1,985 search results for “is a and society” in the Public website
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'Contemporary Arts in and for Civil Society' in 'Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia'
'The Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia' explores the nature and implications of civil society across the region, engaging systematically with both theoretical approaches and empirical nuance for a systematic, comparative, and informative approach.
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Crafting networks in early farming societies
Tracing the residues of Neolithic activities through the study of stone artefacts
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Rachel Plak
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.d.plak@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Merlijn Veltman
Faculteit Archeologie
m.veltman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Inge van der Weijden
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
i.c.m.van.der.weijden@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6073
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Ludo Waltman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
waltmanlr@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5806
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Shelley van der Veek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
sveek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3767
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Sharon van Geldere
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.r.van.geldere@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Wilco van Dijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
dijkwvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 31 6 4 3446432
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Erasmus+ grant for project on heritage as bridge between Academy and Society
Together with four European partner universities heritage specialist Dr Monique van den Dries has been granted an Erasmus+ project (EU-CUL) by the European Commission. This project sets up a unique cooperation between educational scientists and academic heritage specialists. It will study how universities…
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Relaunch MOOC: 'The Importance and Power of Music in our Society'
This Spring we relaunched our free online course The Importance and Power of Music in our Society.
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Author: COI Postdoc discusses her new book with the Journal of Law and Society
Aleydis Nissen discusses her new book, The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights.
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Society Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences (SAILS)
SAILS aims to forge links between the different disciplines at the University and to initiate new academic partnerships.
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Call for Papers: Relocating Governance in Asia: state and society in South- and Southeast Asia, c. 1800-2000
Call for Papers for the conference Relocating Governance in Asia: state and society in South- and Southeast Asia, c. 1800-2000, Leiden University, 22-24 January 2020.
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students "learn with the city": bridging the gap between religion and society
Three students in Elpine de Boer’s class “Practicing Religious Studies” have been working together on a “Leren met de Stad” (“Learning with the City”) project with community centre Morschwijck, located in Leiden. The students were asked by the organization Incluzio to investigate to which extent cultural…
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Immigration and the Transformation of Chinese Society
This project is a three-year collaborative research between European and Chinese researchers (2015-2018). As a part of the China-Europe “Understanding Population Change” Collaborative Research Initiative, the project utilizes multidisciplinary research methodologies (social and cultural anthropology,…
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Radio 1 about the consequences of labour migration for the economy and society
The European Commission sees increased labour migration as a solution to the growing personnel shortages, but the Dutch Labour Inspectorate argues that this is not a tenable business model. Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet discusses the advantages and disadvantages of labour migration for the economy…
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Politics, Society and Economy of Asia (MA) (60EC)
The MA in Politics, Society and Economy of Asia takes a social science approach to the study of one or more countries or regions in modern or contemporary Asia.
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receives Comenius grant: 'We must bridge the gap between education and society'
In academia, the mention of Wikipedia might be met with suspicion. However, for Tsolin Nalbantian, university lecturer Modern Middle Eastern Studies, the encyclopedia is an opportunity to broaden the skills of her students and to increase public knowledge. She received a Teaching Comenius Fellowship…
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.van.harmelen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6186
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centre of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society
Positive expectations about treatment increase the likelihood of success. The new Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden is therefore promoting research on the placebo effect and offering expertise and training for care providers. At the opening, the founders demonstrated their VR communications…
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the Institute for History: 'Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society'
Diplomatica addresses the broad range of work being done across the social sciences and the humanities that takes diplomacy as its focus of investigation. The journal explores and investigates diplomacy as an extension of social interests, forces, and environments.
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Science for Sustainable Societies: a new bachelor’s programme
The new interdisciplinary bachelor's program in Science for Sustainable Societies starts in the 2025-2026 academic year.
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Synagogue: Self-Perceptions of Jewish Identity in a Modern Canadian Society
Noah Millman defended his thesis on 26 May 2015
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KNOWMAK – Knowledge in the making in the European society
KNOWMAK project aims at developing a web-based tool, which provides interactive visualisations and state-of-the-art indicators on knowledge co-creation in the European Research Area (ERA).
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Janine Ubink
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7493
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Richard Barrett: 'To me, music is a way of understanding the world'
A new chair has been added to the partnership between Leiden University and the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. Richard Barrett has been appointed Professor of Research in Creative Music (ACPA) as of 1 December 2020. 'For me it is important that music and academia are not placed in an ivory tower.'
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(Re)Imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, Society and Culture
Port cities develop at the intersection of international trade and commerce and at the interface between sea and land. What does the future of port cities look like with urbanization, sea level rise, new migrant flows and the disappearance of old industries? This is addressed in the minor (Re)Imagining…
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(Re)positioning Modern Concert Music in Contemporary Society
For several years, contemporary composed music has been critiqued among others by funds, sponsors, and festival organizers for having lost contact with their audiences. This music has increasingly become a pursuit of a privileged, well-situated, and higher educated public, and is most often confined…
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Zane Kripe
Science
z.kripe@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Stefan Landsberger
Faculty of Humanities
s.r.landsberger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Conference Museums, Collections and Society
Conference
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Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945: "Aliens in Uniform" in Wartime Societies
Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945:
- Graduation ceremony Law and Society
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Discrimination and Privacy in the Information Society; Data Mining and Profiling in Large Databases
Latest technological developments in data mining and profiling.
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Spirited narratives of purpose and progress: church-society engagement alongside the (Company-) state
Spirited narratives of purpose and progress: church-society engagement alongside the (Company-) state
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State, Society and Labour: A Social History of Iranian Textile workers, 1906-1941
This research investigates everyday lives and workplace experiences of Iranian workers employed at textile industry, which was the second biggest industry after oil following the latter’s discovery in 1908.
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Agents of Change? (Hi)stories, perspectives and everyday practices of intra-Schengen border officials.
What role(s) do border officials play in the enforcement and management of border control and border mobilities and how do these roles relate to the personal, organisational and larger societal context within which these officials operate?
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Nisida Gjoksi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
n.gjoksi@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Maartje van der Woude
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.a.h.vanderwoude@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7552
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Hagar Taha
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.a.m.taha@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Michiel Westenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
westenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3628
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Diederik Meijer
Faculteit Archeologie
d.j.w.meijer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2444
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Anke Klein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.m.klein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6673
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Graduation Ceremony 2022 Law & Society
The Graduation Ceremony 2022 of the master's Law & Society took place on 7 September 2022 in the Telders Room of the Academy Building in Leiden.
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Exploring Grainyhead-like 2 target genes in breast cancer
The objective of this study was to investigate the expression and function of GRHL2 in different breast cancer subtypes.
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The Tocharian subjunctive (2004-2010)
In this study, the formation of the Tocharian subjunctive is described, its use and meaning are analysed and its origins are investigated.
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Watañi lāntaṃ
On the 13th of April, Federico Dragoni successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Federico on this achievement!
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LUCIS funding continued from 2018-2020
We are delighted to announce that the funding of the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) will be continued from 2018 until 2020!
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The Relationship between State and Religion in a Changing Dutch Society
In recent decades, the Netherlands’ struggle with multiculturalism has caused an upsurge in public interest in the relationship between state and religion. In this, the Dutch address a subject relevant not just to them, but to all of Europe.