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Vox Populi, Populism as a Rhetorical and Democratic Challenge
This timely and engaging book examines the rise of populism across the globe. Combining insights from linguistics, argumentation theory, rhetoric, legal theory and political theory it offers a fully integrated characterization of the form and content of populist discourse.
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The Chilean Model of Pension Reform as a Lopsided Exportschlager
In this paper, the authors outline how the UK and USA adopt the Chilean pension model without proper attribution, potentially distorting the lessons.
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Taking Place: Parrhesiastic Theater as a model for artistic practice
This research project adresses the question how local and traditional European forms of parrhesiastic theater— events, actions, and performances staged by characters who courageously speak their minds through scenes of excess and laughter, that take place in public view and incite the spectator’s agency…
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Paul Kloeg
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
p.kloeg@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1094
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From solar panels to tables made from old jackets: University opens its doors on Heritage Open Days
The theme of the Heritage Open Days Leiden on 10 and 11 September is sustainability. At four University locations guides will talk about the history of the buildings and how they have been renovated. And there is a first: tours in sign language.
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Digital Humanitarian Networks: Crisis Management as a Social System
Intelligence of the crowd, or in other words, intelligence of a large, random collective, exists mostly in social media platforms such as twitter. The collective does not comprise (at least not necessarily) experts on crises, just regular people mostly. Nevertheless, there is valuable intelligence to…
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Cooperation
Leiden University has long had a special interest in and relationship with China.
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Discovery of Reversible Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibitors
Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the principal enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). MAGL inhibition provides several potential therapeutic opportunities, including anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity.
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Wit and Wisdom in Classical Arabic Literature
This book contains the first three Leiden-Aramco Lectures on Arabic Language and Culture delivered by Petra Sijpesteijn, James E. Montgomery and Geert Jan van Gelder.
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Schedule
The Gorlaeus Building will be constructed in three phases, with the new building due to be completed by 2028.
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Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Shadowy art from Leiden University Libraries
Ominous witches, gruesome monsters, and hideous freaks: from Saturday 15 June, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be putting the spotlight on the shady depths of human imagination in the exhibition Hello darkness, my old friend. Seventy works on paper from the collection of the Leiden University Libraries confront…
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Pursuing new anti-cancer therapy as a team
Cancer is the leading cause of death in the Netherlands, and, with over 100 different types of cancer, it’s not a simple disease. Today, skin, breast, lung, prostate and colon cancer are the most diagnosed forms. Therefore, the discovery and development of new drugs has the ability to significantly…
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Stefano Bellucci receives grant by the British Library Endangered Archives Programme
Stefano Bellucci, university lecturer at the Institute for History, has been awarded a grant by the EAP for a pilot project for the preservation and digitisation of the workers’ files of the Takoradi Railways (now part of the Ghana Railways Corporation).
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Applied statistics as a pillar of data science
Data science is now growing fast in many places, but scholars at Leiden University have been developing data science techniques for a long time already. Thanks to their broad-based expertise, Leiden statisticians are currently combining the achievements in statistics with the latest methods of statistical…
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Bullying Culture as a Form of Negative Solidarity
What is the role of technology and cyberculture in Korean social structures and in the potential formation of a new collective subjectivity? How do we reorient disoriented souls?
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Plural Gender: Behavioral evidence for plural as a value of Cushitic gender with reference to Konso
On July 5th, Mulugeta Tarekegne Tsegaye succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Mulugeta on this great result.
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conservation using hyperspectral and lidar data; Oostvaardersplassen as a case study
This project aims to develop advanced data analysis methods for monitoring and increasing our understanding on biodiversity dynamics in nature reserves such as the Oostvaardersplassen.
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“This is Roosevelt’s World”: FDR as a Cultural Icon in American Memory
This dissertation studies the construction of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a cultural icon in American memory, particularly by FDR himself.
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Why It Is Wrong to Use Student Evaluations of Professors as a Measure of Teaching Effectiveness
In this article, Eamon Aloyo argues that university supervisors should not use student evaluations of teachers as a measure of teaching effectiveness.
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Europe as A Global Actor? – The Common Security and Defence Policy in Question
My research project aims to analyze reasons of the European Union’s (EU) inadequacy to develop a strong Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) with regard to the role of main EU member states, namely Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) and find the answer of how the EU overcome the CSDP question…
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Functionalizing monolayer graphene as a proton-selective membrane for direct methanol fuel cells
This thesis focused on the exploration of monolayer graphene as a membrane in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) applications, with improvements achieved through plasma exposure or damage- free chemical functionalization.
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Child Marriage as a Choice. Rethinking agency in international human rights
On 18 March 2020, Hoko Horii defended her thesis ‘Child Marriage as a Choice. Rethinking agency in international human rights’. The doctoral research was supervised by prof. A.W. Bedner and prof. G.A. van Klinken.
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Humanity's End As A New Beginning: World Disasters in Myths
In Humanity’s End As A New Beginning, Emeritus Professor Mineke Schipper reflects on myths about ‘the end’.
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‘Ūd Taqsīm as a Model of Pre-Composition
In this research project Nizar Rohana analyzes and reflects on taqsīm recordings by two leading figures of ‘ūd playing who were pillars of modern Arabic music, namely the Egyptians Muḥammad al-Qaṣabjī (1898-1964) and Riyāḍ al-Sunbāṭī (1906-1981).
