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Memory Activism and Digital Practices after Conflict: Unwanted Memories
Lecture
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Zware metalen hebben slechte reputatie, maar genezen ook kanker
Veel mensen denken dat zware metalen giftig zijn en mens en natuur altijd schade aanbrengen. Dat beeld moet genuanceerd worden, vindt hoogleraar Sylvestre Bonnet.
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Rubicon grant for Leiden physicist: why do leaves of a tree always grow in the same shape?
PhD candidate Ludwig Hoffmann will spend two years at Harvard University in the US thanks to a Rubicon grant he won on April 11. Using theoretical models he studies biological tissues, for example during morphogenesis. This is the process that causes tissue or organisms to develop their shape. ‘This…
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Ancois de Villiers receives PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation
Ancois de Villiers, PhD candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, received the PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation at the International Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference.
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Code orange; what to do in the case of a weather alert
Education, Organisation
- weeralarm code rood code geel code oranje
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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Celebrating Twenty Years of MIRD
On March 25, the Advanced Masters of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the programme. The celebrations began with the Reconnect event, bringing current students and alumni together, and concluded with the MIRD Gala. Throughout the day, the tight-knit…
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Graduation ceremonies Advanced Master's Leiden Law School 2020
Graduation ceremony
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Multi-Layer Models and Activation Functions Workshop
Workshop Series
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students
Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming researchers will receive funding from the PhDs in Humanities programme. With the funding, NWO wants to boost the recruitment and advancement of young talent in…
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International Credit Mobility grant brings mathematicians together in Leiden
Leiden and South Africa have long standing historical ties in the field of mathematics. These ties have now been strengthened thanks to an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) grant. Four researchers from Pretoria are now visiting Leiden. ‘No matter how good we are at dealing with Teams and…
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LUCSoR welcomes Verena Meyer to the staff
LUCSoR is happy to welcome Verena Myer, researcher and lecturer in Islam in South and South-East Asia to the staff. In this interview she will discuss the course she is teaching, as well as her upcoming book.
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Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year
Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year.
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Who will pay for our energy transition?
The Dutch Development Bank's new SDG loan fund for green energy in the global south may not be as positive as it seems. Anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg raises concerns about its potential impact on local communities.
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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A cycle of life of T cell activation
Inaugural lecture
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Actively working with teaching material in the classroom
Lunchbyte
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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Workshop Mastering the art of test question design
Didactics
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biosynthesis in Streptomyces: engineering, resistance and antimicrobial activity
PhD defence
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Nira Wickramasinghe receives grant to research forgotten Dutch slavery in the Indian Ocean World
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe will research forgotten lineages with an NWO Open Competition grant, in particular the afterlife of Dutch slavery in the Indian Ocean World.
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Construction of alternative Humanities Campus is feasible
Leiden University can build an alternative Humanities Campus on its own available land at the current location in the city. This is the conclusion of a feasibility study and is what the mayor and aldermen of Leiden write in a letter to the city council.
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Aleydis Nissen Wins the Andrés Bello Prize (Institut de Droit International)
During the 80th session of the Geneva-based Institut de Droit International, Aleydis Nissen was awarded the Andrés Bello Prize. The competition was established by James Brown Scott in 1931 and is carried out under the auspices of the Institut.
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In Memoriam: Prof.dr. Henk Bodewitz (1939-2022)
On August 18, 2022, Henk Bodewitz, distinguished Indologist and emeritus professor of Sanskrit at Leiden University, passed away in his hometown of Utrecht.
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What global cities are made of
Understanding what our buildings and cities are made of is an important step in making them more sustainable. Industrial ecologist Tomer Fishman (CML) has received an ERC Starting Grant to map the construction materials used in buildings in the Global South. 'Without the data, you can't formulate po…
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cleveringa lecture on 24 November historian Gert Oostindie will discuss why colonial domination was not regarded as an issue in Leiden for a long time.
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Inaugural lecture Wannes Vandenbussche accepting TPR rotating professorship
On 24 May 2023, Professor Wannes VandenBussche of Ghent University delivered his inaugural lecture to accept the TPR rotating professorship in the Leiden Academy Building. The title of his inaugural lecture was: ‘De EU-dimensie van het burgerlijk bewijsrecht: een mozaïek van opportuniteiten en valkuilen’…
- Construction work Einsteinweg from Monday 6 May
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Leiden University receives Prime Minister's Award from Korea for Korea Studies program
Ambassador Hyoung Chan Choe of South Korea paid his first visit to Leiden University Nov. 22, where he was received by President Annetje Ottow and Professor of Korea Studies Remco Breuker.
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Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July)
Library
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Allocation of the work areas of the Humanities Campus: Who goes where?
It was announced in December that a new draft urban development plan for the Humanities Campus is now ready. In drawing up this plan for the various buildings, outdoor space and traffic routes on campus, the facilities and layout of the buildings themselves were, of course, also considered. Discussions…
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery)
Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, scientists, civil servants and other professionals discussed how South Holland can become healthier. The Healthy Society Map makes it clear where there are…
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Public lecture "Air quality from space: indicator of human activity"
Lecture
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Asia Academy #04: The Korean Wave
Lecture
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Mandy Koenraads: ‘We can really fortify the links between practice, research, and policy’
The Scriptiewerkplaats (thesis workshop) is an initiative of Leiden University, TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the municipality of The Hague. Students conduct research based on issues that are currently happening in The Hague South-West. We interviewed Mandy Koenraads, Scriptiewerkplaats…
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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development.’
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Arabic Echoes and Persian Refrains: Devotional Poetry and Intersonicality in Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century North India
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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POSTPONED - Arabic Echoes and Persian Refrains: Devotional Poetry and Intersonicality in Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century North India
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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European defence cooperation in a time of renewed military activity
Lecture, Seminar
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Andrea Cortellari wins the best MA thesis prize in Turkish Studies
Andrea Cortellari, a 2020 graduate of the MA program in Middle Eastern Studies at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, wins the best MA thesis prize by the Society for Turkic, Ottoman, and Turkish Studies.
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A love letter to poetry: Albert Verwey Lecture by Antjie Krog
The South African poet and author Antjie Krog gave the 37th Albert Verwey Lecture in the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building on 18 November. Inspired by Verwey’s poem ‘De zegger van verzen’, Krog’s lecture was a polyphonic and multilingual love letter to poetry.
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'Space race between US and China requires international agreements'
Various countries are planning new missions to the Moon. Not just for prestige and science, but also to extract raw materials.
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Una Europa Seed Funding Call: collaborate with researchers in Europe and Africa
Organisation, Research
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Lessons of Democracy: Mothers’ Education and Learning Activities in late-1950s Japan,
Lecture
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Online Q&A Master Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies
Study information
- Kick-off brainstorm: new master’s programme in Environmental Humanities
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Programmes FGGA popular among employers
What is the top 50 most popular studies among employers? That's what career platform Magnet.me investigated for the second consecutive year. What does it show? The programmes of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs are well represented in the ranking.
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Introducing: Sarah Nelson
Since 1 October 2022, Sarah Nelson is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for History. Below she introduces herself.