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Marc Koper have been awarded a Spinoza Prize and Judi Mesman a Stevin Prize.
Read more: universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2021/0
Good morning! Such lovely snowy sights in Leiden this morning. What was your wintry morning view?
Exactly 77 years ago, Professor Rudolph Cleveringa spoke out against the decision of the German occupation to fire his Jewish colleagues. We commumorate his courage on this day. universiteitleiden.nl/en/dossiers/cl
Today is #ComingOutDay. We proudly fly the #Pride Progress flag on our Academy Building. As Bastion of Freedom, we continue to strive to be a university where everyone can be who they want to be and feel at home.
Read more: universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2020/1
Leiden University was founded exactly 444 years ago today. A good reason to celebrate! bit.ly/2WSFdkq
Charles Darwin received an Honorary Doctorate from Leiden University on 9 February 1875. The University Library has a copy of his letter thanking the University for this honour. ow.ly/3kKm30il7VL #Darwinday
Students were able to continue their studies in September 1945 after the University had been closed for several years during the Second World War. This moment was celebrated for four days. Have a look at the photographs of these historical events. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2017/0
With his clever measuring methods , together with his team, was the first to detect carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of exoplanets. The astrophysicist has been awarded the Spinoza Prize, the highest academic honour in the Netherlands.
Wishing all our staff, students, alumni and of course our Twitter followers a merry Christmas! 🎄❄️Unfortunately not a white Christmas here in Leiden, so we've added a bit of snow ourselves 😉☃️ Happy Holidays!
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We've decided to move all our teaching online until the end of this academic year: a momentous decision. Read why we have taken this decision below:
My University, My Pride. We are sailing in the first edition of the Canal Parade ⛵🛶🚤 in Leiden today. Are you coming to watch? Wishing everyone a very happy #PrideLeiden! 🏳️🌈 prideleiden.nl
Leiden University is expanding in The Hague and may move into the old Hudson's Bay building.
Hooray! reopens today! Come and see what's in bloom at our botanic garden. The glasshouses remain closed for now, but there's plenty to see outside🌷🌳 #spring
Book your tickets at hortusleiden.nl/en/
Happy #SDGActionDay! We raised a new flag to celebrate the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
The Plantsoen in Leiden, around 1905, from the Erfgoed Leiden collection 🌳
Good news: our student at Leiden University College doesn't have coronavirus. The first and second tests were negative. He's no longer in isolation.
For more information see:
staff.universiteitleiden.nl/announcements/
Today is #InternationalCatDay! Have you met Lily and Lotus the Hortus Cats yet? These two live in our , often playing in the garden or giving visitors a furry welcome!
The're on Instagram as well: @LilyHortusCat
Today is our 446th birthday. This is what the looks like at this very moment. Only very few people will attend the ceremony this year, but all others can follow the livestream here: bit.ly/3p1BBti
An international team led by Leiden astronomers has taken the first-ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets Read about it here: ow.ly/1bzC50AHV5P
The Dutch universities are shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Leiden University also calls for solidarity with and support for all those affected by the war.
For help or questions check out our website.
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What will happen if the lights in a large part of the city are switched off? How many stars can you see without all that light pollution? This is what researchers, artists and the residents of Leiden are going to investigate during Seeing Stars Leiden. ⭐️
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'Universities are places where people discuss what they think, where water cooler talk sparks new ideas and where questions are sometimes more important than answers.' Rector Stolker at the Opening of the Academic Year (2/2)
This year's dies lecturer is Professor . She is speaking about the role of scientists in public debates. #dies21
We understand that it is difficult for students right now: no face-to-face classes, all buildings are closed and our students stay at home. Our Rector Magnificus has a message for all of you. 'Take care of your health, both physically and mentally.'
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Congratulations to Cátia Antunes, Dennis Claessen and ! They've each been awarded a Vici grant by the Dutch Research Council .
Politicians, academics and journalists regularly say that our democracy is under threat. Should criminal law have a greater role in protecting this democracy? In his inaugural lecture, Professor Jeroen ten Voorde urges caution.
In Saqqara, archaeologists from and have found in the tomb of Panehsy, the ‘steward of the temple of (the god) Amun’. The Ancient Egyptian tomb is more than 3,000 years old!
