2,326 search results for “history of science” in the Public website
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Why Leiden University?
Our programmes are known for our scientifically based education and for our open atmosphere.
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Why Leiden University?
Our programmes are known for our scientifically based education and for our open atmosphere.
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OSCoffee: Introduction to ReproducibiliTea journal clubs—the what, why, and how
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OSCoffee: Introduction to ReproducibiliTea journal clubs—the what, why, and how
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OSCoffee: The psychology of biases, and how they influence us as scholars
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OSCoffee: Better coding for reproducible research
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PhD candidate uses AI to search patient forums for unknown side effects
Patients on patient forums share all sorts of things about their illness: from side effects and advice to messages of support. PhD candidate Anne Dirkson uses artificial intelligence (AI) to retrieve this information. ‘Ninety per cent of the side effects weren’t officially registered.’
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The Camel’s Hobble: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Practical Intellect
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Ñii Ñu’u - Sacred Skin
Film screening and Q&A
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LED3 Lecture: Imaging and Editing the Lipidome
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- Society, Art & Technology: The Future of AI is Human
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LED3 Lecture: Probing the human proteome for therapeutic opportunities
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'Better to take action today, than to deal with the damage tomorrow'
It’s better to cut our nitrogen emissions now than to solve the consequences later at great expense. That’s the lesson we can learn from the Dutch nitrogen crisis, according to nitrogen expert Jan Willem Erisman. In Science, he shares this lesson with other countries. According to Erisman, we should…
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Exploring the violent end of European empires
Conference, Workshop and book presentation
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How to be an Academic in a World on Fire: A Hands-On Workshop co-organized by LUGO and OSCL
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International Conference: Historicizing the Shiʿi Hadith Corpus
Conference
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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Searching explanations for mysterious structures in protoplanetary disks
In the discs of dust and gasses around young stars, mysterious structures occur. Together with professor Ewine van Dishoeck, PhD student Paolo Cazzoletti investigate how we can explain these forms, such as rings, spirals and holes. On 12 December, he will defend his thesis.
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LED3 Lecture: Controlling Biological Function with Synthetic Photoswitches
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LED3 Lecture: Organoids to model human health and disease in vitro
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LED3 Lecture: Harnessing the Chemistry of Natural Product Biosynthesis
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How to improve interdisciplinary cooperation within Leiden University?
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- Workshop on Modular Thinking and Publishing
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Previous Winners
On this page you can learn more about the history of our Faculty Awards and view the previous winners.
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Liveable Planet Lunch Lecture: ‘If you want to travel far, go together’: transdisciplinary collaboration for a Liveable Planet - Laurens Hessels
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Why Leiden University?
The programme will give you the opportunity to choose from a broad range of topics to study. You will be part of an international multidisciplinary research team at our institute.
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Why Leiden University?
The Computer Science and SCS master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine fundamental research in computer science with different aspects of science communication.
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Why Leiden University?
The Computer Science and Education master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine computer science research with an excellent education in becoming a teacher.
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Politics of Attention for the Environment: Small Steps and Big Leaps.
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LCN2 Seminar: Network model selection via the Minimum Description Length principle: the effects of ensemble non-equivalence
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Majors
LUC's Liberal Arts and Science programme offers you the opportunity to specialise in one of six Majors while keeping the Global Challenges at the centre of your studies.
- Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language and Culture
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Representative Assemblies in Interface Zones: The Cases of Poland and the Netherlands in Post-Napoleonic Europe
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Liveable Planet Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Jessica Kiefte-De Jong (LUMC) and Paul Behrens (FWN) on Food & Sustainability - Discussion
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: What Use are Networks Anyway?
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Programme structure
Dutch Studies is a unique bachelor’s programme in which you will quickly acquire fluency in spoken and written Dutch at a high academic level, at the same time gaining deep understanding of the culture and history of the Netherlands.
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Lunch Time Seminars
The biweekly Lunch Time Seminar is an online only event, but it is not publicly accessible in real-time. If you would like to attend one of the upcoming sessions, please send an email to sails@liacs.leidenuniv.nl.
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Liveable Planet Lunch Meeting: "The dark side of co-creation in sustainability research"
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Academia in motion: a different form of recognition and reward
A better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria. The ‘Academia in Motion’ paper published by the Leiden University Recognition and Rewards describes the main problems with recognition and rewards in…
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Museum Studies
Museum Studies looks at museum practices from archaeological, historical and anthropological perspectives.
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The skeleton as a source of information
Bones contain information about people’s lives such as where they came from, their age at death and which diseases they suffered from. Researchers can deduce a lot from them about a person’s life and about human evolution. This generates leads that could help solve present-day problems, such as how…
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Crammed with meaning: what museum collections tell us about our political system
What does a 19th-century exhibition of traditional utensils from the province of Zeeland tell us about the current rise of populism? A lot, Ad Maas will say in his inaugural lecture.
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Sustainable Tuesday: 4 questions for environmental scientist Ranran Wang
On Sustainable Tuesday, two weeks before Dutch Budget Day, the Dutch cabinet receives a suitcase full of sustainable ideas and initiatives. The initiators' aim: to make the government plans for the upcoming year a little more sustainable. At the Leiden Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), assistant…
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Education
Leiden University College offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees within a Liberal Arts & Sciences programme that focuses on four Global Challenges: Peace & Justice, Sustainability, Prosperity, and Diversity. The programme’s environment is characterized by small-scale, interactive sessions…
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Hall of Fame 2022
In 2022, many of our staff and students won fantastic prizes and were awarded important research grants.
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Education
The Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University offers education in Human Osteoarchaeology. We offer a second-year Bachelor course in Human Osteoarchaeology and an extensive one-year track in the Master’s in Archaeological Science specialisation, resulting in a Master of Science degree after complet…
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Cooperation
Leiden University has long had a special interest in and relationship with China.
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Four short films about four centuries of freedom at Leiden University
Four videos tell the story of the history of Leiden University. The films were premiered on 2 November during the Leiden Film Festival.
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Special recognitions
Every year, the World Cultural Council grants special acknowledgements to five to ten young researchers or scholars of the host country who have achieved outstanding performance in the fields of science, education or arts.