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Chris Smiet wins Christiaan Huygens prize
Christopher Berg Smiet, who defended his thesis at LION with Dirk Bouwmeester, won the Christiaan Huygens prize for his thesis '‘Knots in Plasma’. On 7 October, he received a certificate, a bronze statuette and ten thousand euros.
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Christiaan Huygens episode Het Klokhuis recorded at Leiden Observatory
The Klokhuis dedicates a special episode to Leiden alumnus and famous scientist Christiaan Huygens. Part of the episode was recorded at the Leiden Observatory. Leiden researchers also helped shape the episode, which debuts on Tuesday 2 November.
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Quinten Meertens nominated for Christiaan Huygens Science Prize 2021
Is it acceptable for an algorithm to make mistakes? Quinten Meertens investigated this at Leiden University and the UvA and has been nominated with his research for the prestigious Christiaan Huygens Science Prize. The winner will be announced on 11 October. In April, Meertens received his doctorate…
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Bernard van Heck Wins Christiaan Huygens Prize 2016
Bernard van Heck has won the Christiaan Huygens Prize 2016 for his Leiden PhD research on electrical circuits for quantum computers. On behalf of the KNAW, the Dutch minister of Education, Culture and Science awards this prize annually to a researcher who has made an innovative contribution to scien…
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Huygens
Niels Bohrweg 2, Leiden
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Christiaan Lamers
Science
c.h.c.b.lamers@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4799
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Christiaan Russcher
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
p.c.russcher@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Christiaan Pen
Science
pen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1876
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Christiaan Tisseur
Faculteit Geneeskunde
c.j.tisseur@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 2316
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Christiaan Menkveld
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.h.c.menkveld@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Christiaan Henkel
Science
c.v.henkel@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Christiaan Huisman
Expertisecentrum SOZ
c.j.huisman@usc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4610
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Restaurant Huygens
Huygens, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA, Leiden
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Reception Huygens/Oort
Huygens, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA, Leiden
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Christiaan van Buchem
Science
vbuchem@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5737
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Christiaan van Beek
Faculty of Humanities
c.j.h.van.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Christiaan van der Bent
Faculteit Geneeskunde
c.van.der.bent@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 526 2173
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LU-Card support centre Huygens/LMUY
Huygens, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA, Leiden
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Non-food vending machine Huygens/Oort
Huygens, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA, Leiden
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.j.verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dirk Bouwmeester Lab - Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
The research program of the QO group has three leading themes: Optical Physics, Quantum Optics, and Photon-Matter Interactions. We work mostly at the boundaries between these themes with entanglement as a bridging and binding agent.
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A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)
A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) was published in July 2015, edited and translated by Adriaan van der Weel and Peter Davidson.
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Wall formula about Huygens' pendulum painted on Leiden fire brigade tower
The seventh Leiden wall formula has been finished. Over the last few weeks, mural artists Ben Walenkamp and Jan Willem Bruins have painted Christiaan Huygens' pendulum formula on 'De Brandmeester' an old drill and hose tower in de Plaatsteeg, just behind the Breestraat in Leiden.
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In Memoriam: Christiaan van Gorkum
Christiaan van Gorkum passed away on 30 October 2015.
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Traineeship Huygens ING
Binnen het project eCodicesNL (Huygens ING) kunnen stagiairs aan de slag van februari tot en met mei 2022. Tegen een stagevergoeding van 250 euro per maand mag je handschriftbeschrijvingen in XML-TEI creëren, corrigeren en updaten. Ben je geïnteresseerd? Stuur dan je motivatiebrief en CV voor 11 december…
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Vacature Huygens Instituut
Het Huygens Instituut zoekt een of twee studentassistenten voor het project eCodicesNL.
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Pioneer Christiaan Weijts: clandestine novelist in literary circles
In a new series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this first instalment: novelist and columnist Christiaan Weijts (1976). ‘I always felt as though someone would tap me on my shoulder once they’d discovered my clandestine presence.’
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Researchers recreate 17th-century perfume by Constantijn Huygens
A team of researchers from Young Academy and the Huygens ING/NL Lab has brought a three-century-old fragrance to life based on a recipe by Constantijn Huygens. The fragrance makes the past more tangible and can help people experience history differently.
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Caroline van Eck wins Descartes-Huygens Prize
Caroline van Eck has been awarded the Descartes-Huygens Prize. She will receive the award in March 2014. The prize includes a period as a guest researcher in France. Van Eck has been awarded the prize for her excellent research and her contribution to French-Dutch collaboration.
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Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of war
Paul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. The war years brought his lightning career to an abrupt end: his son was murdered and he himself was imprisoned in a concentration camp. A sad family…
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Locations then and now
With its iconic buildings, Leiden University has a strong presence throughout the city. The university has left its mark clearly on museum collections in the city.
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Archiving email of leading scholars
One of the tasks of Leiden University Libraries is to manage academic heritage, including letters and scholarly archives of leading researchers. Much of this material is nowadays created digitally and email is one of the main forms of communication. Hence, the UBL launched a pilot for acquiring and…
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Looking at the big world of microbiology through the smallest lenses
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, died 300 years ago. 2023 has therefore been designated the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek year. The new Unimaginable exhibition in Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is about the amazing world that Van Leeuwenhoek made visible. What was so special about the way he worked?…
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Celestial worlds and comet hysteria in Van Dishoeck exhibition
A moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission, antique globes and the cosmos according to Wassily Kandinsky. Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics, has put together an impressive exhibition at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave.
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Awards and Grants 2019
An overview of awards and prizes granted to our staff and students in 2019, as well as special appointments and royal distinctions.
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Scholarly Personae in the History of Orientalism, 1870-1930
This volume examines how the history of the humanities might be written through the prism of scholarly personae, understood as time- and place-specific models of being a scholar.
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Mariska Kriek is back – but this time as a professor
She left Leiden after her PhD and now, 14 years later, she returns as Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy. Mariska Kriek investigates how galaxies originate and evolve. And she is eagerly awaiting the launch for the new James Webb telescope: ‘The coolest things we are going to find are those we’re…
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Quantum optics for asylum seekers
The Clinical Epidemiology department at the LUMC has set up a series of lectures for asylum seekers. The series has become a huge success.
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Other alumni whose portraits Rembrandt painted
Rembrandt painted the portraits of more Leiden alumni than we can show in the route. Discover who else posed for Rembrandt.
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Oort
Niels Bohrweg 2, Leiden
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LMUY
Einsteinweg 55, Leiden
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Link between Rembrandt and the University
There are various links between Rembrandt and Leiden University
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Gorlaeus Faculty Office
Einsteinweg 55, Leiden
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Bridging Sri Lanka and The Netherlands through astronomy
'Find your way from the stars’, an online workshop on Nautical Astronomy, was one of the winners of The Netherlands Online Cultural Challenge 2020. The workshop was conducted in collaboration with the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach, Leiden University’s Astronomy & Society Group, and the Department…
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Jesse Dijkshoorn: ‘I had to learn to take time off’
Research master's student in history Jesse Dijkshoorn collaborated on a transcription system for medieval texts. ‘It’s nice to make the Middle Ages accessible to people.’
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Editors and Advisory Board
The Common Market Law Review has an internationally composed Editorial Board and Advisory Board.
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Jihad and Islam in World War I
Studies on the Ottoman Jihad on the Centenary of Snouck Hurgronje's
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Understanding the complexity of intelligence problems
The complexity of an intelligence problem determines to a great extent the certainty that can be provided by intelligence and security services.