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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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A promising marriage between Siemens and Leiden spin-off Culgi
Siemens recently took over the Leiden software company Culgi, founded by professor and inventor J.G.E.M. (Hans) Fraaije. We spoke to him about the algorithm that made him successful, the role of a university in our society and his ambitions at Siemens. ‘I was looking for Siemens, and they were looking…
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‘We will offer a warm welcome to our students, both in person and online’
The University buildings are partially reopening to students. And first-years will be able to discover real-life Leiden or The Hague during the introduction weeks this summer. Vice-Rector Hester Bijl describes what will be possible once more at the ‘one-and-a-half-metre university’. ‘We want to provide…
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…
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Leiden Law Cast #2: The role of the criminal defence lawyer with Dr M. Lochs
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Back to the scanner: brain science in times of corona
For their research many neuropsychologists use the brain scanners at the LUMC. At the start of the pandemic, the rules for visiting the hospital became stricter and a large amount of psychology research looked as though it would fall through. Thanks to good protocols the researchers can now pick up…
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Call for Papers Interdisciplinary Conference 'EU Criminal Justice Policy and Practice - Reflections and Prospects'
This interdisciplinary conference, to be held on 26-27 June 2017, will bring together lawyers interested in EU law and criminal law, criminologists, political scientists, and philosophers to jointly reflect on the development of the EU's criminal policy.
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Pieter's Corner: Climate change
Climate change is a hot topic and constantly in the news. Thousands of Dutch high school students protested at the Malieveld in The Hague. News website Nu.nl has barred climate change deniers from their comments section to prevent ‘fake news’. How does climate change impact the research community, and…
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Central Crisis Team: ‘It sometimes comes down to the last second’
It’s the middle of the academic year, but most of the University buildings are closed – something that hasn’t happened since the Second World War. Fortunately, after a week of intensive preparations, the teaching has moved online. How is the Central Crisis Team steering the University through the corona…
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Healthcare and population health: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
‘Our health is the area that stands to gain most from artificial intelligence.’ The three universities in Zuid-Holland are helping make these gains. Three researchers talk about their collaborative research into AI for health, drug discovery and healthcare in the AI knowledge cluster in Zuid-Holland.…
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Roméo Dallaire on How a better world is possible 9 april
Lecture
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The Mechanics of Plausible Deniability: the Case of Serbian Paramilitaries
Lecture, Contemporary History and International Relations Research Seminar (CHIRRS)
- How can Feminist Foreign Policy contribute to National Security in an Age of Domestic Terror Threats?
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Rethinking the Role of Ideology in Genocide, Atrocities and Mass Killing
Lecture
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Reordering the Natural World: Animals, Plants, and the Natural Environment in Early Modern China
Course, Workshop
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CPP Colloquium with Arash Abizadeh: “The Democratic Legitimacy of Border Coercion”
Lecture
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CPP Colloquium with Suzanne Bloks
Lecture
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Healing the People: Popularizing and Printing Medicine in Edo Japan
Conference
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A Neandertal in us?
Lecture
- Counterterrorism in a global perspective
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Dies Natalis
Alumni Event, University ceremony
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Reconfiguring Queer Chineseness: Hong Kong as Method
Lecture, China Seminar
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Mini symposium
Lecture
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Colloquim Reforming Democracy by Graham Parkes (Hawai'i)
Lecture
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This Week’s Discoveries | 10 May 2016
Lecture
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[CANCELLED] Protests, Neoliberalism, and Authoritarianism: Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Morocco
Debate, LUCIS Discussion Panel
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Chemical approaches to control the in vivo behavior of nanomedicines
Lecture, Van Leeuwenhoek Lecture on BioScience
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Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order
Lecture
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How can Feminist Foreign Policy contribute to National Security in an Age of Domestic Terror Threats?
Debate
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Florence Nightingale Colloquium presents Hein Putter
Lecture
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POSTPONED: Timely antitrust intervention in fast-moving markets: thinking out of the (tool)box
Conference
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1325 twenty years on: The evolution of the WPS agenda after 9/11
Debate
- LCN2 Seminar: Dynamical networks of the biological clock
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LUCAS 2013 Graduate Conference - Death: the Cultural Meaning of the End of LifeLeiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
Conference
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Colloquium: Minorities and The Criminal Justice System
Debate
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Interview with Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn
Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn LLM., Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at the University of Leiden, completed his habilitation in July 2020 at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin and acquired the Venia for Constitutional Law, International Law and International Criminal Law. The…
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GP in Spain in times of corona
What’s the situation like in Spain in these times of corona? Dr Jan Otto Landman (Medicine, Leiden, 1979) has a GP practice in Torremolinos and Fuengirola, Southern Spain, and since 16 March he has been writing blogs about corona on the Facebook page of his practice. He has covered issues such as the…
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Inclusivity with Law: What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective?
Conference, D&I Symposium
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From diversity to inclusion: strategies for an inclusive curriculum and learning environment
Conference, Diversity & inclusion symposium
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Fairness and Transparency, towards responsible data science
Conference
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Publications
Recent publications
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By the rivers of Babylon: New perspectives on Second Temple Judaism from Cuneiform texts
“BABYLON” investigates the extent of the similarities between Babylonian and post-exilic forms of cultic and social organization and explores the question how Babylonian models could have influenced the restoration effort in Jerusalem.
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Dissertations
Overview of all dissertations published by PhD candidates from CML.
- Volume 13 (2018)
- Column by the Diversity Officer
- Volume 14 (2019)
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
The Joan Van der Waals colloquium is an ongoing bi-weekly lecture series.
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Alumni Event Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs Opening Wijnhaven
Alumni Event
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CPP Colloquium with Olatunji Oyeshile 'Democracy, Multi-Ethnic Identities and Poverty in Africa'
Lecture
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Alumni event BSc Security Studies & MSc Crisis and Security Management
Alumni Event