472 search results for “netherlands” in the Staff website
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Leiden Classics: Bibliotheca Thysiana, a 17th century time machine
From once controversial scientific works and historical bibles, to personal shopping lists and clothing bills. The 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana and the archive of the collector Johannes Thysius exhibit both the intellectual and everyday life as it was three hundred years ago. Now a brand-new digital…
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Top 450 continues: lawyer Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry
Lawyer, economist, politician and women’s rights activist Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry in our Top 450. Who or what is your favourite?
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Spinoza Prize for Professor Bernet Elzinga
How can parents avoid passing on stress and mental health problems to their children? Professor of Stress-Related Psychopathology Bernet Elzinga develops simple interventions to help both parents and young people. For her research, she has been awarded the Spinoza Prize, the highest academic honour…
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Introduction to Dutch Research Funding
Information briefing
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
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4 - 6 April 2023 - Leiden University Career Event
Course, Online Career Week
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CWTS Scientometrics Summer School (CS3)
Research
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Professor Jos Schaeken: 'I had no idea where Leiden was, but I did know I wanted to study there.'
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their families to go to university. In this third instalment we talk to Jos Schaeken (1962) dean of the Honours Academy and Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and Cultural History: 'I had to…
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Alumna Natacha Harlequin: ‘When it really matters, I’m a lion’
She stands out for the moderate tone she takes in discussions on Dutch talk shows. Without judgement you can have an open conversation, criminal lawyer Natacha Harlequin learned in her student days in Leiden. ‘What I personally think of the alleged act doesn’t matter so much.’
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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Webinar on research funding with China
Research
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Brave New World 2023
Conference
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Country Meeting Nigeria: Elections panel discussion
Debate
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Information session Comenius grants
Informatiemiddag
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Spinoza Lecture 2023
Lecture
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Leiden2022 Life Sciences and Health Week
Conference
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The First 20 Years: Reconsidering European Union Enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe
Conference, Conversation
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Oriental dance beginners
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Open Science Week at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Festival
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Open Science Week 2024 at the Faculty of Humanities
Festival
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Open Science Week 2024 at the Faculty of Science
Festival
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Open Science Week 2024 at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
Festival
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SAVE THE DATE: Open Science Week 2024 at the Faculty of Archaeology
Festival
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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Rector Hester Bijl on education in times of corona: ‘We have high hopes, but we are also realistic.'
The Dutch universities as a whole are lobbying for a 'normal' academic year from the end of August, where on-campus teaching will be possible. It's a view that Leiden University shares. Rector Hester Bijl talks about what teaching will be like then. She also looks back on a year of lockdown.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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“No metadata no future” – kicking off UMADA [on a donkeys’ island]
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive project (UMADA) is among the UCLA Library 29 international cultural preservation projects supported by the Modern Endagered Archive Program (Cohort 3). From the 3rd up to the 5th of October, a digitization training workshop took place on Lamu island, on the so-called northern…
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A call about: foreign business travel
As of 1 June, foreign travel is again permitted, albeit with certain restrictions. If you want to travel to a red or orange list area, the University’s International Incident Team (IIT) plays an important role. What do they take into account in your application? We asked Leo Harskamp, Head of Security…
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community
Buurtlab 070 is a new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together on climate, sustainability and biodiversity solutions. What do they expect of the lab?
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André Leliveld awarded Comenius Senior Fellowship
André Leliveld has won a grant of 100,000 euros within the Comenius Senior Fellow programme for the project ‘Learning globally, acting locally: co-creation of an international multidisciplinary online learning environment around Frugal Innovation'. André is academic coordinator of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus…
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What makes our university strong and distinctive? Let your voice be heard!
What sets Leiden University apart from other universities? And what research themes would you like us to showcase to the outside world? Share your ideas in our online consultation over the next two weeks.
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Seminar: Fleeting Commitments or Can the Museum be Decolonised?
Lecture
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Guest lecture by 113 on suicide prevention
Lecture
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How to factcheck fake news?
Alumni event
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Online mini-symposium 'The effect of the online world on adolescents''
Mini-symposium
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Museumnacht Leiden 2022
Festival
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The Power of Expression
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar Sustainability
Lecture
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Open Science Week 2024
Festival
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Staff symposium on student well-being – A shared path to well-being: students and staff
Conference
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Burnout First-aid Kit
Personal development, Working effectively
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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Chinese calligraphy for everybody
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Bibliometric Data Sources and Indicators 2024
Research
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How to deal with fear of failure without compromising our mental health and growth
Webinar
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How work-life balance can bring less stress and more joy in our life
Personal development, Working effectively
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Salsa Lady Style basics
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure