What was the nature of the urban network in the Roman provinces of Germania Superior, Raetia and Noricum and how stood this in relation with economic and social developments?

The central aims of this project are to establish the shapes of the various urban hierarchies existing in the provinces of the Roman Empire and (especially) to use the quantitative properties of these hierarchies to shed new light on levels of economic integration.

The first objective is to create a catalogue raisonée, i.e. a structured database that will store the main attributes of each town in a standardized format database, which will be freely accessible when completed; the second objective is to exploit theories and methods that can help us to understand…

New ways of working like working from home can have a positive impact on a person’s career, but only when their superior supports their choice. Researcher Maral Darouei will defend her PhD thesis on sustainable careers on 9 June 2020.

Roman Nijmegen is not only the largest archaeological micro-region in the Netherlands, but also one of the most extensively excavated settlement complexes of the Roman period north of the Alps.

Karolien Pazmany is a PhD student in the ERC granted research project 'An Empire of 2000 Cities: urban networks and economic integration in the Roman empire', directed by Luuk De Ligt and John Bintliff (Archaeology).

What does the interspecies interpretation of the equality principle mean for the liberal democracy, and is it possible to provide for an appropriate legal and political position for animals without defying the classic-liberal principles of the liberal democratic state?

Conference, Seminar

This dissertation examines what network in the human brain is involved in the perception of prosody and whether activity within this network is modulated by the personality trait alexithymia.

Dr Antonio Missiroli has been appointed as Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA).

Cathodic corrosion for producing nanoparticles was (re)discovered when trying to control the electrochemical etching of a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) tip.

Curso de lengua mixteca (variante de Ñuu Ndeya)

PhD Defence

How are contemporary art practices from Southeast Asia negotiating notions of art and tradition?

Gibbs processes, g-measures, fuzzy Gibbs states

Transplantation of labial salivary glands to the eyelids for patients with dry eye appears to give excellent results clinically.

This project aims to explore and examine the factors that impact upon the efficacy of information disclosure duties pertaining to customer data use in online business.

Mapping the neural mechanisms underlying social motivations of adolescents and adults

This project aims to explore, in general, what explains civil servants’ attitudes and behavior, and, in particular, why some civil servants are more committed to professional norms and public service values – such as impartiality, equity, efficiency, and innovation – than others.

Promotor: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: B. Metz

The project 'Data use, online consumer needs, business strategies and regulatory response' aims to explore and examine the factors that impact upon the efficacy of information disclosure duties pertaining to customer data use in online business.

This study interrogates contemporary and historical uses of barbarism, arguing that barbarism also has a disruptive, insurgent potential.

My artistic practice deals with documents and, more specifically, with the use and the exploration of their narrative potential.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft, Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel

Library of Arabic Literature: Critical Edition and Translation of Ibn Qutaybah’s Faḍl al-ʿArab.

The potential of bioneedles to deliver influenza vaccines was investigated.

PURPOSE: To determine the effect of elasticity on the skin permeation of ketoprofen from surfactant-based vesicular formulations and elastic liposomes.

An interdisciplinary and innovative research group combining History, underwater archaeology, GIS and wood provenancing methods.

Análisis y Conversión del Vocabulario de fray Francisco de Alvarado (1593)

Leiden University has signed a substantial number of Memoranda of Understanding with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean Region.

As a PhD candidate you can experience problems in the relationship with your supervisor or co-supervisor, with your immediate superior, colleagues or other PhD candidates. If you are unable to solve these problems you can turn to the PhD confidential advisor for PhD candidates. You can directly approach…

The acquisition and administration of the possessions of the “Teutonic House” in Utrecht, and its dependencies, in the Middle Ages until c.1600.

Numismatic research of Roman coin hoards in the Netherlands. The use of numismatic sources is incorporated in Claes’s research project “Dialogues of Power”. This project aims to analyse the legitimising dialogue between Roman emperors and their Germanic legions during the so-called “crisis of the third…

The National Certified Public Manager® Consortium establishes and preserves standards for the Certified Public Manager® designation by providing and monitoring accreditation standards, facilitating programme development, encouraging innovation and developing linkages with programmes and organisations…

10 reasons why you should study Air and Space Law (LL.M. Advanced) at Leiden University.

Why studying the Advanced Master programme European and International Human Rights Law at Leiden University? We give you 10 reasons! Read more.

We are happy to give you 10 reasons why you should study the specialization International Criminal Law at Leiden University. Read more.

We give you 10 reasons why you should study the advanced master programme International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration in The Hague at Leiden University.

We give you 10 reasons why you should study the programme Law & Finance at Leiden University. We have expert instructors and an excellent reputation

Why study the programme International Children's Rights? We listed 10 reasons why should study International Children’s Rights Law in Leiden. Read more

This project looks at material culture to better understand the character and organization of Roman colonial society in the Republican period, with a focus on the colony of Aesernia (founded 263 BC) in Samnium (modern-day Molise, Italy). What impact did the foundation of the colony have on precolonial…

Linda Stuckrath Gottschalk defended her thesis on 6 April 2016.

The central question is whether the current regime of international humanitarian law governing the conduct of hostilities in armed conflict is still adequate to deal with modern conflict scenarios, or whether it needs revision or amendment.

We give you 10 reasons why you should choose for Leiden University and should study the advanced master programme Law and Digital Technologies.

The issues surrounding the crises at the Dutch Tax Authorities and the Dutch Ministries of Justice and Defence had been known internally for considerable time. The information had been duly passed but criticism was largely ignored. Contradiction expressed by civil servants was not appreciated and even…

Classics alumnus Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer has won the Libris Literature Prize this year with his book La Suberba. The Libris Literature Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in Dutch literature.

The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Professor Wim van den Doel, recently visited Mexico to sign a number of cooperation agreements with universities and research institutes. These programmes broaden and strengthen the academic ties with Latin America.

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Wim Jiskoot has been honored by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists as an AAPS Fellow.

It all started with demonstrations protesting about the death of George Floyd from police brutality in Minneapolis, but the Black Lives Matter protest is spreading like wildfire across the whole of the US. Every day, thousands of people are taking to the streets. We asked American Studies expert Sara…