Alumni Newsletter May 2026
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May 2026

'Thanks to my master’s degree, I know what works and what doesn’t'

How does a History graduate end up working with rockets and space capsules? Olga van der Veen explains how her bachelor’s degree in History and her master’s degree in Arts and Culture: Museums and Collections prepared her for her role as collections manager at Space Expo.

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A heart plaster to limit damage after a heart attack

How can you protect a heart and help it recover after a heart attack? That is the question Anke Smits is working on. She is developing a ‘heart patch’: a biomaterial that is applied to a damaged heart to stimulate its natural healing process.

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► Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘Contributing to the values of the future with Leiden building blocks’

► Queen Máxima visits KITLV: from climate change to colonial collections

► Executive Board President Luc Sels awarded honorary degree by the University of Edinburgh

► Lead isotopes in artifacts from ancient China and the ambiguity that comes with them

► 'Trust in polarised times': The launch of a sustainable and substantive research network

► Between street culture and care: young people in hybrid worlds

► Leiden University to return Chola Plates to India

► Alumnus Jeroen Zwemmer: ‘The legal component is the core of my work’

► No ordinary sea: who governs the Strait of Hormuz?

► From lockdown to the lab: Leiden PhD researcher develops ‘decoy molecule’ to slow down coronavirus

► What wild honey from the Philippine jungle reveals about biodiversity

► This shame-free evening also asks a little courage from the audience

► As a parent, you influence your child’s depression (and why that is also good news)

Events

► ‘Fishing’ past aquatic resources: Waterways of Research

     28 - 29 May | Conference | Leiden

► GoS Graduate & Student event

     30 May | Alumni Event | The Hague

► Anchoring Objects: Material culture and the dynamics of innovation in the ancient world

     4 - 6 June | Conference | Leiden

► LLRC conference 2026: Language teacher research

     5 June | Lecture | Leiden

► Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History

     8 June | Lecture | Leiden & online

► Understanding declining climate urgency: perspectives from Japan and the NL

     8 June | Lecture | The Hague

► Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference 2026

     10 June | Conference | The Hague

► Who is a Foreign Investor?

     17 June | PhD Defence | Leiden & online

► The EU Digital Omnibus - Streamlining Rules, Sacrificing Standards?

     22 - 26 June | Summer School | Leiden & online

► Open Day Faculty of Science

     4 July | Festival | Leiden

► Free walk-in concerts on the University organ

► Discover the Summer Schools

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