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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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Student dean Romke Biagioni: ‘I like it when people are different’
Student dean Romke Biagioni is committed to help students have an easygoing and pleasant time during their studies. She assists students with disabilities, looks for solutions to problems such as housing issues and counsels students with social or financial problems. For MSc student Computer Science…
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Don't give foster children foster rights, give them children's rights
All children have rights, and so foster children also have rights. But when these rights are not observed, there are not many options available to foster children to assert their rights. PhD defence on 8 October 2020.
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Not wrapping but folding: Bacteria also organise their DNA (but they do it a bit differently)
Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by new research from biochemists at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Biology. The discovery helps us better understand…
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Poor countries recycle far more of our plastic than we thought. But it's not enough.
Countries that import plastic waste recycle an average of at least 63 percent of it. This is surprising, as we previously believed that the vast majority was incinerated or ended up as litter. This was discovered by PhD candidate Kai Li and his colleagues from the Institute of Environmental Sciences in…
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants
Ten scientists from Leiden University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to launch their own project, form their own research team and implement their best ideas.
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Call for Papers | Forum 2025 - Emotions in Multilateral Diplomacy: Exploring Affect in International Organisations in Volatile Times
Forum editors: Seda Gürkan, Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA), Leiden University, s.gurkan@fgga.leidenuniv.nl and Özlem Terzi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, o.terzi@vu.nl
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How two metal detectorists discovered a complete Roman treasure
In 2017, in an ordinary field, two brothers from Brabant discovered more than 100 ancient coins. The Leiden historian who examined the coins concluded that they constituted a genuine Roman treasure. Here follows a reconstruction in three acts.
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Crash course in journalism: students make a podcast with TV presenter Twan Huys
Leiden students are producing ‘College Tour, the podcast!’ with TV presenter Twan Huys. In next to no time, they have to find top journalists and prepare hard-hitting interviews. We take a look behind the scenes.
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Sponsored Research
Global Interactions sponsors a number of research projects of Leiden University researchers.
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Global Impact in Health Symposium
Symposium | Leiden2022
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Applications of quantum annealing in combinatorial optimization
PhD defence
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Planetary Atmospheres and the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth
Lecture
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The smoes under scrutiny
Lecture, LUCL Sociolinguistics Series 2022/2023
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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LLRC conference: Formative assessment in language teaching
Conference
- Presenting Medieval Research (5 ECTS)
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CANCELLED: Disease and Violence in Shift from Omurano to Urarina on the Urituyacu River in Peru
Lecture, Language & the Human Past Lecture Series
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LTP Lecture: “Bounding Belief: the problem of logical omniscience and the value of logical modeling”
Lecture
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Computational modeling of pharmacokinetics and tumor dynamics to guide anti-cancer treatment
PhD defence
- Unaccompanied minors in the European Union
- How to be an Academic in a World on Fire: A Hands-On Workshop co-organized with LUGO
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The role of the UN in the conflict in Ukraine
Lecture, Seminar
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Turning academics into researchers: The development of National Researcher Categorization Systems in Latin America
Seminar
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Learning to perceive: Psychological and neural processes underlying placebo and nocebo effects on cutaneous sensations
PhD defence
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Bantu Syntax and Information Structure Conference
Conference
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COI Conference 2023: Towards just institutional approaches to conflict prevention and resolution
Conference
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Van Marum Colloquium - Development of materials for hydrogen production via ethanol reform
Lecture
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Applied Linguistics and AI Discussion Series: "Using machine translation for language learning in the classroom"
Lecture, Discussion
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Language, Stories, and Understanding Others
Lecture
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Farewell lecture Metje Postma
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Artificial ''Intelligence'' versus Human Dignity: Issues of Fairness and Power in Algorithmic Decisions
Lecture
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“Mobile” Afterworlds in the Western Capital of the Liao Dynasty
Lecture, also on line with Zoom
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Generalization of placebo and nocebo effects on somatosensory sensations
PhD defence
- Women Reporting from the Frontlines: A Discussion with Female War Correspondents
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LUCIP Colloquium Gendering Buddhist Modernism
Conference
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Writing Global History
Conference, Research Colloquium
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ENIUGH Roundtable: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Multilateralism – A View from The Hague
Conference
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Conference: Revisiting Legal Interests and Public Goods in Criminal Law
Conference
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LUCIP Forum with Michael Puett (Harvard)
Lecture
- Open Day
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Producing affective language: experimental and corpus-based approaches
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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SAILS Lunch Seminar
Lecture, seminar
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Manufactured drought? An environmental history of water scarcity in Colonial Kenya, 1895-1952
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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How to be an Academic in a World on Fire: A Hands-On Workshop co-organized by LUGO and OSCL
Lecture
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2023: 'Tempori serviendum est: Cicero’s public voice under the dictatorship of Julius Caesar'
Lecture
- Public graduation presentation, Ties Lind
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Inspiration sessions Empirics and legal education
Inspiratiesessies