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Characterization of innate immune cells in the glioma microenvironment
PhD defence
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Making and Breaking Global Order in the Twentieth Century
Conference, INVISIHIST Conference
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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CEO of Tata Steel: ‘We have a debt of honour as a company’
Hans van den Berg, CEO of Tata Steel NL, is in the eye of the storm. He continues to believe in connection, debate and knowledge that will make green steel possible.
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2021: This was the year of our faculty
2021 was an eventful year once again for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA). Hybrid, working from home, online education, on-campus education, face masks, self-tests, keeping distance, quarantine and the coronavirus. Words that have now become a standard part of our vocabulary when…
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‘Surgeons and rowers have a lot in common’
Rower Boudewijn Röell (31) already has one Olympic medal, but he's hoping to win another in Tokyo. 'At some point, though, you do have to stop.' Easier said than done in a time of corona.
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Russia correspondent Eva Hartog: ‘Return to the Netherlands? No way!’
Russia correspondent Eva Hartog took a Master’s in Political Philosophy in Leiden in 2011. This former editor-in-chief of The Moscow Times sees this short period as a new chapter in her life. And she is once again contemplating her future now she can no longer ask the big questions in Russia.
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Jasper Knoester's 2023 New Year's Speech
During the New Year's reception on 10 January 2023, Dean Jasper Knoester adressed the faculty in his New Year's speech. He looked back on the past year, but also looked forward at the developments within the faculty.
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A hornets’ nest: Leiden University during the Second World War
‘That hornets’ nest in Leiden must be destroyed,’ said Dutch National Socialist Party member Robert van Genechten in November 1942. He was referring to Leiden University. Why this hatred? Emeritus Professor of University History Willem Otterspeer has written a book about Leiden University during the…
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Thijs Porck is the winner of the second LUCAS Public Prize!
Thijs Porck, expert in medieval English, has won the LUCAS Public Prize because he has made his research and education visible to a wider audience. Thijs has reached the national media, secondary schools and a lot of views with his blogs and videos. The prize consists of a certificate, trophy, 1000…
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Strategies in the Battle Against Neonatal Nosocomial Infections
PhD defence
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Proof techniques in the quantum random-oracle model
PhD defence
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Sexuality in the Renaissance. From dissertation to public book
Lecture, Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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Spatiotemporal building stock modeling for residential decarbonization in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Understanding syncope in the framework of transient loss of consciousness
PhD defence
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Network Analysis Methods for Smart Inspection in the Transport Domain
PhD defence
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Food insecurity, dietary quality and health in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Giant galactic outflows and shocks in the Cosmic Web
PhD defence
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Biomarkers and Prognosis in Cardiac Surgery in the ICU
PhD defence
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Substrate adaptability in the beta-lactamase BlaC
PhD defence
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Dynamics of the opioid crisis in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Negotiating Europeanness: Race, Class, and Culture in the Colonial World
Conference, Workshop
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VVIK Lecture: Court politics in the Vijayanagara successor states
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Pluriform prosody in the voice, face, and hands
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
Round Table
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
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On Campus Master's Experience Day: Faculty Medicine / LUMC
Study information
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?
In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of the House over the Republicans. But the Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate. Three of our researchers, experts on US politics, share their…
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‘Leaving the master and into the desert. Slaves escapes in the Spanish Sahara in the 1940s and 1950s’, Ali Al Tuma
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Seventeenth-century depictions of sacred sites in the Kailasanathar Temple at Nattam, Tamil Nadu
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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In the Making #2: Etienne Kallos, Searching for a Diasporic Time Image
Lecture
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Politics, Humanity and Resistance: The Case of the Bethel Church Asylum in The Hague
Lecture
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LUCDH Workshop: An Introduction to Large Language Models in the Humanities
Lecture
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In the Making #6: Anna Scott, Jed Wentz, Laila Neuman, Emma Williams, Art Without Soul?
Lecture, Conversation
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International Socialism: Transnational Socialism, Free Movement, and Migration in the early European Parliament
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Heritage languages in the Netherlands: Scholars, teachers, and students in dialogue
Lecture, Workshop
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A Matter of Speech: Language of Social Interdependency in the Early Islamicate Empire (600-1500)
Conference
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Collecting Latin America: Actors, Networks, and Approaches in the 20th century
Conference, Symposium
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The Construction of Nationalism in Chinese Media Events in the Reform Era
PhD defence
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Protecting Cyberspace in the Indo-Pacific through European and Japanese Cyber Diplomatic Initiatives
Lecture
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India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-2000
Conference
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a Pelagic Empire: Japanese Whaling and Early Territorial Expansions in the Pacific
Lecture
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Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL44)
Conference, Symposium
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Concubines vs. Khatuns: Sexual Slavery and Marriage Policy in the Turco-Mongol Middle East
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- International conference: Patristic Sermons in the Middle Ages: Collections, Mediators and the Practice of Compiling
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Americans go to the polls: 'The midterms are more than a popularity poll'
On Tuesday 8 November, Americans will go to the polls for the so-called midterm elections. 'We tend to look at this election as if it were a poll on Biden. But it’s not a presidential election,' emphasises associate professor Sara Polak.
- Seminar 4: The Formation of Discourse Communities in the Early Middle Ages
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Students win poll in CSM elective ‘Governance of crime and social disorder'
Teacher Dr. Elke Devroe introduces group role-play on actual themes of governance of crime and social disorder. In the final session of the course, the classroom was transformed into a theatric scene where students applied their insight into the contemporary debates on various issues in governance…
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Workers of Istanbul Unite! A Socialist Workers' Organization in the Late Ottoman Capital, 1909-1922
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series