4,220 search results for “from and literary studies” in the Public website
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How can we make better use of natural resources?
Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustainable energy system. Professor of Sustainable Resource Use Ester van der Voet researches how we can reduce the environmental impact of natural resources…
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
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Archaeologist Nathalie Brusgaard investigates human-animal relations as Assistant Professor
Dr Nathalie Brusgaard both studied and finished her PhD at the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. After a few years spreading her wings, she is now back. As the new Assistant Professor in the World Archaeology department, she will continue her research on the relationship between prehistoric humans and…
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Geslaagde studentenconferentie 'empirisch-juridisch onderzoek en het privaatrecht'
Waarom is empirisch-juridisch onderzoek van belang voor de rechtspraktijk en het wetenschappelijke onderzoek? Op die vraag kregen masterstudenten van de afstudeerrichtingen civiel recht, ondernemingsrecht en financieel recht antwoord tijdens het congres over empirisch-juridisch onderzoek en het privaatrecht…
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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet have a known provenance. PhD candidate Marie Kolbenstetter and Assistant Professor Dennis Braekmans were awarded a Corrie Bakels Grant to explore thus…
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Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums
In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted art.
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Grant for workshop series on Ocean Governance
Dr. Vanessa Newby (ISGA) and Dr. Catherine Jones from St Andrews won a grant worth over €23.000 from the RSE Saltire Facilitation Network Award entitled: ‘Worse Things Happen at Sea’: The Governance & Security of the Ocean. The grant will comprise three workshops in 2022: one in Leiden, one in Edinburgh…
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Memories of Cinema-Going in Postwar Japan: An Ethno-history
Lecture
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Who Became a Politician: A Portrait of Modern Japan
Lecture
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State-resolved studies of CO2 gas-surface reactions
PhD defence
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What makes the best performing hospital: The IQ Joint study
PhD defence
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Computational and Experimental Studies of Reactive Intermediates in Glycosylation Reactions
PhD defence
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The Dutch Retinopathy of Prematurity Study - NEDROP 2
PhD defence
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Clinical pharmacology studies investigating novel formulations of dopaminergic drugs
PhD defence
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Synthesis of chemical tools to study the immune system
PhD defence
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Studying the historical roots of sign languages – methodological issues
Lecture
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Lessons of Democracy: Mothers’ Education and Learning Activities in late-1950s Japan,
Lecture
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Lecture: To Eat or Not To Eat: Leveraging Chemical Proteomics for the Study of Macrophage Phagocytosis
Lecture
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Hora est through a computer speaker: Leiden’s first fully online PhD defence
Samineh Bagheri is the first PhD candidate to defend her thesis fully remotely.
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Remote teaching: wailing kids on the webcam and ‘mixing’ like a DJ
Remote teaching: reality until at least the end of this academic year. The transition to remote teaching required a huge effort and adjustments from all staff. So what’s it like for Leiden Law School’s lecturing staff? Three colleagues tell us about their first weeks of experience with remote teachi…
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Ingrained Habits: The “Kitchen Cars,” American Wheat Promotion, and the Transformation of Japanese Diet and Identity, 1956-1960
Lecture
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International PhD Seminar on Slavery, Servitude & Extreme Dependency
Conference
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Performing identity and buying love: self-expression and iyashi in the dansō escorting business
Lecture
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Civil Society and International Students in Japan: Methodology and Fieldwork
Lecture
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Jewish families in late antiquity parables
Lecture, Public Lecture
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Augmented Realities: Japanese Literati Painting, Circa 1700–1800
Lecture
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When religion did not(?) matter in the Balkans: confessionalization in early modern Southeastern Europe
Lecture
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Crossing Borders: An afternoon of Music and Words
Lecture
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The Myriad Avatars of Izumi Shikibu in Medieval Japan
Lecture
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Double Lecture: Illustrated Books and Manuscripts in Early Modern Japan
Lecture
- Evening Lecture Series: Practitioners in War
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A Spiritual Lacuna? Austria-Hungary's Religious Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
Lecture, Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk
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SAILS Symposium - Heritage: From physical to digital
Lecture
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“Was the Habsburg Empire an Empire?”
Lecture, Fourth Annual Leiden Austrian Studies Lecture
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Marketing Nostalgia: Packing and Unpacking the Everyday Lives of Children in Japan
Lecture
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On behalf of the Austria Centre Leiden, The Embassy of the Czech Republic in The Hague and The Czech Centre in Rotterdam, you are warmly invited
Lecture, Book talk
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The Inauguration of the Fonds Oostenrijkse Studiën at the Leiden University Fund (LUF)
Inauguration
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Book Launch for Dr. Kate Brackney's 'Surreal Geographies: A New History of Holocaust Consciousness'
Lecture, Book Roundtable
- Manuscript Monday: Early materials from the Leiden collection
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The future of the past is enough to make you feel down
The slogan of the Faculty of Archaeology, ‘The Future of the Past starts at Leiden University’, might sound like empty marketing speak. But there is something to it. The past can teach us a lot about climate change and that could make us fear the worst for our future. Archaeologist Gerrit Dusseldorp…
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Miguel John VersluysFaculteit Archeologie
m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2438
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769
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Data governance: from open governmental data, to data commons
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
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‘My students don't stop at a six!'
During the opening of the academic year, true to tradition the LUC Teaching Prize will be awarded to the University's best lecturer. Get to know the nominees. This week: Florian Schneider.
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Class Battles from Indian Circus: Tales of Labour
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Lecture: Rediscovering an Indian musical tradition- a journey from melody of the present to notation of the past
On April 19th, well-known Indian singer and scholar Sumithra Vasudev will give a unique lecture and singing performance at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Antiquities Museum) in Leiden.
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Are the brains of males different from those of females? Psychologists produce a podcast on brain research and mental health
Women are more often diagnosed with depression, whereas ADHD is much more frequently detected in men. And there are other more striking differences. What role does the brain play in mental health and what is the influence of the environment? For answers to these questions, listen to the ‘(Un)gendered…
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From Leiden to Delaware: How empirical legal research on valuation biases was used in a US courtroom
Many of our department’s staff members are actively involved in the Empirical Legal Studies lab and strive towards publishing impactful empirical legal research.
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Professors from The Hague in the classroom: ‘Why do you have to wear such a long dress?’
The celebration of the university’s 450th anniversary is not confined to the walls of the university. For the 7th time, professors stood in front of the class of grade 7, in both Leiden and The Hague. Four FGGA professors visited primary schools, introducing the children to research questions such as…
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Lessons from Rare Diseases
PhD defence