805 search results for “this week s discoveries” in the Student website
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collapse, caused overburdening of judicial system and violation of children's rights in Germany
The Dutch conservative VVD party plans to make the right to family reunification more difficult for people with temporary residence permits. In Germany, this restriction led to several lawsuits which were won by status holders. Mark Klaassen, Assistant Professor in Migration Law, believes this is a…
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration
High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this possible: these were the topics covered in a working visit of the Standing Committee for Education, Culture and Science (OCW) to the Association of Universities…
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Webb data suggest potential atmosphere around rocky exoplanet
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.
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How to address sensitive subjects in class?
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly discussed in classes at Political Science. Moreover, with a diverse group of students, there is a great diversity of life experiences, backgrounds and opinions.…
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This was 2022! An overview of Humanities in the news
After two years of corona restrictions, it was ‘back to normal’ in 2022. Migration, elections, the history of slavery, Russia, and Ukraine were much-discussed topics. We compiled an overview of the most-read news items and other events of the past year.
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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Master's Open Day
Study information
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How these young researchers are preparing for their first scientific conference
Three Psychology students will present a poster of their thesis research on Alzheimer’s and dementia at the international conference AAIC Neuroscience Next. ‘I remind myself to recognise - without fear or shame - when I don't know something.’
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Threat(s) to Democracy
Debate, Roundtable
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Symposium Women's Rights
Symposium
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DUSANE: Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2023
Symposium
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Planetary Atmospheres and the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth
Lecture
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Science & Cocktails: Why do People Fight?
Lecture
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe with Observational Cosmology
Lecture
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Leiden Law School Professor Ann Skelton Awarded Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strathclyde
Leiden Law School takes great pride in announcing that the University of Strathclyde has bestowed an honorary doctorate on Professor Ann Skelton, Professor of Children's Rights in a Sustainable World at Leiden Law School and Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. This prestigious…
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Master's Experience Day Archaeology
Study information
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Master's Open Day (cancelled)
Study information
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New Year's Reception FSW
Festival, Reception
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Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child
On 20 November 2015, on the occasion of Universal Children’s Day, the Council of Europe and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights launched the Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child.
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LKV's Art Auction
Festival
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Bachelor's Graduation Ceremony Archaeology
Graduation Ceremony
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Forecasting Finlandization: How will Xi’s China seek to revise East Asia’s regional order?
Lecture
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Plato's Myths: Tools for Thinking Conference
Conference
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Asia Academy #09: India's Democracy
Lecture
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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How cells determine the fate of proteins (and can we do it too?)
Cells in our bodies are often threatened by errors in our own proteins. The FLOW consortium, comprising scientists from various institutions including Leiden, is poised to meticulously map out for the first time how cells control proteins, correcting or removing faulty ones. This endeavour holds promise…
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Access to Justice in Today’s Libya
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Frontiers of Children's Rights Summer School
Course
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New Year's Reception Faculty of Science
Conference
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The future of Europe’s finances
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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New Year's Reception Faculty of Science
Conference
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It's not even a state: The story of Putin's obsession with Ukraine
Lecture
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The Need for Teaching a More Accurate and Inclusive History of Science: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Math and Sciences
Debate
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Food stories and the microbiome
Workshop
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Lessons of Democracy: Mothers’ Education and Learning Activities in late-1950s Japan,
Lecture
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Extinction, Extraction, Emergence: Plantation Necrobiopolitics on the West Papuan Oil Palm Frontier
Lecture
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Live Event: China’s Digital Future
Debate
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Asia Academy #06: Taiwan's Future
Lecture
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Master’s online open day Political Science
Study information
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ASCL Seminar: Africa's Second Struggle for Freedom: What's decolonisation got to do with it?
Lecture
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On Campus Master's Experience Day Psychology
Study information
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What's Next? - Alumni in Tech
Lecture
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Andrew Gawthorpe in The Guardian about the Republicans’ more radical agenda
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe argues in The Guardian that the Republican's new agenda for a second Trump term is more radical than the first. He says that they seek to take control of federal agencies by replacing civil servants with ‘American First footsoldiers’.
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion