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Interim decision Hofman case: misconduct and integrity violations ‘sufficiently plausible’
The court considers the alleged misconduct and violations of academic integrity by Caribbean archaeology professor Corinne Hofman to be sufficiently plausible.
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AI in Academic Publishing: ‘We can’t just develop technology and hope it goes well’
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These students broke out of their bubble and decided to learn Dutch
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Humanities overhaul: African Studies to be axed, language and Asian programmes to merge
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Devastating report: how archaeologist couple got away with misconduct, intimidation, alcohol abuse and theft

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Obituary: Stefan Landsberger (1955-2024)
Sinologist Stefan Landsberger passed away unexpectedly. According to colleague Florian Schneider, he was a fervent advocate of the humanities with a great sense of humor and deep compassion.
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How 25 crosses led to 14 life sentences: statistician rallies against another 'miscarriage of justice'
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Refugees in Leiden learn to live from day to day: ‘A bomb could be dropped on you at any moment’
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Trouble in teacher’s tent: misconduct beyond the Hofman affair
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The misconduct within archaeology is structural
Her reign of terror has been rightly condemned, but the dismissed professor of archaeology Corinne Hofman is certainly not the only one who is guilty of misconduct, writes a Leiden archaeologist. Misconduct has entrenched itself in the field and especially men act with impunity.
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Reimagining Dutch agriculture: What if we all go vegan?
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Humanities overhaul: African Studies to be axed, language and Asian programmes to merge
The Faculty of Humanities is facing a major overhaul: the board plans to scrap the bachelor’s programmes African Studies and Latin American Studies and to merge Chinese, Japanese, Korean and South and Southeast Asian Studies into a new bachelor’s programme: Asian Studies. French, German and Italian are also to be merged into a single bachelor’s programme in European Languages and Cultures.
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Hofman case: child labour allegations added to misconduct charges in court
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A trash bin for everything: what goes where?
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University Council opposed reappointment of Annetje Ottow following ‘worrying signals from the workplace’
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