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Charity event after tsunami

 

Live music and Indonesian cuisine Charity event after tsunami

 

University and city are closely entwined University life

Chinese poetry journals

 

Chinese poetry journals

Simon Stevin

 

A remarkable alumnus Simon Stevin

 

Forever an inspiration Cleveringa's protest speech

The Leiden University Print Room

 

Drawings, prints and photographs The Leiden University Print Room

Professor Pim Huijgen

 

An unforgettable graduation speech Professor Pim Huijgen

The seated sea elephant at LUMC

 

Homunculus Loxodontus The seated sea elephant at LUMC

The Special Collections reading room

 

The smell of books in the library The Special Collections reading room

Rino Foundation

 

Spectacular experiments Rino Foundation

International in character

 

From Leuven to Harvard International in character

Item from the library collection

 

A photographic experiment Item from the library collection

Nelson Mandela's honorary doctorate

 

Hero and role model Nelson Mandela's honorary doctorate

Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory

 

Monumental significance Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory

Animals in the Hortus botanicus

 

Animals in the Hortus botanicus

Marc Koper

 

Rock star in electrochemistry Marc Koper

NINO

 

The largest collection of clay tablets NINO

My year group

 

Minerva in 1960 My year group

The gift of William the Silent

 

The gift of William the Silent

Professor Egbert Havinga

 

Chemistry for all Professor Egbert Havinga

Proverbs in the kerbstones of The Hague

 

Multilingual The Hague Proverbs in the kerbstones of The Hague

The city as a campus

 

The city as a campus

The Ehrenfest house

 

Where bright minds met The Ehrenfest house

Leiden Wall Formulas

 

World-famous discoveries Leiden Wall Formulas

Artwork: The Four Centuries

 

400 years of Leiden University Artwork: The Four Centuries

Burchard J. Mansvelt Beck

 

Burchard J. Mansvelt Beck

 

‘Inclusion and opportunity’

NeCEN

 

Ultimate microscopy NeCEN

De Pelikaan­hof

 

My first student room De Pelikaan­hof

Rapenburg 34

 

Spirits of historical celebrtities Rapenburg 34

Freedom

 

A stay in the Oranjehotel Freedom

'You are welcome here'

 

'You are welcome here'

Professor Robert Feenstra

 

Love for the profession Professor Robert Feenstra

Pioneers in inter­national children’s rights

 

UNICEF Chair Pioneers in inter­national children’s rights

Research project: Letters as Loot

 

Research project: Letters as Loot

Lectures in the Academy Building

 

Wooden benches Lectures in the Academy Building

Colloquium Ehrenfestii

 

From Einstein to Oppenheimer Colloquium Ehrenfestii

Beatrix Campbell

 

My thesis supervisor Beatrix Campbell

Josephus Justus Scaliger

 

The greatest scholar of the 16th century Josephus Justus Scaliger

Buddy system

 

Nice start to academic journey Buddy system

Academic teaching

 

Impact on society Academic teaching

 

From Minerva to Mathematical Institute Becoming human

EL CID

 

The start of student life EL CID

The invention of the capacitor

 

Leyden jar The invention of the capacitor

Herman Boerhaave, pioneer in medicine

 

Leiden is Boerhaave Herman Boerhaave, pioneer in medicine

The Sweat Room

 

A unique tradition The Sweat Room

Kamerlingh Onnes deserves a statue

 

The discovery of superconductivity Kamerlingh Onnes deserves a statue

University eights

 

Rowing with Olympic medalists University eights

Classes in the Old Observatory

 

Classes in the Old Observatory