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‘A week feels like a month at the National Think Tank’
In the National Think Tank (NDT) 20 young academics spend four months reflecting on how to solve a societal problem. Four participants from Leiden told us about their experience.
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Consortia awarded grant for research into pressing issues
Various consortia in which Leiden University is represented are beginning interdisciplinary research, which will bring scientific and societal breakthroughs within reach. Knowledge institutions, government and private parties are working closely together on the projects.
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’
A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also attended the signing of a twinning agreement between the cities of Leiden and Nagasaki and the opening of a bridge to Dejima, once literally the bridge between…
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Starting university with a sleepover
El CID, the University introduction week, has begun! We spoke on Sunday evening to the first new arrivals who had come to Leiden to spend the night at the University Sports Centre. New students can sleep here all this week as well as at the ice rink or in a student house.
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A small ode to 412 dead
In 2011 Leiden University came into possession of the skeletons from a graveyard in Middenbeemster. But what could be done with all these bones and skulls? Well, the answer is: more than you might think. Since the excavation, it has been raining interesting scientific discoveries at the Faculty of Archaeology.…
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FC Winter School student Ginevra Montefusco produces a web doc on Bari’s fish market
Mingo, a 91-year-old fish lover from Bari, takes us with him into the physical, symbolic and cultural space of the market.
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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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Faculty of Science says goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo
During the farewell reception on 29 August, the Faculty of Science will say goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo. On 1 November 2019, he will continue his career as Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Colleagues talk about his significance for ecology, about his contribution as a…
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On the road with an International Credit Mobility grant
Over the next three years, 92 students and researchers from Leiden University and its partner universities will be strengthening their research and teaching links: all 14 projects that Leiden University submitted to the EU’s International Credit Mobility programme have been awarded a grant. Three ex…
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Humanities as the heart of Leiden in 2022: get to know the team
In 2022, Leiden will be the European City of Science. During this year, Leiden will be the European stage for knowledge, with a programme filled with science, art and culture. Of course, the humanities also take part. Get to know the core team of our faculty.
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‘Prehistory holds up a challenging mirror to us’
Leiden alumnus Luc Amkreutz is a curator at the National Museum of Antiquities. His exhibition about the submerged landscape of Doggerland highlights what we can learn from prehistory. ‘Just like the people of Doggerland, we are confronted with climate change, but we are responsible for the speed of…
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Ten lecturers receive Senior Teaching Qualification
On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We asked some of them what this qualification means to them, what they believe ‘good teaching’ entails and what makes them so passionate about education…
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Om te beginnen met gezond gedrag moeten vaak eerst problemen als schimmel op de muren of financiële sores worden aangepakt
Medici kunnen veel repareren, maar ziekte voorkomen of uitstellen is beter. Daarvoor is vaak leefstijlverandering nodig en dat blijkt lastig. Gezondheidswetenschappers Sandra van Dijk (Universiteit Leiden) en Valentijn Visch (TU Delft) doen onderzoek naar de vraag hoe je mensen kunt helpen met gedragsverandering…
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Ottoman Christians in Dr. Resid’s Balıkesir Notes: Towards the Radicalization of the Unionist Demographic Policies
LUCIS What's New Lecture
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
Lecture
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Lecture-Recital by violist Emlyn Stam for his Doctoral Dissertation at Leiden University entitled: In Search of a Lost Language
Arts and culture, Lecture-Recital
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LUCAS Modern and Contemporary Cluster Monthly Meeting Series "Accident, Affect, and the Representation of Disability"
Debate
- Reaction driven ordering of the surface of a PtRh alloy model catalyst
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Van Leeuwenhoek Lecture on BioScience: DNA Sequencing Technology
Lecture
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This Week’s Discoveries | 29 May 2018
Lecture
- Activating 2D materials for CO2 and CO hydrogenation to higher alcohols: predictive modeling meets experiments
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Political Violence and Process of Reconciliation in Morocco: the Power of Testimony and the Limits of Postcolonial Theory
Course, LUCIS Short Stay Visiting Scholar Masterclass
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Starquakes and Exoplanets in our Milky Way
Lecture, Oort lecture 2019
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LUCDH Workshop - Exploring Digital Tools and Theory for Spatial Research (Closed)
Workshop
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Kress Talks with Cynthia Kok and Felicity Good
Lecture
- The ESEM as surface science tool: Observation of 2D film growth and surface reaction dynamics by in situ scanning electron microscopy
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Dies Natalis
Alumni event, University ceremony
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Ethno-taxonomy among Bakhtiari nomads of Iran – Part 2: Plants
Lecture
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CADS Spotlight: the newest research coming out of CADS!
Lecture, Research Seminar
- Modelling Multidimensional Narratives and the Object Oriented Fox: What Lies Beyond Digitized Text in Textual Scholarship?
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Getting to the core of crimmigration
Lecture, Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminar (LIMS)
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Supermassive Black Holes and Where to Find Them
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Virtuous Suffering: new perspectives on the ethics of suffering for critical global health and justice
Lecture, Workshop
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Career College: To PhD or not to PhD?
Career and apply for jobs
- Beyond Digitized Text in Textual Scholarschip
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Book Launch Media / Art / Politics
Lecture
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LUCAS Workshop & Book Launch: From Crisis to Critique, Languages of Resistance, Transformation, and Futurity in Mediterranean Crisis-Scapes
Workshop
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Sub-Indo-European Europe: Problems, Methods and Evidence
Conference, Workshop EUROLITHIC
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Public Lecture prof. Paul Hebert
Lecture
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Let's talk about Inclusive Curriculum & Teaching
Conference, diversiteit
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Ageing Abroad: The Ethics of “Granny Export”
Lecture
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Interfaculty Congress: Failure Festival
Conference
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ASCL Seminar: Roadblock Politics - Predation and Resistance in Central Africa
Lecture
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This Week’s Discoveries | 23 January 2018
Lecture
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ARC session- SEI & DUE Dance and Music Performance by Giuliano Bracci and Suzan Tunca.
Arts and culture, Performance
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Improving student engagement with synchronous and asynchronous teaching tools
Course, Webinar
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ARC Session- New Inputs
Arts and culture, ARC session
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This Week's Discoveries | 4 June 2019
Lecture
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Ethno-taxonomy among Bakhtiari nomads of Iran
Lecture
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Well-Being Days FGGA: Feeling good on the inside
Well-being