984 search results for “age of revolution” in the Public website
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The First Horse Herders and the Impact of Early Bronze Age Steppe Expansions into Asia
The article investigates the origins of Indo-European languages in Asia by 65 coupling ancient genomics to archaeology and linguistics.
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How partisan politics influence government policies in response to ageing populations
Kohei Suzuki is Assistant Professor at Institute of Public Administration. This study carries several important implications for understanding the policy impacts of a graying population and for studies of the welfare state, in general.
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Star formation and aging at cosmic noon: the spectral evolution of galaxies from z=2
Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Franx & Prof.dr. P.G. van Dokkum (Yale University)
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Personal ornaments: changing identities in the Dutch Neolithic and Bronze Age
Numerous beads and pendants of amber, jet and bone have been found in Dutch Neolithic and Bronze Age context, both in settlements and in graves. Because ornaments are personal items, they are closely linked with people’s identity.
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The Iseum Campense from the Roman Empire to the Modern Age. Temple - monument - lieu de mémoire
The Iseum Campense, the impressive sanctuary for Isis and the Egyptian gods on the Campus Martius and arguably one of ancient Rome’s most notable absent presences, is a monument central to various debates.
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Profile 2. Settlement history of the Frisia in the Middle Ages
The narrow but long stretched stript of Frisian land along the North Sea was already occupied before Roman times. However, man repeatedly suffered setbacks when he tried to extend his living space, both in the tidal marshes and the peat area south of them.
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neurobiology of depression and the relation between stress, mental health, ageing and chronic illness
I want to understand the overlap between physical health, mental health, and healthy aging and whether/how stress (behaviorally and biologically) may tie these concepts together.
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Cramsey's book, Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the Ethnic Revolution in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1946
Lecture, Book talk
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‘A revolution is coming in treatments for neurodegenerative diseases’
Professor by Special Appointment of Clinical Neuropharmacology Geert Jan Groeneveld will deliver his inaugural lecture entitled ‘The importance of the biomarker’ on 11 March 2022. According to him, new genetic knowledge will revolutionise drug research.
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How do I age? Photo-voice project in The Hague
Research into the wishes and (care) needs of older migrants
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The Dark Middle Ages: Language of Vice in Histories of Science, 1700-1900
In comparing a selection of 18th-century histories to a representative sample of 19th-century histories of science, this project inquires: Which early modern vices persisted into the 19th century and to what extent were those vices embodied in anecdotes, conveyed through commonplaces, or symbolically…
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Sacrificial Landscapes
Cultural biographies of persons, objects and 'natural' places in the Bronze Age of the Southern Netherlands, c. 2300-600 BC.
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(electro-driven) sample preparation tools for metabolomics study of muscle aging
This thesis focuses on the development of sample-preparation methods for small amounts of samples and applying the developed methods to muscle tissues to investigate the mechanisms involved in sarcopenia.
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Bronze Age Bling
In January 2015, during an excavation ahead of a road-building project in the west of the Netherlands, archaeologists from the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden, ARCHOL BV and ADC Archeoprojects recovered an extraordinary set of Bronze Age artefacts.
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Technology in Border Areas: Discretion and Decision-making in the Information Age
On 20 March 2019, Tim Dekkers defended his thesis 'Mobility, Control and Technology in Border Areas: Discretion and Decision-making in the Information Age'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. J.P. van der Leun en Prof. dr. M.A.H. van der Woude.
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Foreign intelligence in the digital age. Navigating a state of 'unpeace'.
The Hague Program for Cyber Norms, a research program at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, published its first policy brief, in which Dennis Broeders, Sergei Boeke and Ilina Georgieva explore the role of intelligence agencies in cyberspace and the (im)possibilities of oversight and regulation…
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‘Brain scanners are bringing about a revolution in neurolinguistics’
Brain scanners have radically changed neurolinguistics. They are increasing our understanding of how the brain processes language. Professor Niels Schiller has produced a standard work on this.
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Illness and Literature in the Low Countries. From the Middle Ages until the 21th Century
From as early as classical antiquity there has been an interplay between literature and medicine.
