336 search results for “antique agriculture and water management” in the Staff website
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainable Development and Livelihood, who will give her inaugural lecture on 25 February.
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Manufactured drought? An environmental history of water scarcity in Colonial Kenya, 1895-1952
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Programme accreditation
Degree programmes must be assessed and accredited once every six years to ensure they provide a high standard of education. You may be asked to speak to the assessment panel.
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Reuvens
Reuvensplaats 2-4, Leiden
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Living Labs and ‘pavement plants’: Leiden University’s contributions to biodiversity
Through various initiatives, Leiden University is trying to make people aware of the importance of biodiversity: the cultivation of a wide variety of micro-organisms, animals and plant species. This is important because in the Netherlands biodiversity has declined from about 40 percent in 1900 to about…
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National Meat Free Week: the main reasons to switch to a plant-based diet
National Meat Free Week (Nationale Week Zonder Vlees, 7–13 March) is an initiative to reduce meat consumption. Assistant professor Paul Behrens is studying what impact a change in our food consumption would have on the world. What, according to him, are the main reasons to switch to a (mainly) plant-based…
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Portable Antiquities: A double lecture by Caroline van Eck (University of Cambridge) and Mari Lending (Oslo School of Architecture and Design)
Alumni event, Lecture
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webinar Population Health Management
Study information
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Hortus botanicus
Rapenburg 73, Leiden
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Gravensteen
Pieterskerkhof 6, Leiden
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Nursing mothers' rooms Pieter de la Court Building
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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Ellen van Reuler
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.a.h.e.van.reuler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5077
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Felix Wittleben
Science
f.t.wittleben@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1718
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Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing
Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…
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Managing your references using Zotero
Study support
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Skillslab: Time and self management
Working effectively
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Academic management and leadership skills
Leadership, Personal development, Management
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Ecologist Emilia Hannula receives Gold Medal in Teylers Museum
Soil ecologists Emilia Hannula (Leiden) and Elly Morriën (UvA) received the Golden Medal of Teylers Tweede Genootschap on 5 November. They received the prize for their submission to a competition on sustainable soil management.
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Managing group work
Didactics
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Annemiek Hogendorp new head of HR Humanities
Annemiek Hogendorp has been appointed as head of the HR department of the Faculty of Humanities with effect from 1 January. ‘I’m very proud to be a member of Leiden University’s education and research community.’
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Academy Building
Rapenburg 73, Leiden
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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Data Management Plan course for PhD's
Didactics, Career development
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Mingming Hu
Science
hu@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1497
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Data Management Training Leiden Law School
Research
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’
It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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Exhibition Books that made history
From Galileo Galilei to Albert Einstein and from Anna Maria van Schurman to Anton de Kom: only a selection of the 25 authors who's books and ideas had extraordinary historical impact, in some cases even to this day. Leiden University Libraries and the National Museum of Antiquities jointly present the…
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P.J. Veth
Nonnensteeg 1-3, Leiden
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Research
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Managing and leading multidisciplinary research projects for impact
Research
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Woodworkers and farmers 3000 years ago: transitions from the Rigveda to the Atharvaveda
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Innovative research on impact of violent conflicts on food security in Chad
Violent conflicts and civil wars in Chad impede most rural households' access to food security, agricultural activities and access to essential services such as health care. In her dissertation, Nakar Djindil Syntyche denounces this issue. She obtained her PhD on 24 November.
- Scholarly Event: Conference and Event Management Software lunch talk
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Managing humanity's insanity: Becoming truly human within planetary boundaries
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
- Daring questions in Islam
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Workshop: Risk and Entrepreneurship – Old Discussions, Innovative Questions, New Insights
Conference, Workshop
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EU TalentOn: challenging young, academic talent to shape the future!
Research
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Professionalizing your community: an example from data management
Webinar
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Catering selection
The Party Catering Administration Office has special catering packages for the Faculty Club, and an overview is presented below.
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Private accommodation
If you are not eligible for university owned accommodation or if you prefer to buy or rent your own property there are a few things to take into consideration. The Service Centre International Staff can help you as well.
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Exhibition - Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Shadowy art from Leiden University Libraries
Ominous witches, gruesome monsters, and hideous freaks: from Saturday 15 June, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be putting the spotlight on the shady depths of human imagination in the exhibition Hello darkness, my old friend. Seventy works on paper from the collection of the Leiden University Libraries confront…
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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhibition and symposium are now being organised in his honour. What makes him so remarkable?
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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The ancient Egyptians were just like us
The people who lived in Saqqara, City of the Dead in Egypt, died thousands of years ago, but they are not all that different from us. This is what a study by the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands concludes. If you wanted to prove that you had good taste in ancient Egypt then…