335 search results for “japan were space telescope” in the Staff website
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Alumnus Marlon Titre: ‘Film is often the start of a conversation’
Marlon Titre (1982) studied at Royal Conservatoire The Hague, did his PhD and studied at Leiden University, earned several other qualifications and is now, among others, Director of Filmhuis The Hague. Who is this multi-talent?
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) researchers give us an insight into how important and special this event actually is.
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Asia Academy #05: Sanctioning North-Korea
Lecture
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Supermassive Black Holes and Where to Find Them
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Silicon pore optics for high-energy optical systems
PhD defence
- LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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In memoriam Harold V.J. Linnartz 1965 – 2023: Unlocking the Chemistry of the Heavens
With great sadness we share the news that Prof. Harold Linnartz passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday 31 December 2023. We are all in shock, and our thoughts are with his wife and children, other family, and friends. Harold was at the heart of our institute, as a researcher, as a supervisor,…
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A university in times of corona: one year on
It is exactly one year ago that the university had to close, bang in the middle of the academic year. Suddenly, on that third Monday in March, we found ourselves at home, working and studying online – many of us from that cramped attic or student room. The momentous coronavirus year in pictures.
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Bridging the gap between physics and chemistry in early stages of star formation
PhD defence
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Maori Day
Festival
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Exploring Strange New Worlds with High-Dispersion Spectroscopy
PhD defence
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Official opening of Leiden European City of Science 2022
Festival
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration
High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this possible: these were the topics covered in a working visit of the Standing Committee for Education, Culture and Science (OCW) to the Association of Universities…
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…
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Co-creation with researchers in Indonesia: ‘We welcome misunderstandings’
How do you co-create with researchers in other parts of the world? LDE wants to gather and share knowledge on the grand challenges and to do so across national borders. A delegation of 27 researchers will therefore travel to Indonesia at the end of October to take part in the LDE-BRIN Academy.
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Introducing: Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria
Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the ERC-funded project “Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia”, led by Fenneke Sysling. Below they introduce themselves.
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
- COGLOSS seminars 2022-2023
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Can we overcome Orientalism with Multiculturalism? A Methodological Reflection on Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Lecture
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Museumnacht Leiden 2022
Festival
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'We are Science' week
Festival
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Super-Earth Atmospheres
PhD defence
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Tuning in to star-planet interactions at radio wavelengths
PhD defence
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Visual Construction of the Dutch: From the Perspective of the “Tōjin”
Lecture
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Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update
Conference, Network event
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Use of Chemical Weapons – from Attribution to Accountability
Conference, Seminar
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Award ceremony Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award
Prijsuitreiking
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Palliative Care Around the World
Conference, Seminar
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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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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights & Transitioning to a Sustainable Society
Conference
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What (and Where) on Earth is Waqwaq?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Jews at Home. From Creation to Corona
Conference, First Annual Symposium of the Leiden Jewish Studies Association
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Frontlines of protection: Thinking and defining protection against disasters in times of environmental disruptions
Workshop
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Lineage and Gender in Islam: Perspectives from the Indian Ocean World
International Conference