129 search results for “alma” in the Public website
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Multiple star systems: how they got here and why it matters
Disk formation around stars is an important factor in determining whether one or multiple stars evolve. But the big picture of star formation is still far from complete, says PhD researcher Nadia Murillo.
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Flash interview with alumna Kartica van der Zon
Did you know that PhD candidates are also alumni of your alma mater? High time to put a PhD alumna and her research in the spotlight. Besides, this month our UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
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Letters as loot
Linguistic research on a unique collection of Dutch letters allowed us to gain access to the every-day language of people from various walks of life. Private letters by men, women and even children have been elaborately explored in the Letters as Loot researchprogramme, initiated and directed by prof.…
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Leiden Alumni Meeting San Francisco Bay Area
Alumni Event
- The Imam of the Christians: Round-table on newly published book by Prof. Philip Wood
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Mystical Messianisms in the 13th Century: Sa‘d al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh and ‘Azīz-i Dīn Nasafī
Lecture
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LUSSI Seminar: What does Mecca have to do with Athens? The Language of Revelation in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safar’ and other Ismaili Texts
Lecture
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Leiden University Alumni Meeting in Tapei
Alumni Event
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Invitation Leiden Alumni meeting in Washington 29 May
Alumni Event
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This Week's Discoveries | 21 February 2017
Lecture
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Alumni Meeting in Boston
Alumni Event
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Invitation Leiden Alumni meeting in São Paulo, Brazil
Alumni Event
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledge
Street theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 September. Many University buildings - from the Observatory to the Hortus - opened their doors to artists, scientists and a public curious to know more.
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‘In those days you could learn as much as you wanted at university’
Having flirted with Egyptology and Italian, Dieuwertje Kuijpers found her true calling in the Master’s in European Union Studies. She is now a freelance journalist specialising in politics, security and defence. But she is also at home writing columns for ThePostOnline and hard-hitting articles for…
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They want a seat in The Hague City Council
Many students, staff and alumni of Leiden University are politically active. In the run-up to the local elections on 21 March, candidates in The Hague and Leiden explain why you should vote for them, and what they want to do if they are elected. In this article, it is the turn of the candidates in The…
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This Week’s Discoveries | 17 May 2016
Lecture
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‘Virtual Toast on the East Coast’
Alumni Event
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LOFAR: zwarte gaten en grote schokken in het heelal
Lecture, Kaiser Lente Lezing
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900 Years Of Trickery: al-Hariri from Leiden to Los Angeles
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Formation of Islam: Topics
The FOI project has a number of topics it aims to investigate. These are: State, Economy, Culture and Papyri. You will find links to bibliographies on this page.
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Special anniversary celebration for Leiden University: 440 years
The celebration of Leiden's Dies Natalis on Monday 9 February in the Pieterskerk was extra special this year and was attended by many prominent guests. This was the kick-off of the special 88th Lustrum (five-year) celebrations in 2015.
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Annetje Ottow back in Leiden
Annetje Ottow is the first female president of the Executive Board of Leiden University, which means a return to her Alma mater.
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Oort Lecture 2017: What wonderful worlds: A journey through our Solar System
Conference
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LUCIP Lecture Series with Godfrey Igwebuike Onah
Lecture
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Monthly meeting series LUCAS Modern & Contemporary cluster: Memory Culture in Contemporary Iran
Debate
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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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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Collaborative Filmmaking Approaches in Archaeology, Heritage, and Development
Conference
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2019 Hall of fame
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2019 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.