Today, we say goodbye to rector magnificus . In this animation video, we gathered some highlights from the last 8 years. #dies21
Hurray! Today we celebrate the birthday of . 442 years! Livestream of the festivities from 15 hrs onwards. #DiesNatalis17
The Justin Trudeau and Mark Rutte will be questioned by our students on Friday afternoon, among other things about #climatechange. The live stream can be followed here: universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2021
Leiden University is calling on its students and staff to join in the national day of action – ‘alarm day’ – for a Normal Academic Standard (Normaal Academisch Peil ). #NAP
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Have you ever held a 800 year old book? Scaliger professor @erik_kwakkel does this regularly. Have a look:
We celebrate International Women's Day by hanging 13 portraits of women professors in our stately Senate Chamber. Have a look! #IWD2018 bit.ly/2oPN5Eb
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The biggest ever astronomy conference is being held in Leiden this week – virtual Leiden that is. Over 1,600 astronomers and space scientists from all around our world are meeting online at #EAS2020
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Tonight lights throughout Leiden will be turned off for #SeeingStarsLeiden. Care to join us in switching the lights off and the stars on? And do you want to help to collect data on how much light pollution there is in Leiden and the region?
Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: 8 February 2021 was a special Dies Natalis. has passed on the chain of office to Hester Bijl. Read all about it: universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2021/0
Today is election day in the Netherlands! Two of our buildings in Leiden have been transformed into polling stations: Lipsius and the Academy Building. Here's a glimpse of life at the polls 👇
#ikstem #TK2021 #verkiezingsdag
Face masks and gloves designed to protect us are a danger to animals. Leiden biologists and have discovered that animals all around the world animals are dying from #covidlitter.
Read more:
During this year's dies natalis, Graça Machel receives an honorary doctorate. She is a children's rights activist and president of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. #dies21
The percentage of female professors at Leiden University has risen to 31.2 per cent! These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor 2021. This puts Leiden University above the national average of 26.7 per cent.🎓🎉
Today the Old Observatory opens its doors to the public! Come explore the observatory, listen to lectures or (try to) escape from the escape room! universiteitleiden.nl/old-observator
Felicitaciones! (That's about the limit of our team's Spanish 😉) Hope to see you in Leiden at some point!
Can #ArtificialIntelligence help society solve its problems? Or will it only create new ones? looks at #AI through legal eyes, at the use of #carerobots, for instance.
#FutureofAIisHuman
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Leiden turns orange again this year during #OrangeTheWorld! 🧡More than 90 countries around the world will be taking action against #ViolenceAgainstWomen from November 25 to December 10. Orange flags, buildings and joint actions will conquer the streets. Will you join?
Martijn Storms is curator of maps and atlases . Like everyone else, he's working from home. What he misses is the smell of the maps and atlases that are in his care. He misses his colleagues a bit too.
Congratulations! Emeritus Professor of Political Sciences Adrienne Héritier of the European University Institute @EuropeanUni was presented with an Honorary Doctorate by Prof. Bernard Steunenberg
Always been a bit of an armchair archaeologist? 🛋️ This will be right up your street.
Vijf Leidse hoogleraren treden toe tot de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen . Gefeliciteerd Marian Klamer, , , en
Lees hier waar hun onderzoek en onderwijs zich op richt: universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2019/04
Lift off! This weekend the progress pride flag will be flying above our university buildings. #ComingOutDay
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Finally, an announcement by : in 2019 will celebrate its 444th birthday! It will be a year filled with activities, with extra attention for the urban roots of the university in Leiden and The Hague! #diesnatalis #444jaar #oay18
Bygone days on Rapenburg canal 🧐 A group of students assemble on one of the bridges around 1910. Photo from the archives of
Students on the International Relations and Diplomacy programme had their internship cancelled last year because of the pandemic. So they wrote a book instead: The Future of Multilateralism📘
A warm welcome to all our international students 🤗! Today is the start of the introduction week for our international students. A chance to get to know each other and the city, both online and off. Have fun!
The return of looted art is often political, says in her dissertation. She suggests a legal framework, which would allow the courts to settle differences about looted art.
