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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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Lending an Ear to Students’ Life in the Pandemic
At the end of a difficult year, students of ACPA’s Music Minor have put together “sonic postcards” to capture their experience of life under Covid restrictions. The result is a powerful, intimate statement about our pandemic fears and hopes.
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Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales
Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers who like to postpone these questions, for those who like to tell a good story with their culinary contribution, or for those who simply want to know…
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Leiden Law Cast: reverend Ruben Van Zwieten
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
- Series of events for PhD candidates
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
- LUCL Sociolinguistics Series 2022/2023
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Diversity & Empires: Governance of racial and religious plurality overseas (16th-20th centuries)
Conference
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International Organizations and their Historians: Dealing with the Kaleidoscope
Lecture, Public Lecture
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Multilingual The Hague
Lecture
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Healing the People: Popularizing and Printing Medicine in Edo Japan
Conference
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Online | Online Headline Testing at a Belgian Broadsheet: A Postfoundational Perspective on How News Professionals ‘Sell’ Content
Lecture, Journalism Studies Seminars
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This Week’s Discoveries | 29 January 2019
Lecture
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The Maqomat: The Classic Music of Central Asia in times of political and cultural changes
Lecture
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Taking Place: Parrhesiastic Theater as a model for artistic practice
PhD defence
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Mavlyuda Yusupova will be Central Asia Visiting Professor in November 2018
Two Lectures
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Masterclass | Ziauddin Sardar: Islam, Knowledge and Culture in Postnormal Times
Masterclass
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Multilingualism in the usage-based era
Lecture
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Supermassive Black Holes and Where to Find Them
Lecture, Oort lecture
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The 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Working together to fulfil the promise of peace
Conference
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Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of war
Paul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. The war years brought his lightning career to an abrupt end: his son was murdered and he himself was imprisoned in a concentration camp. A sad family…
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Hall of Fame 2017
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, they have been appointed members of academic societies or have taken up positions in the community. Reasons enough to be proud of them and to include them…
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Well-Being Days FGGA: Feeling good on the inside
Well-being
- Volume 13 (2018)
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Panel discussion: Bias in AI, algorithms, and the tech sector - Young Alumni Network
There is a growing concern that AI programmes like ChatGPT exacerbate existing biases concerning gender, age, race and sexual orientation. As individuals are increasingly integrating the impressive abilities of AI programmes into their companies, organisations and personal lives, it is useful to take…
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Panel discussion Bias in AI, algorithms, and the tech sector - Young Alumni Network
Alumni event
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VVAK Lustrum Symposium: Collecting Asian Art in the Western World – Past, Present and Future
Conference
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Online Museum Talk: Kress Talks: Evaluating the Sources / A Woman’s Place is in the Garden
Lecture, Online Museum Talks
- More-than-planet exhibition finissage
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Casting Call: How does a European politician save a refugee from drowning? - installation by Eleni Kamma
Exhibition
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Making and Experiencing Graffiti in Ancient and Late Antique Egypt and Sudan
Conference
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Photo exhibition 'People of Leiden'
Arts and culture, Fototentoonstelling
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Consistent definitions matter! Problematising the ‘heritage’ labels in bilingualism research
Lecture, Sociolinguistics Series
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Dialogic Network Presents: Two Lectures
Lecture
- LUCIS Spring Fellow 2018: Karen Bauer
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Introducing: Eurasian Empires projectgroep
The Horizon programme 'Eurasian Empires: integration processes and identity formations' started September 1st 2014. The six PhD students and two Postdocs introduce themselves.
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Governing the commons: What we can learn from each other's (not so) foolish disciplines
PhD candidates Vincent Walstra and Leen Felix in dialogue
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Faces of Leiden University College The Hague
Twenty-two year old student of Leiden University College The Hague, Sara Kemppainen on her role as European Union Delegate at the G(irls)20 Summit, founder of WIL, UWC Alumni, Summit Coordinator and Bachelor student committed to bringing human welfare to the center of tech policy.
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks'
The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre in 2019. A woman with a deep awareness of historical places, she sees it as more of a series of coincidences, but the…
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Jan Hendrik Oort: world-famous yet unassuming astronomer
He discovered how to determine the rotation and centre of our Milky Way, predicted where comets come from and laid the groundwork for radio astronomy: Leiden Professor of Astronomy Jan Hendrik Oort (1900 – 1992). Piet van der Kruit, whose PhD supervisor was Oort himself, has written a biography about…
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is proving beneficiary for students and lecturers alike. We sit in during a class.
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Pilgrim Year: a commemoration rather than a celebration
Myths abound about the Pilgrims, the group of religious refugees from England who set sail for America in 1620. Did they really live in peace with the indigenous peoples of America? In an international conference, historians from Leiden will seek to draw attention to the more negative effects of the…
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Carel Stolker: ‘Young researchers, you’re not alone’
Young researchers have been particularly affected by the coronavirus measures. They’re concerned about whether they’ll get their PhD or postdoc project finished on time, now their research has been at a standstill for months. What effect will such a delay have at the start of their academic career?…
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Josephus Scaliger: famous scholar and grouch
Josephus Justus Scaliger was one of the most famous scholars of his time and yet today his name is likely to be met with blank looks. His correspondence shows that this Leiden professor was also irritable to say the least. Kasper van Ommen will defend his PhD thesis on Scaliger’s legacy on 2 July. Find…
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Friends and family day at the Faculty of Humanities
Festival
- Workshop: Wisdom literature in the Islamicate Middle Ages
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Patching Poetry’s Cloak: the Poet’s Historical Sense in Modern Arabic and Dutch Poetry
Poetry Recital | Al-Babtain Poetry Series
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Well-Being Days FGGA: Feeling good on the outside
Well-being
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Inspire the Students
Alumni event