2,235 search results for “interest” in the Student website
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Frederique Visser wins Hugo Weiland Thesis Prize 2020
This year, the second Hugo Weiland Thesis Prize of the Foundation for Austrian Studies has been awarded. This prize, in honour of the founder and long-standing chair of the Foundation of Mr. Weiland, is awarded to high quality theses dedicated to the history, culture, and politics of Austria and Central…
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Executive Board column: Which parts of online learning do we want to keep?
Luckily we’ve been able to meet up on campus again for a few months now after two years of mainly online teaching. Alongside the inconvenience, enforced digitalisation has brought us valuable innovations and smart tools. The question is: what’s going well and what could we do differently? I’d love to…
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From forming embryo to cancer metastasis: the significance of collective cell movement
Luca Giomi has the first results of his ERC consolidator grant. He discovered that epithelial cells move collectively but in different ways, depending on the scale you look at. It is hexatic at small scales, and becomes nematic at larger scales: it is a multiscale order. This collective movement of…
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Meditating before class: ‘Students sometimes say: I forgot I had a body’
In the new ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important lessons about teaching. This month: Elise Seip wants to help students get out of their head and into their body. She starts every work group with mindfulness.
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Developing your own self-image and choosing the right study programme
How you think about yourself is important for the choices you make. Adolescents are faced with choosing a study programme that will determine their future, while their self-image is still under development. Tough choice? Research by psychologist Laura van der Aar has shown that taking a training course…
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UNESCO Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage
UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat Aceh manuscripts as World Heritage. The manuscripts are inscribed in the global UNESCO Memory of the World Register. This list contains documentary heritage…
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ERC Starting Grant for research on Climate citizenship
"Climate citizenship” explores how adapting environments to climate change can change the way people interact with each other and with government. It focuses on nature-based or 'green' climate infrastructure projects that make use of natural entities or dynamics. With an ERC grant, anthropologist Andrew…
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Top 450 continues: lawyer Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry
Lawyer, economist, politician and women’s rights activist Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry in our Top 450. Who or what is your favourite?
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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Traces of 3 October: 450 years of the Relief of Leiden
This year Leiden will be celebrating the 450th Relief of Leiden. Leiden master’s students are researching this history as part of the ‘Traces of 3 October’ project.
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‘As a government official, you yourself are one of those buttons to turn’ according to researcher Mathilde Witkam
We spoke with Mathilde Witkam about her research as a dual PhD candidate at the Dual PhD Centre. Her dissertation is about the effect of open government on public trust. Mathilde: ‘Trust in government ensures that people are more honest in their tax returns; less control saves time and money.’
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Nominees bachelor's thesis prize Political Science 2024
The nominees for the IRO Thesis Prize 2024 and the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg-prijs 2024. Who authored the best thesis in Leiden University’s bachelor’s programme in Political Science?
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‘Digital services lean heavily on the social infrastructure’
Governments worldwide invest huge sums in their digital services and data strategies. Efficiency and effectiveness are key. But these are not achieved for some people at least, says Professor of Public Policy Sarah Giest. This makes the intended digital inclusion far from inclusive, as she will explain…
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Film night: 'The Raid: Redemtion' (2011) with passion talk by Casper Liem
Filmavond + lezing
- POPcorner Movie Night: All That Breathes
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Visit the Embassy of The Republic of Yemen in The Hague
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Application interview
Career and apply for jobs
- Art History Book Launches
- Annual meeting for programme committees 2023
- POPTalks (POPcorner Humanities)
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Hackathon - From Person to Open Data
Hackathon
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Workshop Academic Writing (basic skills)
Study support
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Experimental Days
Festival
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Workshop CV and application letter
Career and apply for jobs
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DUSANE 2024
Symposium
- Well-being Support Group
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Leiden Translation Talk 20 April: Telops and language learning - Experiences and insights from conducting a PhD study
Lecture
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Information session Pre-PhD Programme
Informatiesessie
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Thesis Week 2 & 6 May - Campus The Hague
Study support
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Inaugural Lecture by Federica Mogherini: Europe Hub Launch Event
Lecture
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SAILS Workshop: AI and LLMs: Keeping the Linguist in the Loop
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International Mother Language Day
Conference
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Counterjam!
Playful Time Machines: Game jamming!
- Opening faculty year 2022-2023 with talkshow Leiden Law Op1 LIVE STREAM
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Master information: Law and criminology programmes
Study information, Borrel
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Celebrating Language: WDO's 19th Lustrum Symposium
Festival, Lustrum Symposium
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Working in culture and arts
Career and apply for jobs
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Writing Lab Humanities: Thesis Week 4-7 April
Study support
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Clothing Swap and Borrel with LUGO
Clothing Swap & Borrel
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Methods in Experimental Linguistics: Poster Session by MA students
Poster session
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Which career suits you?
Course
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Exploring the job market and networking effectively
Course
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MA International Relations Online Q&A
Study information
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MA International Relations Online Q&A
Study information
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Humanities’ future of student wellbeing
Brainstorm session
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Online lecture: Working as a Neuropsychologist
Career and apply for jobs
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Wandering Stars: A Conversation with Tommy Orange
Lecture
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Speeddating with traineeships
Career and apply for jobs
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Peel Slowly and See
Festival