The death of George Floyd at the hands of the police sparked the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and here in the Netherlands, but they are about more than that alone. Historian explains why the protests have resonated here.
👋 Are you planning to study in Leiden and do you have questions about next academic year? 👉Check out our new web dossier for prospective students (bachelor's and master's) with info & FAQ:
universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/c
Today we celebrate the Relief of Leiden! Did you spot us in the Grand Parade today? We participated with a beautiful float, a unique procession of professors with their (grand)children and students from all over the world.
The new Dutch cabinet will start as of today and it has no fewer than six Leiden alumni in it! What did they study? bit.ly/2yM0WBt
The Janssen vaccine has been approved. played an important role in its development. 'Not only did we have the experience, but we also had trained staff available and a state-of-the-art Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory.'
Is it nearly your turn for a COVID-19 vaccine? You might get the #Janssen one. This was mainly developed in Leiden, and that's no coincidence! It shows the power of the collaboration between Leiden University, and businesses at 1/2
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Just imagine, you're about to open an exhibition on contagious diseases when a pandemic breaks out. Somewhat later than planned will soon be opening the 'Contagious' exhibition, with a leading role for #coronavirus.
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Today is the opening of the academic year. Join us: a live broadcast will start at 14.45 ow.ly/hfm350BdgwE
The first edition of Nadine Akkerman’s book Invisible Agents sold out within a day. A reprint will be published shortly. Congrats to ! universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2018/0
Happy #InternationalWomensDay💙! We're proud of all the women who work and study here. As a university we work to improve women's opportunities, both here and around the world. 💪
Today is #ComingOutDay. Our community is diverse in many ways, and that is something we treasure. Everyone is welcom at Leiden University!
In his Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November, retired Lieutenant-General speaks openly about his experiences in Rwanda and the trauma that this left behind.
Join us: bit.ly/397Lu4t
Ewine van Dishoeck receives the from King Harald of Norway. A very special moment! Congratulations!
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives the #kavliprize from His Majesty King Harald V.
Leiden University condemns the forced resignation of 1,577 university deans in Turkey bit.ly/2aeVlWl
CORONA UPDATE: all teaching and exams on Friday 13 March have been cancelled. It will take some time to determine how to implement the other new government decisions at the University. Follow the updates here: universiteitleiden.nl/en/dossiers/co
We celebrated our 443rd birthday today. Thanks to all visitors!
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Vandaag vierden we onze dies natalis. En dat leverde leuke plaatjes op!
The 50th Cleveringaoratie has started! And will be spoken this year by former commander . Watch via this link: universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2020/10
Queen Máxima arriving at the Pieterskerk this morning, to officially open Leiden University's new .
Koos Biesmeijer has won the Science Communication Award for the National Bee Count 🐝 Congratulations! 🎉
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Koos Biesmeijer krijgt de Science Communication Award voor de Nationale Bijentelling 
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Gefeliciteerd! @biesmeijer @museumnaturalis twitter.com/NWO_Science/st…In a world first, a team of researchers has read an unopened letter from Renaissance Europe – without breaking its seal or damaging it in any way. The team used advanced technology to virtually unfold the letter.
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In his new book, terrorism expert Yannick Veilleux-Lepage looks at the history of aircraft hijacking. His inspiration: Charles Darwin.
It’s the official opening of the academic year today ✨The ceremony will be opened by Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board. Minister of Foreign Affairs will give the keynote speech on the theme of Peace & Security. Livestream at 14:45 #oay22 universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/extr
Today we are 441 year old! Everyone welcome to attend or follow the ceremony live by video ow.ly/Y3OIs
Tonight is Museum Night Leiden! Thirteen museums will open their doors and give visitors the chance to experience these locations in a different light. 'There’s something for young and old. That’s the strength of Museum Night Leiden.'
From this autumn, students at Leiden University will be able to use the new student centre in The Hague. The building offers space for student organisations, sporting activities and support services. ow.ly/3Hot30krqHA
Welcome to the 200+ colleagues in Leiden this week! Leiden University is a proud #UnaEuropa partner. 'Together with this alliance we're shaping the future of higher education', says Rector Magnificus #WeAreUnaEuropa
