1,546 search results for “de zoektocht door het haar” in the Staff website
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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht
For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a statistical analysis, claimed it was rigged. But that claim doesn't smell right, says Leiden statistician Richard Gill. ‘The way you code and process…
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden University’s Centre for International Relations (LUCIR) is widely regarded as an expert on civil wars and conflicts. Her new book, Rebels and Conflict Escalation,…
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Symposium report: get out of your silo and become a better scientist
How do you set up a successful collaboration between science and practice? That was the main theme of the final meeting of a triptych of symposia on how Leiden University can improve inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration.
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New Professor Hanneke Hulst is a team player
Hanneke Hulst has held the new Leiden chair in Neuropsychology in Health and Disease since 1 September. From 1 January she will also be chair of the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology (HMN) unit. ‘HMN is my new base. I’m curious to find out about the people who work here, what they do and what motivates…
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Staff symposium on student well-being – A shared path to well-being: students and staff
Conference
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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PhD and Post Doc’s Career Event: Finding your career inside or outside of academia
Festival, Career Event
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
Panel conversation
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Alumni Event Russian and Eurasian Studies
Alumni event
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Modern Moroccan Photography
Lecture
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference
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Science & Cocktails: Why do People Fight?
Lecture
- start opening facultair jaar
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PhD Career Event: Finding your career inside or outside academia
Career development
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Meijerslezing Meijersprijzen Van Wersch Springplankprijs
Lecture
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Debate: Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar
Debate
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Live Q&A with OpenAI: AI and the Future of Humanity
Debate, Live Q&A
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Comenius Scholarship: What is it and how do I get one?
Lunchbyte XL
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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The future belongs to the youth, but perhaps not in Netherlands
Three professors voice their concerns about a vulnerable group in our society: children who come into contact with youth care.
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Recipients Meijers Grants 2023
At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researchers will be able to devote themselves to their PhD research. Let’s meet these new PhD candidates!
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LUC Alumna makes it to Trouw Sustainable 100
The Sustainable 100 is an initiative by Dutch newspaper Trouw, consisting of a list of the top 100 sustainable civil initiatives. In October of 2020, the Jonge Klimaatbeweging (Youth Climate Movement NL) became the first youth organization to win first prize. An interview with LUC Alumna and Board Member…
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022!
On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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How does the government spend taxpayers’ money fairly?
Public procurement is not a hot topic for the average citizen. That’s a pity, says PhD candidate Erik Plas, who did research on the fair spending of public money: 'If a council project goes completely haywire, because it costs more than expected, it could even mean that local taxes will have to be r…
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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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Online Coach Café for young alumni
Alumni event
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Night Spaces: Migration Culture and Integration in Europe (NITE) 3rd International Conference
Conference
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VVIK Lecture: Local Biographies in Jain Literary Production
Lecture, VVIK
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The Remains of the Kula Devi: Broken Statuary and Elite Legitimation in Postcolonial Bengal
Lecture, Vrienden van het Instituut Kern
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Maxim Osipov - Public Interview By Michel Krielaars
Lecture
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Well-being moment for staff: Summer lunch walk
Walk
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Activities
On this page you will find an overview of the activities organised by the Leiden Research Support Network.
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First images from the James Webb telescope
Lecture
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Fast-Tracking Climate Resilience with AI: a Stakeholder Discussion
Panel discussion
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Award ceremony Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award
Prijsuitreiking
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Immersive Tech Event - 'New Beginnings'
Conference
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European Strategic Dialogue lecture series: A New Beginning for UK-EU Relations
Lecture
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Freud and China
Lecture
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tentoonstelling-leren-met-de-stad
Exhibition
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The dohada Motif in Ancient Biographies of the Buddha
Lecture, VVIK
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13th International Congress of Egyptologists, 2023
Conference
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LBSP Career Orientation Speed dates: tell students about your work at the LBSP
Alumni event, Activiteit voor professionals op het LBSP
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Opening Exhibition Presenting with the City at Archaeology
Arts and culture
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Exhibition Presenting with the City at Humanities
Exhibition
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AI & Humanities, Help, Hype or Hassle
Conference
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Meet our international students!
The Week of the International Students, from 14 – 18 November is an initiative of Nuffic. The aim of this week is to showcase the importance of an international experience for both Dutch and international students. This year’s theme Meet the world, make the change highlights the positive change students…
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‘Prehistory holds up a challenging mirror to us’
Leiden alumnus Luc Amkreutz is a curator at the National Museum of Antiquities. His exhibition about the submerged landscape of Doggerland highlights what we can learn from prehistory. ‘Just like the people of Doggerland, we are confronted with climate change, but we are responsible for the speed of…
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New professor Elise Dusseldorp: ‘The longer you’re in research, the more humble you become’
Elise Dusseldorp has been appointed Professor in the Methodology and Statistics of Psychological Research. In the same way that she spends her spare time rambling through the forest, as a professor she sifts through colleagues’ research data. ‘I often come across information that doesn’t appear in the…
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Hanneke Hulst on realistic expectations for researchers: ‘Let’s stop expecting people to be experts at everything.’
‘Am I setting a good example myself?’ Hanneke Hulst wonders. As Recognition and Rewards project leader, she maintains that we should stop expecting researchers to be experts at everything, even though she herself keeps a lot of balls in the air.
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Black hole one year later: proof of a persistent shadow
The brightness peak of the ring around M87's supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This is shown by new images released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium.