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Japanese Studies (BA)
In the Bachelor's programme Japanese Studies at Leiden University you will study the rich history and age-old traditions of Japan. Discover the fascinating country of haiku, samurai, geishas and manga.
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Dutch Language and Culture (BA)
In the Bachelor's programme Dutch Language and Culture at Leiden University you will learn to analyse how people use the Dutch language, culture and media and to place it in an international perspective.
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German Language and Culture (BA)
Germany has an important position in Europe, both economically as well as politically and culturally. In the Bachelor's programme German Language and Culture you will dive into the rich language, history and literature of this influencial country and discover what it has to offer!
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Labour law (LL.M.)
Arbeidsrecht (labour law) is a specialisation within the master’s programme Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) at Leiden Law School, Leiden University's renowned faculty of law.
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Members
The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition is a network that stimulates interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and expertise on topics related to brain and cognition and focuses on science valorisation and outreach. Its research members come from a broad and diverse spectrum of specialized academic…
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The Power of Knowledge Ethical, Legal and Technological Aspects of Data Mining and Group Profiling in Epidemiology
With the rise of information and communication technologies, large amounts of data are being generated and stored in databases. In order to get a better grip on these large amounts of data, serious efforts are being made to discover patterns and relations in the data with the help of new techniques.…
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Linking the gene regulatory network with the functional physical structure of whole-genome engineered Arabidopsis mutants : an HR-MAS NMR-based
Climate change is a challenge for both current and future generations. New biological resources have to be developed in order to meet the demand for energy as well as the demand for food.
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Beyond the Myth of Westphalia: States, International Law, and the Monopolization of the Right to Wage War
States, we are told, have monopolized the legal right to wage war since the seventeenth century and this arrangement has provided some basic stability in international relations. But is this really true? This project challenges this classic account and opens the way for rethinking the contemporary laws…
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Questions in context: The case of French wh-in-situ
On the 4th of November, Aliza successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Aliza on this achievement!
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Precarize and divide
Stella Morgana defended her thesis on 31 March 2021
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Thinking Difference between Heidegger and Levinas, Truth and Justice
Highlights the extent to which the two thinkers share a common philosophical framework, while also demonstrating how Levinas shifts the orientation of philosophical thinking from truth to justice.
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Environmental Biology
This research programme aims to increase the scientific understanding of how current and emerging anthropogenic threats affect biodiversity and ecosystem services to facilitate strategic management of natural resources. To this end, we address urgent challenges in relation to the mechanisms involved…
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The Historical Sources of the Mali Empire Reconsidered
When did the Mali Empire disintegrate? What does the Sunjata heritage demonstrate about the political situation after 1600?
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Evolution & Biodiversity in Animal Sciences
Animal Sciences’ contributions to the Evolution & Biodiversity research theme include evo-devo research, the evolution of cognitive and behavioural traits, and the evolutionary mechanisms of stress adaptation. This research involves both indoor and outdoor studies.
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The Foundations of European Integration
Research on this theme concerns the legitimacy and effectiveness of Europe’s institutional order in the face of public alienation and normative contestation.
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Board of Examiners
The Board of Examiners of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) consists of scientific staff members that are appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Science and acts independently from the research institute.
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Diversity in parenting and education
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Impact assessment modelling of matter-less stressors in the context of Life Cycle Assessment
Promotores: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo & Dr. R. Heijungs
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Mediating from Within. Metaxical Amplification as an Alternative Sonic Environment for Classical Music Performance
This doctoral dissertation explores classical music performance from a curatorial perspective, reflecting upon and challenging the traditional configuration of performance environments.
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Mapping for meaning: using concept maps to integrate clinical and basic sciences in medical education
In which way and to which extent is integration articulated in concept maps and which factors affect the resulting concept maps? By which factors is the perceived usefulness of such concept maps affected?
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Tracing interactions in the indigenous Caribbean through a biographical approach
Much attention has been paid to the exchange of objects, ideas, and people in the Caribbean. Networks of interaction connected local communities across pan-regional scales, shaping indigenous socio-political integrations and their responses in colonial situations. This work examines the poorly understood…
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The Struggle Within: “Moral Crisis” on the Ottoman Homefront During the First World War
Cigdem Oguz defended her thesis on 13 June 2018
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Lab facilities Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social anxiety and factors determining school success in children. Brain development in relation to cognitive, social and emotional development in adolescence.
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Understanding functional dynamics and conformational stability of beta-glycosidases
Due to their central physiological roles in living organisms, retaining beta-glycosidases have been the subject of tremendous research efforts to examine their structure/function relation using numerous biophysical and biochemical approaches.
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Neural correlates of vocal learning in songbirds and humans: cross-species fMRI studies into individual differences
Vocal learning is a trait shared by songbirds and humans. It is also a trait that is restricted by the brain rather than by a species' vocal apparatus. In this dissertation, functional MRI is employed in both species in order to explore potential common neural mechanisms underlying the ability to develop…
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Executive Board
The Executive Board is responsible for the management and administration of the entire University.
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MENA Cultures and Global Aesthetics
Aesthetic formations and cultural repertoires give meaning to our reality in ways that are never neutral. Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its global interlocutors, this project brings together a team of scholars from Leiden University who bring in inter-disciplinary, inter-area…
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Natural Resources and Spatial Structure at Dzehkabtún, Mexico
This projects investigates spatial relations between soils and other resources and the urban layout of a classic Maya center in Campeche, Mexico.
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The anthropological signification of the ‘Man with No Breath’ in Visayas and Mindanao epics
This paper explores the long-term endurance of “breath” as a schema of personhood in the Austronesian-speaking world, from a comparative-ethnographic approach to the “Man with No Breath” figure featured in Philippine epics. This is one of two contributions from Myfel D. Paluga and Andrea Malaya M.…
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OPENup: Optimizing exposure therapy for Posttraumatic Stress disorder
Although exposure therapy is the gold-standard treatment of posttraumatic stress-disorder (PTSD), only half of the patients adequately benefit from it. Based on recent insights into the mechanisms of extinction, this project examines strategies and techniques to improve exposure treatment outcome in…
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Evolution and development of flowers, fruits and inflorescences of Phalaenopsis and other orchid species
The study of orchid flowers, fruits, and inflorescences is crucial due to the remarkable diversity of orchid species and their unique adaptations to pollinators and seed dispersers. However, our understanding of the evolution and development of these organs within the orchid family remains limited.
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From Mimesis to Metaphor: Reconciling Nature and Humanity in the Age of Climate Crisis
Environmental humility is integral to addressing the climate crisis, but humility can also lead to political domination. How can humans relate to nature more humbly without risking domination?
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"If I deserve it, it should be paid to me": A social history of labour in the Iranian oil industry 1951-1973
Maral Jefroudi defended her thesis on 11 October 2017
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About
Dr Karolina Pomorska has been awarded the Jean Monnet Chair “EU and the World” for three years (2018-2021). Jean Monnet Chairs are teaching posts with a specialisation in European Union studies for university professors, awarded by the European Commission in a highly competitive peer-reviewed proces…
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Towards a Sustainable and Circular Metals Economy
In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.
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Storytelling and material culture around the Peace Palace in The Hague
Perception of material culture, design and digital knowledge applications
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The Anthropomorphic Hegemony of Subjectivity: Critical Reflections on Law and the Question of the Animal
On 16 December 2019, Jan-Harm de Villiers defended his thesis 'The Anthropomorphic Hegemony of Subjectivity: Critical Reflections on Law and the Question of the Animal'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. P. Cliteur.
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The application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by national courts
On 3 December 2019, Meda Couzens defended her thesis 'The application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by national courts'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. T. Liefaard and Prof. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen.
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From Clients to Citizens? Emerging Citizenship in Democratizing Indonesia
What is the impact of Indonesia’s democratization process on everyday state-citizen relations?
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Vulnerabilities and Cyberspace: A New Kind of Crises
In this study, Bibi van den Berg and Sanneke Kuipers from ISGA, explore the ways in which cyber-related incidents may lead to crises
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Adsorption and catalysis on Pt and Pd monolayer-modified Pt single crystal electrodes
The focus throughout this thesis will be on gathering fundamental studies of the detailed structure and composition of the electrode/electrolyte interface effect on the rate and mechanism of key electrocatalytic reactions.
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About the journal
The Common Market Law Review has had its editorial office in the Leiden Europa Institute ever since it was founded in 1963.
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American Hegemony and the Rise of Emerging Powers. Cooperation or Conflict
This book explores how changes in the patterns of cooperation and conflict among states, regional actors and transnational non-state actors have affected the rise of emerging global powers and the suggested decline of US leadership. Scholars, students and policy practitioners who are interested in the…
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Threat and Challenge in Social Contexts
How can cardiovascular responses index challenge and threat motivational states? How do challenge and threat states shape, and are shaped by, social relations?
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Energy & Sustainability
Twenty years from now, the world population is estimated to be around 8.7 billion people, compared to the current 7.3 billion. In combination with the improvements in living standards and the corresponding growth in consumption, this will result in an enormous increase in the demand for food, consumables,…
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Research
Within the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, research is organised in seven main research groups:
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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology | Leiden University
Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University studies the everyday practices of individuals and groups around the world in relation to the complex global challenges of diversity, sustainability, and digitalisation.
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Theory-enriched practical knowledge in mathematics teacher education
This study looks at the question of how and at what level students in primary teacher education can integrate theory and practice, and how the organisation of their learning environment, focusing especially on mathematics and pedagogy, can contribute to that.
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Breaking and making the ancestors
Piecing together the urnfield mortuary process in the Lower-Rhine-Basin, ca. 1300 - 400 BC
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Evaluation and implementation of innovative diagnostics and treatment
If a new method has been developed to recognize and treat a (neuro-)psychological disorder or related behavioral factors, it cannot yet be used directly in clinical practice. First, the method should be evaluated, preferably in randomized controlled trials.