1,350 search results for “religious convention” in the Public website
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Plasmonic enhancement of one-photon- and two-photon-excited single-molecule fluorescence by single gold nanorods
This thesis is a collection of experimental attempts to enhance photoluminescence of fluorescent molecules and quantum dots with single gold nanorods (GNRs) and relevant applications.
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Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) explains the timing,…
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Figuring Things Out Together. On the Relationship Between Design and Collective Practice.
This dissertation explores matters of collectivity, drawing from the experience of working with the Amsterdam-based collective Hackers & Designers (H&D).
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Morin Lab - Synthetic Soft Condensed Matter
We investigate emergent structures and dynamics of soft materials self-assembled from microscopic constituents.
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NO-ESKAPE New Strategies for Overcoming the ESKAPE Pathogens
Natural product inspired antibiotics to address resistance
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Children’s Rights Monitor 2013
The Children’s Rights Monitor provides a thematic overview of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Netherlands.
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Morphogenesis and heterogeneity in liquid-grown streptomyces cultures
The filamentous bacteria Streptomyces are widespread inhabitants of terrestrial soils.
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Media Freedom as a Fundamental Right
Recently Cambridge University Press published dr. Jan Osters monograph “Media Freedom as a Fundamental Right”.
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Development of life cycle assessment for residue-based bioenergy
Promotores: Prof.dr.G.R. de Snoo and Dr. R. Heijungs
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Europa Institute
The Europa Institute of Leiden University is one of the oldest academic institutes specialised in the law of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights; it was established in 1957, the same year as the European Economic Community itself.
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Latino-Punic and its Linguistic Environment
This thesis attempts to describe the entire corpus of Latino-Punic inscriptions, found in Tripolitania.
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Core rights and the protection of socio-economic interests by the European Court of Human Rights
The ECtHR needs to provide effective rights protection, but it also needs to set clear standards while showing deference to decisions made at the national level. Especially when socio-economic issues are concerned, meeting these different demands is a challenging task.
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Microneedle-mediated vaccine delivery
Promotores: Prof.dr. J. A. Bouwstra, Prof.dr. W. Jiskoot
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Austria Centers Worldwide
Leiden is part of the worldwide network of research centres dedicated to the research of Austrian Studies.
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De invloed van de woonplaats op de fiscale behandeling van grensoverschrijdende werknemers
On 14 November 2019 Niek Schipper defended his thesis 'De invloed van de woonplaats op de fiscale behandeling van grensoverschrijdende werknemers'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. S.C.W. Douma and Prof. J.P. Boer.
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In search of a politesse du chant - Rediscovering salon vocal performance practice through the lens of the airs sérieux in the Recueils d’airs
This dissertation examines the airs sérieux contained within the Recueils d’airs serieux et a boire de differents autheurs published by the Ballard printing house in Paris between 1695 and 1699 inclusive.
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Architectural terracottas from Akragas
Archaic and Classical architectural terracottas constituted an integral part of the architecture of monumental buildings at Akragas. These objects therefore provide unique insights into the built environment of sanctuaries at this important Greek colony in Sicily. This research's multi-disciplinary…
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Pragmatics
When combined and used by specific people located in time and place, words can express something more than, different from, or even the opposite of their dictionary meanings.
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How partisan politics influence government policies in response to ageing populations
Kohei Suzuki is Assistant Professor at Institute of Public Administration. This study carries several important implications for understanding the policy impacts of a graying population and for studies of the welfare state, in general.
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Halting and Reversing Escalation in the South China Sea: A Bargaining Framework
Escalating tensions in South China Sea have epitomized US–China relations for nearly a decade. Warning signs of a possible collision between a rising China and steadfast US, bring to light the need to think about ways that can halt and reverse the intensification of their confrontational moves.
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Platinum electrochemistry through a magnifying glass
In most applications, electrocatalysts exhibit a large surface area to volume ratio, for example using nanoparticles.
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Dynamic testing and excellence
Unfolding potential
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On transport properties of Weyl semimetals
Promotor: C. W. J. Beenakker, Yu. V. Nazarov, Co-promotor: J. Tworzydlo
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South Africa, Race and the Making of International Relations
This book offers readers an alternative history of the origins of the discipline of International Relations.
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Een overheid op drift : de strafrechtelijke beheersing van seks en jongeren
The study at hand focuses on the control of sex and youngsters through the response by authorities most notably from within criminal justice.
