360 search results for “africa in the world” in the Staff website
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Rubicon grant for Leiden physicist: why do leaves of a tree always grow in the same shape?
PhD candidate Ludwig Hoffmann will spend two years at Harvard University in the US thanks to a Rubicon grant he won on April 11. Using theoretical models he studies biological tissues, for example during morphogenesis. This is the process that causes tissue or organisms to develop their shape. ‘This…
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has been nominated for the TOPX “Guiding Star” award (award for women in the Life Sciences)
One of our RISE members, Prof. Laura Heitman, has been nominated for the TOPX Females to Follow “Guiding Star” award. TOPX empowers promising and ambitious women, and aims to honour inspirational females with remarkable careers in Life Sciences. TOPX selected her (and 7 other female professionals) because…
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From 1 August no more disposable products in the cafes and restaurants: reusable tableware will become standard
Facility
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Butts off our campus: throw your cigarette butt in the bin
Facility
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Women in Data Science (WiDS)
Conference
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What is happening in Yemen?
Debate
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Robbert Dijkgraaf Essay Prize: 'Discoveries find their application in the most unexpected places'
With his essay 'Why science?', mathematics prodigy Lars Pos (18) won the Robbert Dijkgraaf Essay Prize. Within the theme 'The fascinating workings of science', the bachelor student wrote a plea for the societal value of fundamental scientific research. 'Because you don’t know beforehand where we can…
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The University in the time of coronavirus: from working at the kitchen table to a livestream PhD defence
The outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus changed your work? What do you miss most? And what is keeping you going? We asked a few colleagues.
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Would you like to know more about the Faculty Council? Meet them in the atrium on 13 April and get free lunch!
Organisation
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Would you like to know more about the Faculty Council? Meet them in the atrium on 24 April and get free lunch
Organisation
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Lancering The Hague Global Futures Hub
Conference
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to know more about the Faculty Council? Come and join us for a drink in the Foobar on 21 March
Organisation
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From discovery to business: 'In the lab, we often don't realise that we are working to help an immense number of patients'
'It gave our team a big boost to hear that our work was valuable,' says medical chemist Elmer Maurits about the moment they won the Venture Challenge. With their company Iprotics, they want to develop a drug that can better treat patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancers. 25,000 euros of prize…
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Elephants in the Room
Lecture
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
Panel conversation
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Celebrating 30 Years of IIAS
Festival
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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Ethnicity and endogeneity in the welfare state
Seminar
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Alumnus Sam van Raalte: From psychology to podcast
Alumnus Sam van Raalte followed his passion into freelance journalism.
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Combining classic and novel tools in the study of Historical Collections of Chinese Materia Medica in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Workshop How to find a job in the Netherlands
Study support, Career and apply for jobs
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Reflections on the painting in the Leiden Academy Building
Conference
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The Sociolinguistics of Rhotacization in the Beijing Speech Community
PhD defence
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Developmental effects of polystyrene nanoparticles in the chicken embryo
PhD defence
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North Sea Noise in the Anthropocene
PhD defence
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community
PhD defence
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Proof techniques in the quantum random-oracle model
PhD defence
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Spatiotemporal building stock modeling for residential decarbonization in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Giant galactic outflows and shocks in the Cosmic Web
PhD defence
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Substrate adaptability in the beta-lactamase BlaC
PhD defence
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Network Analysis Methods for Smart Inspection in the Transport Domain
PhD defence
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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From inquisitive exchange student to Californian dream job
As an exchange student, alumna Jessica Ma was already looking for a bridge between statistics and the real world. In Leiden, she gained the experience to follow her interests and, after a few detours, she landed her ideal job with Disney in the United States.
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.
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Eliciting preferences for EU-level social protection in the context of global challenges
Seminar
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Alumnus Sangbreeta Moitra: a speaker with a background in neuroscience
Her plan was to obtain a PhD, but, during her master’s, alumnus Sangbreeta Moitra discovered that her true interest lay in applying neuroscience in everyday life.
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What a glow in the dark squid tells us about the human gut microbiome
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Alumni in Indonesia: ‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’
Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to see their lecturers once again.
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OSCoffee: Doing Open Science in the Humanities: From Public Discourse to Qualitative Data
Lecture
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Ionica Smeets and Alex Verkade coordinators of national centre for science communication
Minister Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) has appointed Ionica Smeets and Alex Verkade as coordinators of a new national centre for science communication. The centre will foster a dialogue between researches and society and will gather and share expertise to make science communication more…
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How teaching inclusively changes the perspective and dynamics in the classroom
Lecture
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In cap and gown on the A12, titles on X? Academics in the public debate
Dialogue session
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SAILS Workshop: AI and LLMs: Keeping the Linguist in the Loop
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Exploring big data approaches in the context of early stage clinical
PhD defence
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Convergent molecular evolution of toxins in the venom of advanced snakes (Colubroidea)
PhD defence
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The dust and molecular gas in the torus of NGC 1068
PhD defence