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‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’
What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repressed people of Belarus rallied against dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years. Months later, what remains of the protest?…
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’
‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will emphasise how more attention needs to be paid to children’s rights in current thinking on law and health.
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Leiden archaeologists create open educational resources on agent-based modeling
The past two years, Laura van der Knaap and Professor Karsten Lambers worked on creating open teaching materials on agent-based modeling, funded by Erasmus+ and in collaboration with Danish, Irish and Dutch partners. Programming is an important skill involved in this, which is often seen as intimidating…
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From droplets in the freezer to the inception of a potent new antibiotic
What started as an idea during a social gathering led to an unexpected breakthrough in research on resistant bacteria. Biologists and chemists from Leiden developed a new substance that proves to be effective against bacteria resistant to antibiotics. They published their discovery in Nature Chemist…
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In Memoriam - Professor Bert Peletier
On December 16, 2023, our respected and beloved former colleague prof.dr.ir. Bert Peletier passed away.
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'Elections are in the air here in Brussels, the energy is surreal'
German-American Mia Müller (26) has been working at the European Parliament for three years now as Press Officer at The Greens/EFA Group. She is a bit nervous about her 'first' elections.
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Call for Papers: Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies
We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 1.5-day interdisciplinary workshop: “Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies”, that will take place at the University of Leiden on 14 and 15 November 2024.
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Ministry of BZK establishes two new professor chairs for the Kingdom
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is establishing two new professor chairs for the Kingdom.
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Archaeology students Rosa Seepma and Aida Tadesse receive NVFA incentive prize for Allard Pierson Museum internship.
Research Master’s students in Archaeology Rosa Seepma and Aida Tadesse received an Incentive Prize from the Dutch Association for Physical Anthropology (NVFA). They were awarded this honor for their ongoing study on the human osteology collection at the Allard Pierson Museum.
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Researcher teaching in the classroom: ‘We need to imitate nature more closely’
How can we supply the growing world population with sustainable energy? At Laurens College in Rotterdam, Prof. Marc Koper speaks with the students about the crucial role of chemistry in the energy transition. Guest classes like this are a good way for school students to learn about the academic world,…
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Using VR to experience how it feels when a patient throws a shoe at you
Psychology students usually only get to meet patients very late in their studies. Therefore, neuroscientists Ineke van der Ham and Judith Schomaker want to research whether students learn more effectively from a virtual experience with a patient with dementia than from a text. Schomaker: 'We have plans…
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Preventing Future Ukraines: Conflict Prevention in Europe
Debate
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Plant cuttings fair
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Pageantry as Public Diplomacy: Contested Receptions of English and French Dignitaries in the Netherlands, 1570s-1640s
Lecture, Research seminar 1000-1800
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Nuna Nalluituq / The Land Remembers
Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group
- Leiden University Nationalism Network events
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Plant cuttings fair at the Hortus
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Plant cuttings fair
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Book presentation 'In This Fragile World', edited by Annachiara Raia
Lecture
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Plant cuttings fair at the Hortus
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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[CSPPR Lecture] Political Parties Facing the Future: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Lecture
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
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Roundtable: Utopia from Within
Debate, Roundtable
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Context matters: Law society relations in water governance in Laos and Myanmar
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Poster presentations physics students MAPR
Exhibition, Poster presentations
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Humanities and International Relations Graduate
Conference
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In the Making #2: Etienne Kallos, Searching for a Diasporic Time Image
Lecture
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2022 Conference on International Cyber Security: Navigating Narratives in Cyberspace
Conference
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Hip Hop Diplomacy as Subversive Complicity
Guest Lecture
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The Processes of Conversion to Islam in Contemporary Spain: From the Betrayal of Spain to Community Insertion
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LUCIR Lecture: Inside Gang Governance: How and Why Gangs Rule the Streets of Rio de Janeiro
Lecture
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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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Dutch Excavations in the Eastern Nile Delta
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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What Do We Mean When We Say “Academic Freedom”?
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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Putin’s War on Ukraine: Implications and Consequences
Debate, Roundtable
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LUCIR/Grotius Centre Book Talk: Ideology and Mass Killing
Lecture
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Are there questions that should not be raised at university?
Dialogue
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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Internationalisation in education
Onderwijsmiddag
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Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West
Lecture
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The Hague Threat Intelligence Exchange (Hague TIX) 2024
Conference
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Alumna Sytske Besemer on living and working abroad
This month's flash interview is with alumna Sytske Besemer, Criminologist, who works at a startup called Cradle. Sytske has specifically chosen to work for a company with societal impact. And she is about to move again, this time to Zürich.
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On this public day on psychedelics, researchers transcend the media hype
Never before has so much research been carried out on the therapeutic effect of psychedelic drugs. Researchers at the LIBC Public Day are happy about the effect the drugs can have on depression, anxiety and PTSS, but at the same time they have some doubts. ‘The hype is bound to crash before long.’
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Challenging Myths and Exceptions
Lecture, Film Screening
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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World Peace: visions from Tolstoy
Debate, Seminar