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Metje Postma retires after 37 years
This February Metje Postma will stop teaching and retire. But she is not done with the discipline yet: she will finish her PhD and there are still five films on the shelf that she plans to complete.
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Important changes to the PhD Regulations
Research
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In Memoriam: Robert Louw 1936-2023
On 18 February 2023, our esteemed former colleague Robert Louw passed away. Rob was 86 years old.
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How Dutch houses can become almost energy- and CO2-neutral
How much energy and greenhouse gas emissions can Dutch homes save? Xining Yang uses Leiden as an example and shows with his research how enormous the impact can be. At least, if we work harder on becoming more sustainable. Based on the models he developed, Yang will receive his doctorate on 28 June.
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Leiden Classics: 5 questions on the origin of university democracy
The late 1960s: across Europe, students are demanding the right to more participation within their universities. In 1971 Leiden University was granted an elected University Council. It became quite powerful: the Council even had the right to dismiss the Chairman of the Board.
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Summer filled with conferences in Leiden
It will be a summer filled with conferences at the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden. In the coming months, there will be something for everyone at the university, especially in the field of languages and cultures of Africa and the Middle East.
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Applied Linguistics and AI Discussion Series: "Using machine translation for language learning in the classroom"
Lecture, Discussion
- Faculty Roundtable: Societies, Emotions, and Receptions in (Modern) Literatures
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Get your large discount for the Euroscience Open Forum
Organisation
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New network ‘Young Liveable Planet’ looking for young Leiden researchers
The interdisciplinary research programme ‘Liveable Planet’ has created a new network, aimed at all young Leiden researchers working on sustainability issues.
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The Top 450 is growing: entry number 50 published
The 50th Top 450 entry has now been published. In the run-up to the university’s 450th anniversary, we are compiling our Top 450. What is your favourite?
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Traces of Language Contact in Niya Prakrit
PhD defence
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Indistinguishable Likeness
PhD defence
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Hybrid Josephson junctions and their qubit applications
PhD defence
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Descolonizando Tiempo, Espacio y Conocimiento
PhD defence
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The morphological encoding of Mandarin compounds using EEG techniques
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Non-Abelian Metamaterials: Emergent computing and memory
PhD defence
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Interaction with Sound for Participatory Systems and Data Sonification
PhD defence
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Accessible remote sensing of water
PhD defence
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“All the aids which a beginner needs”: James Summers’ (1828-1891) research on Chinese grammar
PhD defence
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Spin Transport and Superconductivity in Half-metallic Nanowires and Junctions
PhD defence
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Anyonic, cosmic, and chaotic: three faces of Majorana fermions
PhD defence
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Deep learning for tomographic reconstruction with limited data
PhD defence
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On cluster algebras and topological string theory
PhD defence
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Taalbenadering en taalhouding in werk van Jacob Israël de Haan
PhD defence
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Optoplasmonic Detection of Single Particles and Molecules in Motion
PhD defence
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Child Sexual Abuse Material Networks on the Darkweb
PhD defence
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Understanding coercive nuclear reversal dynamics
PhD defence
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Force sensing and transmission in human induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived pericytes
PhD defence
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Toxicity, bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of engineered nanoparticles in the aquatic environment
PhD defence
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Applications of multisource data-based dynamic modeling to cell-cell signaling and infectious disease spreading
PhD defence
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Towards Superconducting Spintronics with RuO2 and CrO2 nanowires
PhD defence
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Synthesis of Mycobacterial Phenolic Glycolipids
PhD defence
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Algorithm for Structural Variant Detection
PhD defence
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Dreaming the Path: Diagnosing Bodhisattva Progress in Early Mahāyāna
PhD defence
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Het rechterlijk bevel en verbod als remedie
PhD defence
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Tautological differential forms on moduli spaces of curves
PhD defence
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Optical cavities and quantum emitters
PhD defence
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Statistical learning for complex data to enable precision medicine strategies
PhD defence
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Descolonizando Tiempo, Espacio y Conocimiento
PhD defence
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Training programmes, coaching and career guidance
training postdocs
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‘Our future depends on funding for education research’
Higher education research improves the quality of education. And these investments more than pay for themselves in terms of well-being and prosperity. This is what Professor of Education Science Roeland van der Rijst will say in his inaugural lecture.
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Video: Sorting out your allowances is easy with Shuttel
It’s November, so from now on we will be using Shuttel to log our travel and homeworking days. Esther van Opstal (HR Director) and Karin van den Elzen (Finance Director) were closely involved in developing our new mobility policy and the updated travel allowance. They explain how they use Shuttel and…
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Planet-forming discs around young low-mass star differs fundamentally from one around sun-like star
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers, including Leiden Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck, has discovered a palette of hydrocarbons in a planet-forming disc around a young, low-mass star. The results confirm that discs around very lightweight…
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Historical research helps biodiversity in Leiden city centre
The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.
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Update: Condolences and fundraisers for those affected by the Morocco earthquake
On behalf of its students and staff, the Executive Board of Leiden University would like to express our condolences to all those affected by last Friday’s earthquake in Morocco. We would also like to offer support to all students and staff who have family or friends in the area. In the meantime, several…
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WODC research project Leiden researchers: evaluation WHOA
Leiden researchers Reinout Vriesendorp, Jessie Pool, and Harold Koster from the Department Corporate Law and Jan Adriaanse and Marc Broekema from the Department Business Studies are about to start a collaboration with Groningen University. The WODC (the knowledge centre in the field of the Dutch Ministry…
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How cells talk by pulling on a fibre network
Mechanics play a larger role in blood vessel formation, and other developmental biology, than previously thought. Cells appear to respond to mechanical signals, such as pressure. Through the extracellular matrix, a network of fibrous proteins, cells can supposedly exchange those mechanical signals over…