2,911 search results for “middle eastern studies” in the Public website
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Digging for data: the rise and fall of a Miocene mammal biodiversity hotspot in the Vallès-Penedès (Catalonia, Spain)
The Vallesian, 11.1-9 Ma, was a special time in the Vallès-Penedes basin near Barcelona, where a biodiversity hotspot existed. Europe had a subtropical climate, with rhinos, forest giraffes, lions, hyenas, flying squirrels and primates.
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Lindley Murray (1745–1826), Quaker and Grammarian
In this dissertation, a comprehensive portrait of the American-born Quaker Lindley Murray (1745–1826) is painted and the influence of Murray’s Quakerism on his language use is investigated by analyzing a corpus of 262 of his unpublished private letters.
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Hunters of the Golden Age
The Mid Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia 30,000 - 20,000 BP
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Research
Enduring influence of Roman law
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Biomimetic Copper Catalysts for the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Human civilization consumes a huge amount of fossil fuels, which has resulted in an atmospheric CO2 level which has not been higher in over 800 millennia.
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Education
The NVIC offers academic courses in Arabic & Islamic studies and in the study of Ancient Egypt, in the framework of study programmes at the Dutch and Flemish universities that support the institute. NVIC also puts its teaching experience at the disposal of companies, embassies, international organisations…
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Jihad and Islam in World War I
Studies on the Ottoman Jihad on the Centenary of Snouck Hurgronje's
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Escher and the Droste effect
Artful Mathematics: The Heritage of M. C. Escher
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Amorites in the early Old Babylonian Period
This thesis explores several aspects of these Early Old Babylonian Amorites.
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Arabic and its Alternatives
Arabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War.
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Annual conference
Until 2019, LUCIS organised an annual conference to highlight state-of-the-art research on a central theme within the academic study of Islam and society. Researchers from around the globe convened in Leiden to share and discuss their work.
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Exploring Justice in Extreme Cases: Criminal Law Theory and International Criminal Law
On 12 mei 2020, Darryl Robinson defended 'Exploring Justice in Extreme Cases: Criminal Law Theory and International Criminal Law'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. C. Stahn.
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Why are some civil servants more committed to professional norms than others?
This project aims to explore, in general, what explains civil servants’ attitudes and behavior, and, in particular, why some civil servants are more committed to professional norms and public service values – such as impartiality, equity, efficiency, and innovation – than others.
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APL20 - Collection of Papers
Volume 20 contains eight articles based on research of the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.
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How Jihadist Networks Operate
The recent terrorist attacks in Europe are presumably not just acts committed by individuals, but acts facilitated by larger jihadist networks. But how do such networks operate? Understanding their modus operandi can be useful knowledge to counter terrorist threats.
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A grammar of Sandawe: A Khoisan language of Tanzania
This dissertation presents a description of Sandawe, a Khoisan language spoken by approximately 60 000 speakers in Dodoma Region, Tanzania.
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Alumni blog
Interested in studying Colonial and Global History at Leiden University? Find out what our alumni said about this master's programme.
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Willem Einthoven
Kolffpad 1, Leiden
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Global Affairs
The minor Global Affairs is built on two pillars of International Relations: International Security and International Political Economy. This minor aims to provide students with the tools and knowledge to understand the most important global trends and challenges.
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About this minor
The objective of the minor Law, Culture and Development is to teach students about the central concepts of law and the connections between law, culture and development.
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Alumni
Leiden University is proud of her alumni. Alumni contribute in many different ways to the growth and development of the university. The university also contributes to ongoing personal and professional development of her alumni.
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HJD Diplomacy Reading Lists
Since 2006, HJD has made an important contribution to shaping diplomatic studies as an international academic field. Our new HJD Diplomacy Reading List presents a diverse collection of analyses categorized into forty-five topics published in HJD over the years. We hope these lists prove a valuable resource…
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Teachers' perspectives on self-regulated learning: an exploratory study in secondary and university education
The topic of this PhD thesis is teachers' perspectives on self-regulated learning.
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The use of activity based protein profiling to study proteasome biology
Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-Promotor: B.I. Florea
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A bioorthogonal chemistry approach to the study of biomolecules in their ultrastructural cellular context
In this thesis the combinatorial use of bioorthogonal labelling and Electron Microscopy (EM)-based imaging techniques is explored to enable observations of specific molecular targets in their ultrastructural context within the cell.
