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International Studies celebrates 10th anniversary: ‘We’re unique in the world’
September 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of International Studies bachelor's programme. Some (former) staff members tell us what they think makes the Faculty of Humanities' largest programme so special.
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‘Make science communication more work and less hobby’
Young researchers met this month for the fifth Science Communication Summer School. ‘This is the first time some participants get to meet other researchers who also enjoy science communication. It’s great to see’, says Julia Cramer, one of the coordinators.
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Ambassadors visit Leiden: ‘Knowledge knows no borders’
Over 30 ambassadors strengthened their ties with researchers and university leaders in a recent visit to Leiden University. Cross-border collaboration (both literal and figurative) was the theme of presentations and a tour of the Hortus botanicus.
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Three questions about the Ethics Committee
Whereas ethical research rules were previously mainly associated with the sciences, today they also play an increasingly important role in the Humanities. What are the consequences of this for researchers in the Humanities? And when do you need the Ethics Committee? We discussed this question with Dorota…
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Jasper's Day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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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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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development.’
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Students kick-off next construction phase of new Gorlaeus building
And the construction has started! Students of the Leiden Science study associations ceremoniously hammered down the first poles of the new Gorlaeus on Tuesday morning. By doing so, they initiated the second phase of the construction of the second part of the new building.
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Leiden Classics: Bibliotheca Thysiana, a 17th century time machine
From once controversial scientific works and historical bibles, to personal shopping lists and clothing bills. The 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana and the archive of the collector Johannes Thysius exhibit both the intellectual and everyday life as it was three hundred years ago. Now a brand-new digital…
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Space oddity: Most distant rotating disc galaxy found
Researchers have discovered the most distant Milky-Way-like galaxy yet observed. Dubbed REBELS-25, this disc galaxy seems as orderly as present-day galaxies, but we see it as it was when the Universe was only 700 million years old. This is surprising since, according to our current understanding of…
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First eLaw Conference: Law and/versus Technology
The first eLaw Conference held at Leiden University was a success and fostered timely discussions on the legal challenges and opportunities presented by digital technologies.
- PCNI Research Seminars 2021-2022
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Paleonerds Lecture: Visual Palaeopsychology
Lecture
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Begriffe der Moderne
PhD defence
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Prof. Roger Brownsword, Hans Franken Lecture 2024
Lecture
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Untold Stories: representation, heritage and museums
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Finding Your Way (In and Out of the Art World): A Phenomenology of the Art Novel
Lecture
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Between Diversity and Decolonisation: Museums as Media, and the Representation of Ainu in Museums in Japan
Lecture
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PCNI Research Seminar on Political Meetings
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Colonialism and the Age of Revolutions (1780-1830)
Conference
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Healthy Society Event
Conference, Launch Healthy Society Center
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Liveable Planet congres: Lokaal beleid voor een leefbare planeet
Conference
- Roundtable: The making of disability / the making of migration
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Practicing informed consent; dilemmas and experiences in social science research
Conference
- Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Film Screening: Crip Camp
Arts and culture, Conference | D&I Symposium
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Comeniusfestival 2022
Festival
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A New History of Fishes: Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880)
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Celebration 50 years of the University Council
Conference
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Food for Thought: Health and Wellbeing in a Healthy Society - Youth
Lecture, Food for Thought
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Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
Conference
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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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Open science means better science
Leiden University has an active open science community. Open science means transparency in all phases of research by precisely documenting every step of the way and making this publicly available. ‘It’s time to be open,’ say psychologists Anna van ’t Veer and Zsuzsika Sjoerds. There is increasing awareness…
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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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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund
The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclusion, with specific emphasis on creating an inclusive learning environment.
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'Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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Diversity symposium 2021: small steps can increase inclusion
‘Culture change takes time,’ said Vice-Rector Hester Bijl at the closing panel of the University’s Diversity Symposium on 26 January. She talked about the road to a diverse and inclusive university. The symposium provided plenty of concrete examples of small steps that can already be taken.
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…
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Woodland Imagery in Northern Art: Book launch with Leopoldine Prosperetti (independent scholar) and referent Joost Keizer (University of Groningen)
Lecture
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“De” outside the cleft: An evidential operator in the C domain
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Harris or Trump? Implications for Asia (and beyond)
Lecture, Asia Academy
- LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Experimental Ethnographies
Lecture
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Hybrid Symposium 'Pageantry, Ritual and Popular Media: Netherlandish Practices of Public Diplomacy in 16th- and 17th-Europe’
Conference
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Symposium on furthering cross-university academic cooperation
Conference
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Live Event: China’s Digital Future
Debate
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Pluractionality in classical and modern spoken Arabic
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Annual Cities, Migration, and Global Interdependence Seminar 2023
Conference, Annual Cities, Migration, and Global Interdependence Seminar
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Beyond Risk? Understanding the Threats of the Anthropocene
Conference
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Celebrating and nurturing academic freedom. Presenting the report ‘Academic Freedom, a Leiden Line’
Presentation