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A study on PsbS and its role as a pH sensor
Solar energy harnessed by plants and algae has great potential to be converted into biofuels for future generations.
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Learning Russian as a second language through allusive (precedential) phrases: corpus-based study
When literature, cultural aspects, and data-driven language learning meet in a classroom.
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design and development based on correlates of protection (COPs) Influenza as a trendsetter
New and reemerging infectious diseases call for innovative and efficient control strategies of which fast vaccine design and development represent an important element.
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Zwitterionic oligosaccharides: charging the immune system
How are carbohydrates processed by the immune system? Can carbohydrates be used to trigger T-cells against other conjugated antigens? Can they be used as adjuvants?
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Gorlaeus Building
Leiden University is realizing a new and sustainable building with state-of-the-art research and education facilities for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Gorlaeus Building. The construction of the second phase, completed in January 2024, has resulted in a further expansion of the…
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Influenza T-cell epitope-loaded virosomes adjuvanted with CpG as a potential influenza vaccine
Influenza CD8(+) T-cell epitopes are conserved amongst influenza strains and can be recognized by influenza-specific cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs), which can rapidly clear infected cells. An influenza peptide vaccine that elicits these CTLs would therefore be an alternative to current influenza vaccines,…
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Hans-Martien ten Napel publishes a volume on democracy as a cultural phenomenon
Hans-Martien ten Napel recently published a volume with Routledge, Culture, Secularization, and Democracy; Lessons from Alexis de Tocqueville, co-edited with Prof. Sophie van Bijsterveld (Radboud University Nijmegen).
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Unveiling the third dimension: Vertical structure as a probe of planet forming conditions
PhD defence
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Sheathless capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry as a new approach for analyzing the polar metabolome
Metabolomicshas emerged as an important discipline to study molecular and cellular processes in living cells and organisms with the ultimate aim to obtain an answer to a given biological/clinical question.
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Para- and Proto-Sports Diplomacy of Contested Territories: CONIFA as a Platform for Football Diplomacy
Ramesh Ganohariti, PhD student and Ernst Dijxhoorn, Assistant Professor at Leiden University, researched the relation between international relations and sports, with sport and sports events increasingly being used for various diplomatic and political goals.
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Zebrafish embryos and larvae as a complementary model for behavioural research
Promotor: Prof.dr. M.K. Richardson
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The learning portfolio as a tool for stimulating reflection by student teachers
The topic of this study is the portfolio that is being used in a teacher education institute as an instrument for stimulating reflection on their development as teachers by student teachers.
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Combatting infectious diseases; nanotechnology as a platform for rational vaccine design
Currently, several successful vaccines are available. However, for pathogens with a highly variable genetic composition, and for which serum IgG antibodies are not a useful correlate of protection, effective vaccines are yet to be developed.
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Qualifying standpoints: Stance adverbs as a presentational device for managing the burden of proof
The aim of this study is to specify the strategic function of stance adverbs when qualifying a standpoint in an argumentative discussion.
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Public leadership as a balancing act? How leaders’ context influences leadership
Public leadership received increasing attention, but we still do not understand how the context of public leaders affects leadership. This research project delves into public leaders’ perceptions of the leadership situations they find themselves in, which are characterised by multiplicity – one could…
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Complaining as a moral narrative: An ethnographic study of complaints, morality and bureaucracy at a Dutch health insurer
Part of ‘Moralising Misfortune: A Comparative Anthropology of Commercial Insurance’, an ERC Consolidator project of Erik Bähre.
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Cannabinoid receptor 2 as a ‘drugable’ target: kinetic profile of novel receptor ligands
Supervisor: Andrea Martella
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Lipid model membrane systems as a tool for unraveling the underlying factors for skin barrier dysfunction
Barrier function is the natural role of the skin. The lipid matrix present in the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum is important for this function.
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Towards photo-CIDNP MAS NMR as a generally applicable enhancement method
Promotores: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Prof.dr. J. Matysik (Universitaet Leipzig)
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Regulation of actomyosin contraction as a driving force of invasive lobular breast cancer
In this thesis, we used genetically engineered mouse models and a variety of cell-culture based assays to identify genes and pathways that are involved in the development and treatment of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC).
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EEG theta\beta ratio as a potential biomarker for resilience to performance anxiety.
Is EEG theta\beta ratio predictive towards the negative effects of stress on cognitive performance in individuals suffering from performance anxiety? Can we improve resilience to performance anxiety by using a theta\beta ratio neurofeedback intervention?
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PhD candidate - biodiversity & society: the Dutch home as a multispecies space
Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje van den Heuvel shows photos of three adventurous Dutch nineteenth-century travel and photography pioneers. They created beautiful photos and photo albums…
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Why Psychology in Leiden?
Students and lecturers from around the world who have obtained international training, experience and exposure bring an international and multi-cultural perspective on psychology and being a psychologist to class.
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Why Psychology in Leiden?
Students and lecturers from around the world who have obtained international training, experience and exposure bring an international and multi-cultural perspective on psychology and being a psychologist to class.