Celebrate Leidens Ontzet in London or Tokyo with herring, or meet your fellow alumni over dinner in Shanghai & Beijing.

See all our activities worldwide in October and join us!

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Alumna Carolijn Brouwer and ambitious are synonymous. That has got her a long way. She was the first woman to be part of the winning team of the Volvo Ocean Race, the toughest of sailing races. 'Would I take part again? Only for a bigger challenge - as skipper, for example.'

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The world around us is changing. What does that mean for the future of Europe, on this turbulent world stage? And what does it mean for our teaching? These were key questions during the opening of the 2018-2019 academic year. Professor De Hoop Scheffer in dialogue with Imane Maghrani, Leiden alumna of World Politics and Global Justice. A baby boomer opposite a millennial, talking about the issue of the European Community.
 

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The powerful Dutch East India Company and West India Company were summoned before the High Court more often than historians have assumed. The complainants varied from competitors, to the Companies' own staff and even poor citizens.

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The research group headed by Leiden chemist Marc Koper has discovered a catalyst that minimizes the production of chlorine gas during salt water electrolysis. The invention can enable the direct production of hydrogen from seawater.

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