704 search results for “universe” in the Library website
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Assessing total environmental impact is becoming even more important
Life cycle assessment (LCA) reveals the total environmental impact of products or production processes, and EU rules are going to make this even more important.
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Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy
Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy in The Hague. Professor Maurits Berger and twelve students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace in the…
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Populism: democracy under pressure – a reading list
The storming of the United States Capitol in January 2021 showed people disrupting democratic procedure in the name of ‘real democracy’. Both elected politicians and the Capitol stormers claimed to act in name of ‘the people’. The incident illustrated the disruptive potential of populist politics, and…
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries
Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ages alternated with warmer periods. In ‘De eerste mensen in de Lage Landen’ (‘The First Humans in the Low Countries’) Leiden archaeologists Yannick Raczynski-Henk…
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Film night: 'Une femme est une femme' (1961) with passion talk by Sylvie de Leeuwe
Lecture + film screening
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Data & Software Management at CWTS
Seminar
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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Film night: 'The Raid: Redemtion' (2011) with passion talk by Casper Liem
Filmavond + lezing
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Film night: 'In Time' (2011) with passion talk by Filip van Dijk
Filmavond & lezing
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Data & Drinks: Data Archiving
Hands-on instruction
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Centre for Digital Scholarship: Summer Training Week
Seminar series
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FAIR implementation for Research Communities
Workshop
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Pseudonomizing Data
Lecture
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Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities
Workshop
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Open Doors at CDS: drinks and bites
Network meeting
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Leiden Literature Lunch Lecture (and reading) - Literary Leiden
Lunch Lecture (and reading)
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The Best Leiden Literary Film Adaptation - Literary Leiden
Filmavond
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Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities
Workshop
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Leiden Papyri and the Economic History of the Early Medieval Islamic World
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Basic Principles of Linked Open Data & SPARQL
Workshop
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Spinoza Lecture 2023
Lecture
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FAIRification Tutorial
Tutorial
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Maktub shortfilm night with passion talks
Short film night
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Meaningful sharing: how to improve our engagement with current Open Science practices
Lunch meeting
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory'.
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Russia and the region – Reading List
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, now thirty years ago, Russia lost much of its former prestige, influence, and territory. The ascent of Vladimir Putin initiated a turning point: Russia has once again developed itself into a major player on the world stage, garnering ever more influence in its…
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American Politics and the 2020 Presidential Elections - A Reading List
The United States seems to be embroiled in one of the most contentious electoral battles in its history. In fact, presidential elections have become ever more contested over the past decades. In the past few years, and even centuries, researchers and authors have sought to explain issues that are currently…
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Reading list - The Rise of China and the New Global Order
In the past half a century, China has transformed from an underdeveloped and inward-looking country to a major player in world politics. The country asserts itself more boldly on the world stage; not only in relation to nearby countries and places such as Taiwan, Japan, and other countries that share…
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Cybersecurity - A Reading List
As people spend ever more time in cyberspace, so do criminals. The more reliant we become on digital technology, the more vulnerable we are to hackers, surveillance, and cybercrime. The past decade has made clear that cybercrime does not only affect individuals and organizations, but that nation states,…
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Programming in Python
Training
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Connect & discover: data registration, deposition and discovery
Network meeting
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Connect & Learn: The decentralized web and safeguarding digital sovereignty
Network meeting
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Connect & Reuse: practical use cases from public health
Netwerkbijeenkomst
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Connect & Check in: meet the RDM Community
Network meeting
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Programming in Python
Training
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Connect & Protect: meet the FGGA Ethics Committee
Network meeting
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Connect & Share: Licenses and Access Rights – How to Set the Appropriate Conditions for your Dataset
Network meeting
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Connect & Share: the 2024 IDCC Conference 'Trust through Transparency'
Network meeting
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Bibliometric Data Sources and Indicators 2024
Research
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Connect & Protect: data driven research at the LUMC
Network meeting
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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LUCDH Winter Workshop & Teach the Teachers Workshop in Digital Skills (closed)
Course, Digital Skills Workshop
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Kloosterman lecture 2024
Lecture
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Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks - a reading list
On Saturday 11 September, it will be 20 years since two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in the very heart of Manhattan. The images of smoking towers are etched into the memories of many, not only in the United States, but all over the world. September 11 became the subject of much research,…
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Can you still trust the (Dutch) government? – a reading list
The democratic legal order can only function optimally if there is sufficient trust between citizens and government. Citizens must be able to trust that rules and procedures are observed and that legal protection is guaranteed for everyone at all times and everywhere. This trust has been seriously damaged…
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list
In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of a problem is it? International research into voter turnout can shed new light on this issue – and offer possible solutions.
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The Pen and the Sword: A reading list about writer's quarrels
Writers are not just storytellers: with their novels, tales and critiques they broaden the social imagination, reflect on societal developments and sometimes put new themes on the map. This can easily lead to a conflict because writers and literati often think very differently about issues such as…
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Climate fiction – the reading list
From rapidly rising global temperatures to the increasing frequency of catastrophic weather events, every year the effects of the climate crisis become more apparent. Can literature help us envision a life after climate change?
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Valentine's Day - a reading list
Love. It makes people do the strangest things and at the same time it is a primary necessity of life. Over the centuries, writers and poets have filled up entire libraries with books on real and fictional relationships, and contemporary writers still like to delve into the complex, dramatic and at times…