1,142 search results for “history of science and the over” in the Student website
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Naomi Truan
Faculty of Humanities
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Mardet van Gennip
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
Conference
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‘Artists seek and research another dimension of science’
In July, Leiden will be hosting the EuroScience Open Forum conference. Humanities scholars from Leiden will make use of the opportunity to stress the importance of art in science. ‘Artists have the ability to show the consequences of science.’
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Teaching a More Accurate and Inclusive History of Science: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Math and Sciences
Debate
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Tuesday Talks: Science Insights | 8 October 2024
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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'Here I can grow in both science and art'
A passion for video games, visuals and science: it almost seems impossible to bring all of this together. Yet, scientific animator Vera Williams found that dream combination at NeCEN's microscopy lab. 'An image or animation can help clarify the content of complex research.'
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Maarja Seire
Faculty of Humanities
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
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Archaeological laboratories visit Faculty of Science for sustainable ideas
In 2018 the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) was launched in the UK. The aim of this programme was to help laboratories work more sustainably and efficiently. The initiative got a Dutch spin-off in 2021. Since then, a couple of the laboratories at the Leiden Faculty of Science have…
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PhD candidate Didi van Trijp researches: When is a fish a fish?
Bird, butterfly, fish: when you look through a children’s book, you usually don’t think about the fact that humans divided these animals, depicted in bright colours, into categories. Yet, this division has been discussed for centuries. In her PhD dissertation, Didi van Trijp shows how natural scientists…
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Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’
In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…
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Maartje Janse
Faculty of Humanities
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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Anna van 't Veer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jay Huang
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Francesco Busti
Faculty of Humanities
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Rieneke Sonnevelt
Faculty of Humanities
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Göran Sundholm
Faculty of Humanities
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Claire Vergerio
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marijana Vujosevic
Faculty of Humanities
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Caroline van Eck
Faculty of Humanities
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Robert Stein
Faculty of Humanities
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Elisabeth Dieterman
Faculty of Humanities
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Da Jin
Faculty of Humanities
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Doreen Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Hans Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
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Stijn Bussels
Faculty of Humanities
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Limin Teh
Faculty of Humanities
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Minister Dijkgraaf: ‘We must narrow the gap between science and society’
The speed at which science is changing our lives gives rise to tensions and concerns. In his talk at Leiden University, Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) said we should talk more about science’s relationship with society and political decision-making.
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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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Andrew Shield
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul van Trigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Kiri Paramore
Faculty of Humanities
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Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wessel Kraaij
Science
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Juan Claramunt Gonzalez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Liselotte Rambonnet
Science
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Olivier Burggraaff
Science
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Lowlands as lab: virtual trips in the name of science
While tens of thousands of visitors dance to deafening music, a team of Leiden psychologists are trying to collect data for their research at Lowlands. How do festivalgoers experience a virtual trip? And what role do factors such as too little sleep and whether they have experience with psychedelics…
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Rebecca Ploof
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fred Janssen
ICLON
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Gerhard-Jan Nauta
Faculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline Hylkema
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
Faculty of Humanities
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Michiel van Groesen
Faculty of Humanities
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities