3,446 search results for “history of science” in the Public website
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Exploring the Bio Science Park
On 23 November, more than 70 students visited companies at the Leiden Bio Science. This second edition of the BSP Excursion included a fundamentals track and had a special focus on start-ups.
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David KühlingFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
d.kuhling@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Antoinette HaverhalsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.haverhals@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Willemijn PlompFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
w.p.plomp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rüya KoçerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
r.g.kocer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Thaddeus BergéFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
t.m.g.berge@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Simone Mulder
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
s.f.mulder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Erica Hyatt
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
e.l.hyatt@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Guadalupe Cañas Herreracanasherrera@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Counting plants and small freshwater creatures for citizen science
Local residents, scientists and students are investigating riverbanks in Leiden for the 'Bank Plants' citizen science project. Which plant species are found where? And how can the municipality of Leiden improve its riverbank management to ensure optimal biodiversity?
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Leiden Bio Science Park acclaimed best business park in the Netherlands
On 8 October, the Leiden Bio Science Park won the Menzis award for the Best Business Park 2009. The jury particularly praised the fact that 25 years ago when the park was founded, the choice was made in favour of the biomedical life sciences, a specialisation still successful today.
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Alice Twemlow named professor by special appointment of the History, Theory and Sociology of Graphic Design and Visual Culture at University
Alice Twemlow has been named professor by special appointment in the Wim Crouwel chair in the History, Theory and Sociology of Graphic Design and Visual Culture at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam.
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Laura Zwepl.b.zwep@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Elisa Goudriaan wins Ted Meijer Prize
The KNIR has awarded Elisa Goudriaan the Ted Meijer Prize for her dissertation The Cultural Importance of Florentine Patricians. Cultural Exchange, Brokerage Networks, and Social Representation in Early Modern Florence and Rome (1600-1660).
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Working and growing in science
'We must set out an agenda, in partnership, to manufacture our own means. This will stimulate science, small businesses, jobs and society in Africa and beyond.' With these words Naledi Pandor opened the symposium 'Science Diplomacy and International Development', which was held in her honour on 27 Februari…
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Sjoerd HuismanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
s.m.h.huisman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275374
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Andrew HoffmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.s.hoffman@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Holger Hooshh@liacs.nl | 071 5275777
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Peter Grünwaldpdg@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Writing a bottom-up, practice-oriented and connected history of Christianities in the medieval Middle East (12th-17th centuries
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Sander van Rijns.j.van.rijn@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799
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Marta Fioccom.fiocco@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277144
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Master's students Data Science present solutions to central government and the House of Representatives
On 1 November 2019, international Master's students Data Science from Leiden University presented the elaboration of their data concepts to senior officials of the House of Representatives and Rijks I-Ecosysteem. With the presentation, they successfully completed this part of the Data Science master…
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Humanities & Science students barbecue together
To celebrate the end of the semester the Science and Humanities Buddy Programme organised a barbecue together, which has become a small tradition. The barbecue marks the third co-organised activity between the two Programmes and helps to bring international and Dutch students together. The Buddy Programme…
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Streaming the Past
Watch and talk along with today’s science of the past during weekly Let’s Plays of popular games and vodcasts on the livestream platform Twitch.
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon
Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ and ‘evaluation frameworks’. This made debates more abstract and less ideological.
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Pioneers in Migration History
Conference, Symposium
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Frank van Lunteren
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
f.w.van.lunteren@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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‘The sun is dying out’ as a wake-up call for better science communication
‘Take science communication more seriously.’ This is the message that Ivo van Vulpen, professor by special appointment in Science Communication in Physics, wants to convey during his inaugural lecture. At the moment, a lot of researchers look down their noses at this while it is extremely important…
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Professor Willem Otterspeer on his retirement: ‘My career is like the Danube.’
University historian Willem Otterspeer is about to retire, and he will give his farewell lecture on 4 November. Although... it is really a farewell? He still plans to write another five books, using oceans of archive material. 'An archive should be like the surf breaking on the seashore: wonderful…
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Leiden Science welcomes international students
From 24 to 27 January international students learn all about Leiden during the Orientation Week Leiden (OWL). On Wednesday, Leiden Science welcomed 60 new students from across the world, who are starting their master’s programme in February. The students were given the opportunity to meet their fellow…
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Robbert Dijkgraaf: ‘Diversity improves science’
His Leiden honorary doctorate, the future of scientists, and diversity in science. Robbert Dijkgraaf tells about it in one of the classical rooms of the Academy Building. ‘It's very special, my honorary doctorate. A rare homage.’
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Rozemarijn VlijmFaculty of Humanities
r.vlijm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Manon PostFaculty of Humanities
m.j.j.post@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271257
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Neilabh SinhaFaculty of Humanities
n.sinha@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Beryl PrenenFaculty of Humanities
i.b.prenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Savvas SkoufaridisFaculty of Humanities
s.skoufaridis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Jelmer RotteveelFaculty of Humanities
j.rotteveel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Marjolein Jorna
Faculty of Humanities
m.jorna@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Willemijn TuinstraFaculty of Humanities
w.tuinstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Travis Bowman
Faculty of Humanities
t.m.b.bowman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Daan StremmelaarFaculty of Humanities
d.stremmelaar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Lina Lerch
Faculty of Humanities
l.lerch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Caspar Dullemond
Faculty of Humanities
c.c.dullemond@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Hannah Busch
Faculty of Humanities
h.f.busch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Aart Ruijter
Faculty of Humanities
a.ruijter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Petr Koluch
Faculty of Humanities
p.v.koluch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Leonard Ornstein
Faculty of Humanities
l.s.ornstein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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David Knibbe
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Verwey
Faculty of Humanities
j.verwey@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646