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Bas van Rijn defends PhD dissertation on afterlife research
On 22 September, LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research: Attempts by Spiritual Animal Magnetizers to Prove Life after Death” at Universität Bern, Switzerland. The PhD project was part of the of SNF research project…
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Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses
What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for biological causes over the next decade. ‘By joining forces, we hope to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with these diseases.’
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.
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Archaeologist Alejandra Roche Recinos investigates ancient immigration in Southern Guatemala
In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Alejandra Roche Recinos, originally from Guatemala, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of Central America. ‘I want to explore the lesser known archaeology of Southern Guatemala.’
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The European Commission, “a humanities-friendly work environment”
On February 29 2024, the Humanities Career Service of Leiden University organised a career day to the European Union institutions in Brussels. Natalia Papageorgiou, student of the MA History (Politics, Culture and National Identities), talks about how the day went.
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Innovation in the shade: the difficulties for secret services
‘Intelligence and security services need to adapt urgently to their constantly changing environment,’ says Professor by Special Appointment Bas Rietjens.
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From judge to police officer: a lack of understanding for deaf people in legal proceedings
The cultural linguistic minority group of deaf people who communicate using sign language systematically experiences limited access to fundamental rights. Linguist Joni Oyserman identified this problem and has received a Meijers grant to fund her investigation.
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'I don't want that benefit anymore': Why people aren't claiming the financial support they're entitled to
Fear of repayment demands is causing people to forgo benefits and financial support, even when they are eligible. This was one of the finding of Olaf Simonse in his PhD research on financial stress and the non-use of social services. His proposal: 'Let the government take the initiative.'
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Discover 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal
The exhibition Leiden celebrates – 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal shows how parades and society have changed through the centuries. Alumnus and historian Danielle van Goethem worked on the exhibition. She gives a preview.
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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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Fourteen hundred international students explore Leiden during OWL
With its FestivOWL theme, Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) promises to be one big festival for new international students in Leiden.
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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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Socio-legal researchers tour Morocco to share migrants’ experiences
How do migrants navigate key life events? Researchers from the Living on the Other Side project looked at the experiences of migrants who have settled in Morocco. During a recent tour through Morocco, they shared their insights with respondents and fellow researchers.
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Passenger safety at risk due to poor labour relations for airline pilots and crew
Due to gaps in working conditions regulations, airline pilots and crew are suffering from fatigue and inadequate protection in general. Leiden PhD student Yuran Shi investigated how international law can help improve working conditions and safety in the aviation sector.
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Faculty Board Column: Looking Ahead Together in Challenging Times
To underline the urgency: Our faculty faces a significant financial challenge. With a structural reduction of €5 to €6 million in annual income, dark clouds are gathering on the horizon. Added to this are the uncertain consequences of budget cuts from The Hague, including the Balanced Internationalisation…
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From Underground to Overground, from Print to Digital: A Symposium on Unofficial Poetry from China
Leiden University Libraries holds an internationally unique collection of unofficial poetry from China. Produced outside the System over the last fifty years or so, this poetry is hugely influential yet hard to find beyond the informal networks through which it travels. To address this paradox, the…
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ReCNTR Making Workshop: Displacing the Ethnographic Eye
Course
- Open Science Coffee intro to R Markdown
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Open Science Coffee: a hands-on introduction to preregistration
Lecture
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Masterclass Open Overheid
Masterclass
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Data management planning: prepare for fieldwork
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
- ELS lab meeting - Methodology session: Designing a Case Study by Yvonne Erkens
- OSCL ReproducibiliTea journal club
- Open Science Coffee intro to R Markdown - RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 29
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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Older Publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Industrial Ecology (1982-2015)
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‘Toward the Abolition of Photography’s Imperial Rights’ – Masterclass with Ariella Aisha Azoulay
Masterclass
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Fixing the Outcomes of Transparency: Data Context and the Concentration of Explanatory Power.
Lecture, Research Seminar
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LUCAS PhD Symposium “Research in Progress”
Conference
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Introducing: Eurasian Empires projectgroep
The Horizon programme 'Eurasian Empires: integration processes and identity formations' started September 1st 2014. The six PhD students and two Postdocs introduce themselves.
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An interview with NATO on gender and counter-terrorism
An interview with Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges David van Weel, and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Clare Hutchinson
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Open Science Coffee: How to justify your sample size?
Lecture
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Mara Buchbinder - Scritping Death
Lecture, Online webinar
- Foundations of Research – 1: Sources & Methods of Source Analysis (3 ECTS)
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
- Foundations of Research - 1: Sources & Methods of Source Analysis (3 ECTS)
- Foundations of Research – 1: Sources & Methods of Source Analysis (3/5 ECTS)
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Worlds to Discover: The Qayrawan Collection
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
- Foundations of Research - 1: Sources & Methods of Source Analysis (3 ECTS)
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Living under ISIS
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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Why are we so determined to find Amitābha in Gandhāra?
Lecture
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Tsuvadi Gender: A mixed form- and semantic-based system
Lecture, This Time For Africa! series
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Traces of Language Contact in Niya Prakrit
PhD defence
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OSCoffee: Open Science and AI - Synergy or Contradiction
Lecture
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Graduation Pieces: Studying at the Hangzhou National Art School, 1928–1937
Lecture, China Seminar
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LUC Admissions Office Online Open Hour
Study information, Admission & Application Workshop
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By the rivers of Babylon: New perspectives on Second Temple Judaism from Cuneiform texts
“BABYLON” investigates the extent of the similarities between Babylonian and post-exilic forms of cultic and social organization and explores the question how Babylonian models could have influenced the restoration effort in Jerusalem.
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The future of the past is enough to make you feel down
The slogan of the Faculty of Archaeology, ‘The Future of the Past starts at Leiden University’, might sound like empty marketing speak. But there is something to it. The past can teach us a lot about climate change and that could make us fear the worst for our future. Archaeologist Gerrit Dusseldorp…