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This study examined the effects of a classroom-focused intervention on different domains of early literacy. The intervention consisted of shared e-book reading combined with a print referencing technique done via a SMART board. The specific goal of the study was to examine whether children could be…

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How can species literacy in the Netherlands be explained and improved?

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Intermediality, Media Practices and Media Literacy is one of the six research themes of the LUCAS Modern and Contemporary cluster.

This study tests whether behavioural problems at a young age are related to early reading and mathematics development.

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In his dissertation Michiel Hooykaas outlines the results of six empirical research projects focused at biodiversity awareness in the Netherlands, specifically people’s knowledge about animals.

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A European cooperation project on disinformation and fact-checking training empowering current and future media and media education professionals, to identify, prevent, and combat fake news spread over digital networks.

Early Modern Medievalisms: The Interplay between Scholarly Reflection and Artistic Production

Young Dutch people’s reading skills have been declining for years. The main reason for this is that many have difficulty with reading at greater depth. Teach pupils to read actively in order to construct meaning is what Leiden researchers Paul van den Broek, Christine Espin and Anne Helder write in…

Mei-Wen Chen defended her thesis on 29 June 2016

This study’s main aim is to test whether children’s learning behaviour explains why they do not benefit from a literate environment.

This series of publications brings together new material on wellconsidered themes within the wide area of Early Modern Studies.

For early modern Europeans, the past was a measure of most things, good and bad. For that reason it was also hotly contested, manipulated, and far too important to be left to historians alone.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

How did Anglo-Saxons reflect on the experience of growing old? Was it really a golden age for the elderly, as has been suggested?

This thesis explores several aspects of these Early Old Babylonian Amorites.

This research network aims to promote cross-regional collaboration in the field of cultural history in early modern Asia at the intersections of visual, material, textual and aural culture.

Interpretation and Composition Outside the Work Concept

The ‘Locke drawings’ collection and the representation of Brazilian native peoples in global perspective

A Study of Middle Palaeolithic Riverside Settlements at Maastricht-Belvédère (The Netherlands).

This volume, edited by Erika Kuijpers, Judith Pollmann, Johannes Müller and Jasper van der Steen, discusses practices of memory in early modern Europe.

In the early universe, the dynamics of the Higgs field can give rise to many interesting phenomena.

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Microwear and starch grain analysis on experimental and archaeological grinding tools from Central

Non-urban settlement organization and Roman expansion in the Roman Republic (4th-1st centuries BC)

Despite recent advances in medicine, many devastating disorders like cancer and cardiovascular, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases still lack effective treatments. In order to address this challenge, we, as scientists from Leiden University, joined hands in the LED3 network. LED3, for Leiden…

The Register of Early Modernists aims to facilitate collaboration between early modern researchers at Leiden University.

Early Christian Encounters with Town and Countryside - Essays on the Urban and Rural Worlds of Early Christianity.

On 30 September 2021 Babette van Hazebroek defended her thesis 'Understanding delinquent development from childhood into early adulthood in early onset offenders'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. J.W. de Keijser and Prof. A. Popma (VUMC).

How can we facilitate the early recognition of stress and anxiety in the classroom and collaborate with schools in providing low-threshold interventions?

What is the effect of practicing with electronic books on reading skills for grade 1 students?

An early farming community in Thessaly, Greece.

Crime is men’s business, isn’t it? Women are responsible for 10 percent of crime in Europe. Yet, if we look at the Dutch Republic in the early modern period, we find that in the towns of Holland women played a much larger role in crime.

Research impact is measured in different ways. However, these indicators are often based on dubious calculations, says Ludo Waltman. Inaugural lecture on 21 June.

Promotores: F.H. van Lunteren, F.P. Israel

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This NWO project, which is being be carried out in close cooperation with the universities of Oxford (contact: Prof. Robert Hoyland) and Princeton (contact: Prof. John F. Haldon) and the UMR 8167 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, University Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, University Panthéon-Sorbonne,…

We explore the particle physics and quantum world at the time of the big bang.

The central aim is to systematically study differences in crime patterns and social control between migrants and non-migrants in early modern Frankfurt am Main.

Archaeology, World Archaeology