1,703 search results for “humanities” in the Student website
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Herta Mohr
Witte Singel 27A, Leiden
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About the Writing Lab
The Writing Lab is for students of the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden and The Hague.
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Wilhelmina E. Jansenfonds
Master
- Courses
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Sallie Mae Student Loans
Bachelor, Master, Short Course, PhD
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LUF International Study Fund (LISF)
Bachelor, Master
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Nettle workshop: fiber, nutrition and stories
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Leiden University Fund - Lutfia Rabbani Scholarship Fund
Master
- Media | Art | Politics (MAP)
- Daring questions in Islam
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Course and exam enrolment
Course and exam enrolment
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Academic calendar
The academic year officially commences on 1 September and ends on 31 August. On national holidays and compulsory closure dates, the university is closed and no lectures take place.
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LUSTRA+ Scholarship
Bachelor, Master
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NL Scholarship - Outgoing
Bachelor, Master
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Arteriosclerosis and drug discovery: two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research
One discovered that arteriosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease, while the other developed a system to aid in the search for new medications. For these achievements, Marie Depuydt and Jurren de Groot were awarded the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award on the evening of Tuesday 4 June.
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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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Trustee Funds (Curatorenfondsen)
Bachelor, Master
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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LUF-SVM Fund
Master
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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Writing skills
Good academic writing skills are essential for the successful completion of your study programme. Learn about the best ways to write and how you can motivate yourself to write well by taking a look at the tips on this page.
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Writing Lab Leiden: Thesis kick-off
Have you just started with your bachelor or master thesis? Then sign up for the Writing Lab's thesis kick-off. In two workshops you will get tips and strategies to make a good start on writing your thesis!
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Safety instructions
The university finds it important that students and staff are offered a safe environment. Read here about the safety measures in place and what you should do in case of emergencies or other incidents.
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LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity Seed Fund
Master, PhD
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Minerva Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Chinese Calligraphy for everybody
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Studying archaeological roads gives insights into connectivity and movement
Archaeologist Tuna Kalayci investigates roads in a recent edited book. What happens if we think of roads not only as containers of action but also as dynamic and complex phenomena, as the action itself? This question inspired Dr Tuna Kalayci to bring together various studies across a wide range of epochs…
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International exchange coordinators
International exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your study programme.
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Vacancy: Student assistant project "German in the Netherlands" (start: 1 September 2024)
Education, Research
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Podcast: Animals have emotions
In this episode, we talk with Mariska Kret about the expressions of emotions in humans and animals. Mariska explores the similarities and differences in emotion expression in humans and primates. Want to learn more about Mariska's research and discover why it's important that we learn more about animal…
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‘Homo sapiens is too arrogant: call us Homo faber, the toolmaker’
We need to dispel the arrogant and misguided idea that modern humans are superior to earlier human species. It is thanks in part to all our predecessors such as Neanderthals that we are who we are today. This is what Marie Soressi, Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology, will argue in her inaugural…
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Exemptions and petitions
Do you want to request a change to the academic requirements set by your study programme? Perhaps you want to be exempted from a particular course, because you think you have already acquired the knowledge elsewhere. Or do you want academic credits earned at another institution to be counted towards…
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23 November: Buildings WSD-complex close at 17:00
Facility, Organisation
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book
This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body.
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Maxim Osipov - Public Interview By Michel Krielaars
Lecture
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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CSC-Leiden University Scholarship
PhD
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Not wrapping but folding: Bacteria also organise their DNA (but they do it a bit differently)
Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by new research from biochemists at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Biology. The discovery helps us better understand…
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Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution
We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the evolution of our jaws, facial muscles and teeth.
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Digitisation: ignoring it is no longer an option
‘Jelena Prokic, university lecturer and researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities, will be preparing students for the challenges and opportunities of the digital world. In September, six modules will start on subjects such as statistics and digitally searching through texts.…
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Results of the National Student Survey (NSE) 2023: more attention needed for career preparation
Every year the National Centre for Study Choice asks students to evaluate their degree programme via the NSE. Data from the survey helps improve programmes and prospective students can make a well-considered choice of which programme to follow. 2,892 students (38.4%) from the Faculty of Humanities took…
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Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group
Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of social science and humanities researchers who are exploring ways to mitigate the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in a just and equitable manner, with due consideration to the human rights of present…
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Out now! LEAP # 2: (Mis)Reading Nature
LEAP is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 2021 by a team of junior and senior scholars of Leiden University as part of a Faculty-broad Master course. Each year the journal has a new editorial board and a new theme. Series editors Astrid van Weyenberg and Nanne Timmer guide this process and are assisted…
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How did we discover fire?
Controlling fire was a turning point in the development of human civilisation. But how did fire become part of the human toolkit? The BBC radio show CrowdScience discusses the topic with Leiden archaeologists Andrew Sorensen and Kathy MacDonald.