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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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New commentary on the Constitution presented to Prime Minister Mark Rutte
The Netherlands has gained a third commentary on the Constitution – with Leiden as its home base. The first copy of Een nieuw commentaar op de Grondwet (A new commentary on the Constitution) (published by Boom Amsterdam) was presented to Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Torentje last week.
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New exam location with new possibilities
Education
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This is Emma, the new student ambassador Cultural Anthropology
Since the beginning of September, Emma van der Plas (20) is the new student ambassador for CADS. Emma is a third-year student and is currently following a minor in Sustainable Development in Leiden. Her goal? To eliminate the stigmas surrounding anthropology. "When I tell people I'm studying anthropology,…
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Caspar van den Berg
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Media in education: practical advice and useful resources
Didactics
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External communication tools
Leiden University is proud of its research and teaching, its staff and its students. This is why we are keen to inform society of what goes on at the University.
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Unveiling Media Accessibility: From Research to Practice and Back
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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Launching new CPL course Academie voor de Rechtsstaat: focus on developing ‘a constitutional antenna’
Leiden University's Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) and the Montesquieu Institute are jointly launching the ‘Academie voor de Rechtsstaat’ (Academy for the Rule of Law). With this initiative, they intend to offer a course providing in-depth knowledge and insight into the basic principles of the…
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Bart Custers discusses arrest of Telegram CEO in 'Trouw'
Pavel Durov, CEO of chat and messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France last week. The Russian tech billionaire flew into Paris by private jet and was arrested on suspicion of cybercrimes. Telegram allegedly facilitates criminal activities such as money laundering. This raises the question of how…
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Bart Custers on tech companies involved in criminal activities
Governments are increasingly cracking down on tech companies like X, Telegram and Clearview that flout the law, with a fine, ban or criminal prosecution. In practice, however, this has little effect. A tougher stance is needed, argues Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw – Center…
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LUF grant for Neeltje Blankenstein: 'I want to study online risk behaviour of young people in it's full depth'
Neeltje Blankenstein receives an LUF grant to conduct research on online risk behaviour among young people. What risks do young people take online and why? 'With this research, we not only want to help prevent serious risk behaviour, but also understand what drives young people to it.'
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A new academic year, new colleagues at the faculty
Organisation
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New entrance, new allure: Gorlaus Building officially completed
The Faculty of Science has gained an extra 30,000 square metres: Thursday 25 January marked the completion of the new Gorlaeus Building. In this second phase of the project, the Gorlaeus Building has acquired a new main entrance on Rosalind Franklinplein with a striking facade. The new space will be…
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Court as a theatre: ‘There are great similarities between drama as an art form and the legal world’
The Lucia de Berk case or the suicide of Slobodan Praljak at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: certain trials keep popping up in media. In her dissertation, Tessa de Zeeuw examines the cultural appeal of such cases and analyses artistic responses. ‘Artworks sometimes have…
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Await AND anticipate. How the municipality of Amsterdam manages developments in the digital public domain.
The issue of how to deal with a development such as digitalisation in the public domain raises difficult questions for the municipality: who is responsible and when do you intervene?
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Grant for research on politics and play: ‘In both cases, a world is created’
How do politics and play relate to each other? Six Leiden academics hope to find an answer to that question over the coming years. They have received an NWO grant of 750,000 euros. Professor Sybille Lammes and University Lecturer Bram tell us how they plan to spend the money.
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Internal communication tools
An organisation the size of Leiden University requires careful internal communication.
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Carsten Stahn: 'New ICC prosecutor can bring new momentum'
On Wednesday 16 June 2021, Karim Khan was sworn in at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Experts say this is no easy time to join the ICC.
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The new Kernvisie curriculum
Education
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New campus map availabe
Organisation
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New PhD Regulations
Research
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Introducing Antonio Missiroli, our new Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats
Dr Antonio Missiroli has been appointed as Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA).
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Marketing Nostalgia: Packing and Unpacking the Everyday Lives of Children in Japan
Lecture
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Tour of the Humanities Hub: ‘These tools allow us to push our research outwards’
The tour for programme chairs through the new Humanities Hub covered just one corridor. Previously, the labs were spread across the campus, but now most of them have been consolidated in the Huizinga Building.
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New Science Library Open
From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library offers it all. The library moved to a brand new location in the Gorlaeus building and will be open starting 15 April.
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Amoeboid cell migration and physicochemical properties of the extracellular environment
PhD defence
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Exploring the metabolism and toxicity of amino sugars and 2- deoxyglucose in Streptomyces
PhD defence
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CM-values of p-adic Theta-functions
PhD defence
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Environmental opportunities and challenges for IoT technologies in sustainable supply chain operations
PhD defence
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Decision-making in multiple-public-goods problems: Implications for cooperation and conflict within and between groups
PhD defence
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Environmental sustainability of NdFeB magnet recycling: Foresight study on recycling systems and technologies
PhD defence
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Cavities for light and sound
PhD defence
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DNA-encapsulated silver clusters as a multi-functional tool for applications in physics, biology and medicine
PhD defence
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Unraveling Multifaceted Roles of Grainyhead-like Transcription Factor- 2 in Breast Cancer
PhD defence
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Chemical biology studies on retaining exo-β-glucosidases
PhD defence
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Regional complementarity: Making sense of our four tiered justice paradigm
PhD defence
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Hong Kong's Place in South East Asia
PhD defence
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Life cycle assessment of emerging chemical technology systems: challenges and future needs
PhD defence
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Squaramide-based Interpenetrated Networks for Load-bearing Applications
PhD defence
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On a quest to discover where stellar-mass black holes merge
PhD defence
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Thermostable Nanodiscs for the development of novel biopharmaceuticals
PhD defence
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Information Dynamics in Low Countries' Chronicles (1500-1860)
PhD defence
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"Enfin, die werkt zal eten, en daarom maar vol ijver door" Brouwers Fabriek van Aarden Vaatwerk 1901-1905
PhD defence
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Long-Term Observation of Protein Dynamics via Thermal-Snapshot Single Molecule Spectroscopy
PhD defence
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A Herbig disk view of planet formation
PhD defence
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Plain of plenty: Farming practices, food production, and the agricultural potential of the Late Bronze Age (1600 – 1200 BCE) Argive Plain, Greece
PhD defence
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Material and carbon intensity reduction behind circular consumption practices
PhD defence