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Alverata, a present-day, European typeface with roots in the middle ages
The subject of this thesis is Alverata, a twenty-first-century typeface whose design was inspired by the shapes of Romanesque capitals such as those found in inscriptions of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
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added value of multimedia to repeated story book reading in preschool age
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"Getting Organized"
In January 2014, the research project The Promise of Organization hosted a fruitful three-day conference:
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Bacteria growing on light and air: a revolution for biotechnology?
Research to experiment with bacteria that grow like plants has been granted the NWO XS grant. These bacteria use light and carbon dioxide to grow, and will be designed especially for use in the biotechnological field. Tijn Delzenne and his supervisor Dennis Claessen can spend 50.000 euros on the exp…
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for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830
For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…
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Islam, Colonialism and the Modern Age in the Netherlands East Indies
A Biography of Sayyid ʿUthman (1822–1914)
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The Modern Devotion. Spirituality and Culture from the Late Middle Ages onward
The Modern Devotion: pone of the most influential religious initiatives in the late medieval Low Countries.
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The early Middle Ages a ‘golden age for the elderly’? Not quite!
According to a number of British historians, the elderly had a particularly high status in the early Middle Ages. A new book by Leiden cultural historian Thijs Porck sheds a different light on the matter: elderly people had to earn that respect first, and old age was often described in negative terms…
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models for clearance of renally excreted drugs across the paediatric age range
The kidneys play a major role in the elimination of drugs. In children, the exact age-related physiological changes underlying kidney function remain largely unknown.
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Francesco Busti
Faculty of Humanities
f.busti@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2668
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Voila/Neuromet
To be able to identify, slow down and reverse functional deterioration in the elderly to give them more years of good health.
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Julia van den Berg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.f.van.den.berg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6814
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Ilse Schuitema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
i.schuitema@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Viola Schmid
Faculteit Archeologie
v.schmid@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fenying Zang
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.zang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jingjing Cao
Faculteit Archeologie
j.cao@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1603
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Sara Polak: 'We have seen a failed attempt at a revolution'
A flood of news reports, push notifications and even extra news broadcasts: on Wednesday, the world was shocked by the storming of the Capitol in Washington. Americanist Sara Polak discusses the events.
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Ice Age hunters destroyed forests throughout Europe
Large-scale forest fires started by prehistoric hunter-gatherers are probably the reason why Europe is not more densely forested. This is the finding of an international team, including climate researcher Professor Jed Kaplan of the University of Lausanne and archaeologist Professor Jan Kolen of Leiden…
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Age determination in young asylum seekers under discussion
The way age is determined by the IND is being questioned as a result of several court rulings. The problem is that it is difficult to determine whether a young asylum seeker is just over or under the age of 18. So far there is no suitable way to determine exactly how old someone is, Mark Klaassen, associate…
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Iron Age canoeing
In 2005 Leiden's municipal archaeologists excavated a 2,700-year-old canoe dug out from a tree trunk. Researchers from Material Culture Studies are now building a reproduction of this vessel using replicas of Iron Age tools. The researchers are hoping to gain a better understanding of the building p…
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Before Temples
A study on the utilisation of Iron Age rectangular structures and related depositional practices in the Low Countries
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Relations of Duty in an Age of Rights
PhD defence
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Youthful DNA in old age
The DNA of young people is regulated to express the right genes at the right time. With the passing of years, the regulation of the DNA gradually gets disrupted, which is an important cause of ageing. A study of over 3,000 people shows that this is not true for everyone: there are people whose DNA appears…
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New spinoff company to solve major roadblock in the quantum revolution
Physicist Kaveh Lahabi’s research on quantum materials led to the launch of a new company: QuantaMap. With his colleagues, he developed a sensor that will improve the production of quantum computer chips. ‘It turns out that what I need for my fundamental physics research is also very useful for the…
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Simone van der Hof
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.van.der.hof@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Gerrit Dusseldorp
Faculteit Archeologie
g.l.dusseldorp@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2428
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Valerio Gentile
Faculteit Archeologie
v.gentile@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Refugees’ “Right to Have Rights”: Opening Doors between Nations
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Riia Timonen
Faculteit Archeologie
r.e.timonen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jim Been
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.been@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8569
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Leah Powell
Faculteit Archeologie
l.r.powell@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727