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The Interpretation of Plurilingual Tax Treaties
On 10 October 2018, Richard Resch defended his doctoral thesis 'The Interpretation of Plurilingual Tax Treaties'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. mr. C. van Raad.
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Single-electrolyte isotachophoresis: on-chip analyte focusing and separation
Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Hankemeier, Co-promotores: Heiko van der Linden, Paul Vulto
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Substrate adaptability of β-lactamase
The research aims to explore the evolutionary adaptability of enzymes and the impact of temperature on protein evolution pathways, using M. tuberculosis β-lactamase BlaC as the object of study. Enzymes inherently embody a delicate balance between activity and stability, and the acquisition of new enzymatic…
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Inducing spin triplet superconductivity in a ferromagnet
Promotor: J. Aarts
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Democratic Secrecy: A Philosophical Study of the Role of Secrecy in Democratic Governance
The starting hypothesis of the project is that secrecy is not always inimical to democratic governance as conventional wisdom has it.
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Sensing Transport
Solute carrier (SLC) transporters are a large and diverse class of relatively understudied transmembrane proteins.
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Novel formulations and delivery strategies for inactivated polio vaccines: new routes with benefits
This thesis describes the development of improved formulations and alternative delivery strategies for polio vaccination.
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National space legislation : future perspectives for Malaysian Space Law
This research studies the future perspectives for Malaysian space law. It aims at demonstrating the development of Malaysian outer space activities inclusive of her status with respect to United Nations space conventions and her membership of international and regional space-related organizations.
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Children's rights in crisis. Multidisciplinary, transnational, and comparative perspectives
This book rigorously investigates the contemporary state of children's rights and the multifaceted challenges facing children, uncovering the complexities at their core.
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Research internships
Within the Sociology of Policy in Practice specialisation you will develop a research project on prevailing policy problems.
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Rituals of Birth, Circumcision, Marriage, and Death among Muslims in the Netherlands
Migration imposes special pressures on the meaning, experience and organization of lifecycle rituals. These pressures are felt most strongly by Muslim migrants to Western Europe. In this innovative study, Nathal M. Dessing examines the effects of migration on the life cycle rituals of Moroccan, Turkish…
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The Tragedy of the Stupid Nation
The Tragedy Of The Stupid Nation retraces three decades of political instability during which the people of the Central African Republic suffered from several waves of violence that led to the breakdown of the social cohesion between the different communities (first along ethnic, then along religious…
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Policing the Urban Environment in Premodern Europe
Tapping into a combination of court documents, urban statutes, material artefacts, health guides and treatises, Policing the Urban Environment in Premodern Europe offers a unique perspective on how premodern public authorities tried to create a clean, healthy environment.
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Project 4: Faith in Democracy
The interdisciplinary network Faith in Democracy (FID) studies the religious, sometimes even totalitarian, assumptions behind the concept of
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Annual lecture
Until 2019, LUCIS hosted one annual lecture, inviting an eminent scholar to give a large-scale lecture in one of the finer halls at Leiden University. Because of their success, we now organise four larger lectures every year, entitled LUCIS Keynotes.
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Centre for Late Antique and Medieval studies
The Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies (LAMS) is an academic initiative housed at the Leiden University Institute of Philosophy. It brings together researchers and academics working on one or more aspects of late antiquity and medieval studies, across the fields of philosophy, history, theology,…
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De gemaskerde krijger : de menpō in de 16e en 17e eeuw
Bas Verberk defended his thesis on 6 September 2016
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Princes and Prophets: Democracy and the Defamation of Power
On 1 June 2022, Tom Herrenberg defended the thesis 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. P.B. Cliteur and Prof. B.R. Rijpkema.
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Education
Leiden University offers several programmes and courses on Central Asia. There are bachelor and master programmes and there is also the possibility of doing your PhD in Leiden.
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Elective Monarchy in Transylvania and Poland-Lithuania, 1569-1587
This book is an examination of why and how the elective principle, already established in Transylvanian and Polish political culture in the late medieval period, was transformed in the early elections of the 1570s.
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Publications | Project 0100
Publications from the Project 0100 team members.
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Staring at the heavens: Astronomy in medieval Islam
University Lecturer Ahab Bdaiwi:
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The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)
In The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Expansion (1686-1746) Elisabeth Heijmans places directors and their connections at the centre of the developments and operations of French overseas companies.
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Digital Humanities
Learn new ways to analyse and study cultures and languages and provides insight into how digital methods and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing our personal lives and societies in the minor Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence.
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Contact
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