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Development of a Kidney-on-a-Chip Model for Compound Screening and Transport Studies
Pharmaceutical companies, governments and the general public have become increasingly aware that animal models used in drug testing lack vital aspects to serve as an accurate representation of human biology. As models of the human body should become more physiologically relevant, animal models no longer…
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CD8+ T-cells in atherosclerosis: mechanistic studies revealing a protective role in the plaque microenvironment
Atherosclerosis is the most important underlying process that drives cardiovascular disease, and is characterized by an accumulation of cholesterol which triggers an inflammatory response in the vessel wall.
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spFRET studies of nucleosome dynamics modulated by histone modifications, histone variants and neighboring nucleosomes
Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: Dr. ir. S.J.T. van Noort
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Development of a Transgenic Mouse Model to Study the Immunogenicity of Recombinant Human Insulin
Mouse models are commonly used to assess the immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins and to investigate the immunological processes leading to antidrug antibodies. The aim of this work was to develop a transgenic (TG) Balb/c mouse model for evaluating the immunogenicity of recombinant human insulin (insulin)…
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Evolutionary adaptability of β-lactamase: a study of inhibitor susceptibility in various model systems
β-Lactamases are enzymes that can break down β-lactam substrates, such as antibiotics, preventing the use of these antibiotics for the treatment of various infectious diseases. However, some compounds, β-lactamase inhibitors, can block these enzymes allowing for possible treatments using a combination…
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The Syntax of Heads and Phrases - A Study of Verb (Phrase) Fronting
This dissertation defends the existence of a type of movement that has so far been considered not to be possible, namely, movement of a bare head to a specifier position over arbitrarily long distances.
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conservation using hyperspectral and lidar data; Oostvaardersplassen as a case study
This project aims to develop advanced data analysis methods for monitoring and increasing our understanding on biodiversity dynamics in nature reserves such as the Oostvaardersplassen.
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Innovative (electro-driven) sample preparation tools for metabolomics study of muscle aging
This thesis focuses on the development of sample-preparation methods for small amounts of samples and applying the developed methods to muscle tissues to investigate the mechanisms involved in sarcopenia.
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Synthetic peptides, nucleic acids and molecular probes to study ADP-Ribosylation
This thesis presents the first synthetic peptides ADP-ribosylated on serine, threonine, tyrosine, arginine and cysteine.
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Designing 'context-specific' regional innovation policy: a study on the role of regional government in six European regions
Whilst government’s ability to design ‘context-specific’ regional innovation policy is generally assumed to depend on the region’s decision-making power, the aim of this study is to investigate how regional government matters. In order to open up the black box of policy design, the study develops a…
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Blog Post | Northern Cyprus and the Limitations of Science Diplomacy
Authors: Pierre-Bruno Ruffini and Olga Krasnyak
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Chemical biology of glucosylceramide metabolism: fundamental studies and clinical applications for Gaucher disease
How can we develop new chemical biology tools and approaches to understand and interfere with glucosylceramide metabolism in relation to Gaucher disease?
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Wadad Kadi
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Wadad Kadi, of the University of Chicago, to Leiden. She is the first Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Hall of Fame
Many of our staff and students have won an award, received a grant, obtained an academic fellowship for their quality or have been socially engaged due to their specific expertise. See below for an overview per year.
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The SMILE study: Sleep Mood lntervention: Live Effectively a group intervention in students with sleep problems
Can SMILE, our multi-component intervention, which combines cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia, mindfulness, stress, and lifestyle components, improve sleep quality? Can it also improve mood and quality of life and prevent depression and anxiety in the long term?
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‘The study of cuneiform texts is still an open field’
The oldest forms of literature and law originate from Mesopotamia (3000 BC until AD 70), as do important discoveries in science and technology. All these developments were recorded in cuneiform texts on clay tablets. There is still a lot to learn from the study of cuneiform texts, says Professor of…
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Computational, biochemical, and NMR-driven structural studies on histone variant H2A.B
Nature uses a special class of histone proteins, histone variants, to modulate the properties of chromatin at defined genomic locations.
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Bioorthogonal deprotection strategy to study T-cell activation and cross- presentation
Cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) are involved in the clearance of viruses and killing of tumor cells.