723 search results for “india history” in the Staff website
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A new songbook for Leiden’s 3 October festival: why you should come to the singsong in the park
After a long night of partying, hundreds of people head to Leiden’s Van der Werfpark early on 3 October for a good singsong. Lecturer in Dutch literature Olga van Marion helped compile the new songbook for the occasion. Which songs were left out and which new hits have taken their place?
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Dutch astronomers observe giant jets emanating from black hole
An international team of astronomers led by Dutch scientist Martijn Oei has discovered the largest pair of jets from a black hole ever seen. The 'jumbojets' extend a combined length of 140 Milky Ways. The Leiden Observatory played a prominent role in this research. The publication will feature on the…
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Maps and atlases collection Bodel Nijenhuis available for online search
With the addition of over 16,500 new catalogue records, the collection of Johannes Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis (1797-1872) is now almost entirely searchable online. The private collection of the Leiden map collector laid the foundation for the special collection of maps and atlases of Leiden University.…
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A theory rarely proves true in practice
Leiden students often prefer complicated theory and a difficult test to experiments. Yet associate professor Paul Logman believes students learn a lot from practical teaching. He challenges his students to come up with their research questions themselves. The Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is at…
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Double book launch Radhika Gupta and Erik de Maaker
Festival, Book launch
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Intimate Legal Interactions - 'Jumbos and Jumping Devils'
Conversation
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Revolutionary Historiography: How Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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Roundtable: International Relations and the Idea of Merit
Conference, Roundtable
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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Durable Upheaval: The 1974 Ethiopian Revolution and Its Impact Five Decades Later
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Closing the Gap 2023 | Emerging and Disruptive Digital Technologies: Regional Perspectives
Conference
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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A Global South Divided: Rising Powers in International Environmental Politics
Lecture, China Seminar
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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The Leiden 'Humanities in a Digital World' Symposium
Symposium
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Theological Speculation in Arabic: What Can We Know about Early Islamic Theology?
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Ñii Ñu’u - Sacred Skin
Film screening and Q&A
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The Camel’s Hobble: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Practical Intellect
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Dr Graça Machel in Leiden: human rights, the crucial role of academia and the importance of intergenerational dialogue
Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…
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De schaduwzijde van erfgoedbescherming
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms such as ‘the cultural heritage of mankind’.
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Hong Kong's Place in South East Asia
PhD defence
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Why Nixon Went, and Trump Stuck Around
Lecture, Studium Generale
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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The thousand war-battalions of the btsan: everyday demons in Ladakh
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Scions of Turan
PhD defence
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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The Classical Zaydi Imamate (1200-1600) and its Legacy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Finding God on the Malabar Coast: The Religious Origins of the Hortus Malabaricus?
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…
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Decoding Research Software Impact
Seminar
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The Processes of Conversion to Islam in Contemporary Spain: From the Betrayal of Spain to Community Insertion
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The dohada Motif in Ancient Biographies of the Buddha
Lecture, VVIK
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Seventeenth-century depictions of sacred sites in the Kailasanathar Temple at Nattam, Tamil Nadu
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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LeidenASA Lecture: Inclusive growth and venture capital in Africa
Lecture
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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CADS Spotlight: Tim van de Meerendonk & Esther van der Camp
Lecture, Research Seminar
- International Mother Language Day 2024
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Defending Nature’s Rights: Paradoxes and Challenges
Masterclass
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Treaty-making in Southeast Asia as a Cross-cultural Practice
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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Dynamics and practices of internationalisation in model organism science - a South American perspective
Seminar
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Vedic mantras and rituals and their Avestan parallels: Toward the reconstruction of Indo-Iranian formulae and liturgical structures
Lecture, VVIK lecture