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Breakthrough artificial photosynthesis comes closer
Imagine we could do what green plants can do: photosynthesis. Then we could satisfy our enormous energy needs with deep-green hydrogen and climate-neutral biodiesel. Scientists have been working on this for decades. Chemist Chengyu Liu will receive his doctorate on 8 June for yet another step that brings…
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society Center, a new partnership between the Municipality of Leiden, Leiden University and many other partners in the city.
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Unique exhibition translates science into music, images and dance
Leiden researchers from different disciplines look together at complex social problems. What happens when they join forces with artists? The results could be seen on Tuesday 11 June during a unique exhibition. Take a look for yourself:
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I’m afraid it’s rather bad news | Debate in De Balie + livestream
Debate
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Future Museum: Digital Replicas, Virtual Reality and Storytelling for a New Audience
Lecture
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Lunchtime Speaker Series: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Methods and Tools for New Approaches to Literary Studies
Lecture
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Kira Nijland about her role as a student member of the Institute Board of CADS
Kira Nijland follows the master programme Policy in Practice and is since October the student member of the Institute Board of Cultural Anthropology. She previously gained board experience at study associations Itiwana and WDO. Now she would like to get to know the university structures from behind…
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Lecture on 'Visible and invisible violence against women' by Marieke Liem and Renate van der Zee
On Friday 9 December, Renate van der Zee and professor Marieke Liem held a lecture on 'Visible and invisible violence against women' at the Campus The Hague.
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‘Leiden and the university can learn a lot from each other’
We always need to find a new way to tell the story of 3 October, believes Ariadne Schmidt. The professor by special appointment of History of Urban Culture will be working with students to involve more people in the history of that day. ‘I’m too much of a historian to say: we can just let it be a “fun…
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Firearms incidents in the EU tracked real-time
Leiden criminologists have co-developed an artificial intelligence technology that tracks firearms incidents by scanning over 350 news sources.
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Sylvana Simons to give Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture
Every year on or around International Women’s Day on 8 March, Leiden University holds its Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture. This year’s lecture will be given by Sylvana Simons, MP and leader and parliamentary chair of the BIJ1 party. What does International Women’s Day mean to her and which challenges…
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Shift in scientific consensus about demise of Neanderthals
It is still unclear how the Neanderthals died out. For long, one theory seemed most likely: the emergence of the highly intelligent Homo sapiens, or modern humans. This competition hypothesis is no longer the dominant theory among scientists, research among archaeologists and anthropologists has shown.…
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Alumnus Sam van Raalte: From psychology to podcast
Alumnus Sam van Raalte followed his passion into freelance journalism.
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Young Diplomat Conference: ‘Alliances are forged over lunch’
The year is 2032 and the Arctic ice cap has melted causing new trade routes to emerge. This case is the focal point of the Young Diplomat Conference during which honours participants spend a weekend as diplomats solving disputes between countries.
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale
The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023 is Rachel Dubale, a graduate from the Research Master in African Studies at Leiden University, with her thesis “They think we can eat the condominium”. Chronicles of Economic, Social and Political Practices in Addis Ababa’s Condominiums.
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‘Some think I’m too lightweight, others too highbrow’
Cornald Maas was able to ‘pioneer’ in Leiden. This Dutch Studies graduate, presenter, programme maker and publicist combined an active student life with studying hard.
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26 Research and Education Grants in 2020 for the Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…
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Van de Waal Lecture 2022: Futurism and Europe: The aesthetics of a new world
Alumni event, Lecture
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ASCL Seminar: The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Africa's New Era of Austerity
Lecture
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A New History of Fishes: Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880)
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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SAILS event: Showcasing AI Research @ Humanities
Conference, Mini symposium
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The study of ancient cities provides us with new urban ideas
Lecture
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Karahantepe: A New Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Attitudes and perceptions about democracy and authoritarianism under the new generations in Chile
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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European Strategic Dialogue lecture series: A New Beginning for UK-EU Relations
Lecture
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Inspiration workshop – motivation and learning
Study support
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Metabolic trajectories before the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Internship Market
Career and apply for jobs
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LIBC MRI Methods Meeting
Lecture
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Cultural Heritage, Well-being and the Future
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | COVID-19 as an engine of family reshuffling
Lecture, Lecture part of series
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EUniwell Open Lecture Series | Africa the Conservation Continent of the 21st Century?
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Artificial Intelligence Playing Ancient Games: Computational Techniques for Board Games Heritage
Lecture
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Intervening in International Justice: Third States and Ukraine v. Russia
Conference
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Teaching of primary education teachers on European citizenship, environment and migration
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Novel approaches to delay ageing and age-related diseases
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | From knowledge transfer to personal development
Lecture, Part of Open Lectures Serie
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CADS Spotlight: the newest research coming out of CADS!
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Roundtable: 2024 Elections Pakistan, Indonesia and India
Roundtable | SSEALS
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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht
For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a statistical analysis, claimed it was rigged. But that claim doesn't smell right, says Leiden statistician Richard Gill. ‘The way you code and process…
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabashed, boisterous drive for the best of physics at the Institute Lorentz, at the Leiden Institute of Physics and in the full international scientific community.…
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Why the western world was too late to respond to Covid
Almost all the western countries were too late responding to the outbreak of Covid. Why was that? Three governance experts, including Leiden professor Arjen Boin, have written a book about the response to the pandemic. ‘Our current system isn’t geared towards identifying and managing a long-term crisis,’…
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‘You can’t just go to the field and leave again with data’: meet LUCIR scholar Corinna Jentzsch
Corinna Jentzsch, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and co-convener of the Leiden University Center for International Relations (LUCIR) has conducted extensive fieldwork in Mozambique. Her resulting book, Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil…
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Meijerslezing en Nieuwjaarsreceptie 2024
Meijerslezing, Meijersprijzen en Van Wersch springplankprijs en Nieuwjaarsreceptie 2024
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Corona and the gulf between citizens and experts
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time with people from within and outside the University. On this occasion,…
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Public Discussion: “New International Order and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Path”
Debate
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Rhetoric and Debate : A Toolkit for Historians
Lecture, PCNI Research Group State of the Art Meeting
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"Hello World!" #4 - Lecture by Zane Kripe
Lecture