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No exams or lectures, but building a radio telescope with empty paint cans
No more lectures and exams for the Radio Astronomy course taught by Michiel Brentjens. The corona crisis is a moment of reflection that has changed his whole way of teaching. Instead of being in front of the class, he lets his students build a radio telescope with paint cans.
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How Johan Huizinga sent the Nazis packing
In 1933, Leiden held a large international student conference. It was supposed to be a celebration of unity that would bring together the French, British and Germans. But when the Nazis showed their true colours, Rector Magnificus decided to intervene...
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awarded a total of 158 Venis in this round; Leiden University's share of the awards is 12 percent.
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442nd Dies Natalis focuses on Asia
On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the field of law in developing countries, delivered the first Dies lecture. He compared demagogues in Asia who call upon Muslims to turn against their governments…
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Two psychologists on a date with the Rector
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this edition…
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Open call to BRIN-LDE Academy
The 2022 Academy is co-organised by Leiden, Delft Erasmus Universities (The LDE Alliance) from the Netherlands and the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Aim of this five day programme is co-creation in the field of teaching and research on sustainable urbanisation. It also aims to facilitate…
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Student Bram wanted to be mayor as a boy
Bram Geurds (20) is fascinated by politics. When he was 12, a political debate on TV caught his attention. And he decided he wanted to be mayor one day. Unsurprisingly, Bram is studying political science and is politically active. It might seem like he’s on course to become a professional politician.…
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Social Science Matters: How useful is deprivation of liberty?
A new bill is currently under debate in the Netherlands, advocating raising the prison sentence for manslaughter from 15 to 25 years. ‘This very serious crime (...) evokes feelings of disgust and insecurity in society’, Dutch Minister for Justice and Security Grapperhaus comments on the sentence that…
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LUC Student Wins Nobel Peace Prize Essay Competition
Natalia Sobrino-Saeb, third-year student at Leiden University College The Hague, won the challenge by the Ignitor Fellowship Program held by the Nobel Peace Center for her essay on the threats to journalism in Mexico. On December 10th Natalia met the Committee of the Ignitor Fellowship in Oslo and attended…
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country and to extend and expand existing partnerships. Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker is confident enough already to call it a success.
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Humanities and International Relations Graduate
Conference
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Crafting Resilience Kick-Off Conference
Conference
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Older Publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Industrial Ecology (1982-2015)
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The Scandal of Cal: A Conversation about the Role of Academic Institutions in Historical Exploitation
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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How do we engage with experiences of war and displacement within our university community
Roundtable discussion
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Book presentation ‘Building the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation’
Book presentation
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Histories of Intellectual Property
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Henriëtte van Lynden lezing: A Decade after the Spring - The Arab World at Crossroads.
Lecture, Henriette van Lynden lezing
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Historical Blendings: An Entangled History of Social Democracy and Liberalism in Europe
Conference
- Constitutional Law Conference 2024
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights & Transitioning to a Sustainable Society
Conference
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Treaty-making in Southeast Asia as a Cross-cultural Practice
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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To Register or Not to Register? Legal Identity and Birth Registration of Migrant Children in Morocco
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Counting events: Syntax and semantics of Chinese verbal classifiers
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Leiden Competition Talk: Case allocation within the European Competition Network (who should do what?)
Conference
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Pipelines, Prices, and Power: Market Governance in the Era of Oil Price Benchmarks
Lecture
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Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West
Lecture
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International Law and Indigenous Rights in Australia
Lecture
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The Arctic Crossroads: Climate, Culture & Diplomacy in the High North
Lecture
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Religious Discourse and Tribal Affiliation in Early Islamic Ifrīqiya
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LIC Lecture: Helical supramolecular polymers - Toward structure-function relationships
Lecture
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Heritage languages in the Netherlands: Scholars, teachers, and students in dialogue
Lecture, Workshop
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Methodology & Statistics Alumni meet students in Psychology
Alumni event, Career
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
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Radical Spotlight: The Economics (and Politics too) of Care
Lecture, Radical Spotlight seminar
- Toward understanding the interactions between liposomes and graphene for the application of lipidic structures on graphene
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The EU and Africa – joint visions for the future or falling back on the past?
Lecture, Seminar
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New Foundations for Separation Logic
PhD defence
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Cyber Persistence Theory: redefining national security in cyberspace
Lecture
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Online Kress Talks with Felicity Good and Alec Aldrich
Lecture
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Tocharian and Iranian in the Tarim Basin and beyond
Conference, Workshop
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The value of languages (to their users and communities)
Conference
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Experimental Ethnographies
Lecture
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics
Alumni event
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Fixing the Outcomes of Transparency: Data Context and the Concentration of Explanatory Power.
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Theopolitical Patchworks: Rule and Material Religion in Rio de Janeiro
Lecture, Research Seminar
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The First Great War of the Middle Ages: Sasanians, Byzantines, and the Rise of Islam, 602-642
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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EUniWell Open lectures series | War, Peace and Overcoming Helplessness: The Role of Universities
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Intercultural Philosophy as Philosophy: Some Remarks on Leiden Philosophy’s Mission
Lecture