With the emergence of online social networks (OSNs), the way people create and share information has changed, which becomes faster and broader than traditional social media.

Online cursus The Importance and Power of Music in our Society

In this course, you will explore the organs involved in our food digestion and discover the common causes of abdominal and pelvic pain. The latest graphics and animations will give you new insights and understandings of this part of the body.

This course provides an insider perspective into the work of international criminal courts and tribunals. You will learn about the investigation and prosecution of international crimes in The Hague.

This course explores international arbitration as one of the most common methods of international dispute settlement. You will gain an in-depth understanding of international arbitration through the analysis of its role as a mechanism of dispute settlement, its institutions, the fields of law it is…

With the growth of cybercrime in recent years, there is an urgency to gain insight into the money laundering process and the actors involved. This study focusses on the money laundering process and maps the actors involved in banking malware and ransomware.

This project will explore how Chinese digital networks are grounded in real-world institutions, and how interest groups and individuals use digital infrastructures to shape public discourse on national history.

In this article in International Affairs, Saskia Postema and Jan Melissen examine Chinese celebrities' UN-affiliated Weibo activism in the context of China's increasing engagement in the United Nations, which coincides with a shrinking domestic public sphere under Xi Jinping's leadership.

Promotores: J. Kok, M. Chaudron (Chalmers University)

A brief review essay on some of the work that has been recently published in the emergent field of digital ethnography.

This course explains the functions of each international court and tribunal in The Hague. On the basis of cases and interviews with judges and lawyers, this course explores the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice.

Leer meer over de Master Education and Child Studies tijdens de Online Master's Open Dagen van de Universiteit Leiden.

The Index of Middle English Prose, of which twenty-three volumes have been published since 1984, now has an online presence at imep.lib.cam.ac.uk. Thanks to the kind co-operation of Cambridge University Library and of the publishers, Boydell & Brewer, the indexes to all the volumes are now available…

In de ochtend van 6 november 2021 organiseert Signum een online symposium over het Delftse kartuizerklooster getiteld "Initiatiefnemers, draagvlak en materiële representatie van middeleeuwse kloosters. De casus van de Delftse kartuis". Deelname is gratis, maar aanmelden is noodzakelijk via patricia.stoop@uantwerpen.be.…

This paper examines the need and possibility for developing online resilience-based approaches in response to COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, often linked to the far right.

On 29 January 2019, Robbert J. van Eijk will defend his Ph.D thesis, in which he investigates the online advertisements that seem to follow you.

Want to have your say on the future of Leiden University? On our teaching, research and the organisation itself? Register for one or more online meetings on 25 and 28 June and you’ll be able to discuss this with other students and staff.

A conversation about expanding the disciplinary boundaries of the study and teaching of pre-modern English literature, on the occasion of the publication of Sjoerd Levelt’s The Middle Dutch Brut: An Edition and Translation. With: Shamma Boyarin (University of Victoria), Shazia Jagot (University of York),…

What is the effectiveness of (booklet or online) self-help programmes for people with somatic stressors and depressive symptoms? What works best for whom? How to improve motivation and adherence?

After the successful event about climate change in general last month, we continue with a new online event. We are excited to announce that the subject will be: Sustainable Travel! ⛵️⠀

The first Online Career Week took place last week, from 11 to 15 May. Instead of the Campus The Hague and Humanities Career Event, the Career Services of 3 faculties organised this alternative. Almost 400 students signed up!

The programme for the Medieval Studies' Day (4 November, Amsterdam) is now available online!

A freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern Europe (1350-1650) has been published by the Viabundus project.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Archaeology/Egyptology programme for this year comes in a new form. It is all-digital; consisting of virtual museum tours, Arabic classes, and Egyptology lectures!

Jenseitsvisionen werden mehrfach umgeschrieben – auch im Interesse von politischen, religiösen und sozialen Verhältnissen. Aus den Blickwinkeln unterschiedlicher Wissenschaftsdisziplinen wird die Tagung Funktion und Erzählstrategien mittelalterlicher Visions-Erzählungen in hagiographischen, historiographischen…

When I am working with master's students, I often hear myself or my colleagues praising the importance of establishing good relations with collaborators in the field

Spatial humanities are developing fast at the moment. This international expert meeting intends to bring together specialists from different disciplines in order to discuss possibilities, challenges, and next steps for spatial humanities that are concerned with late-medieval and early modern urban history…

On January 28 and 29, 2021 the conference ‘Imperial Artefacts: History, Law and the Looting of Cultural Property’ took place online. This first of its kind event at Leiden University was an interdisciplinary online conference and brought together (post-)colonial historians, legal historians, curators,…

Leiden University now offers almost 20 Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The enthusiasm displayed by participants makes it rewarding to develop and teach such courses, say MOOC lecturers Marlies Reinders and Edwin Bakker. But that is not all, ‘You bring together a global community.’

In Green Bank, Virginia are some giant radio telescopes which astronomers use to study objects deep in space. Because these telescopes are built to capture very faint redio signals, the area around the observatory is officially a 'radio-quiet' zone, without WiFi, radio or Cell signal. Photographers…

Thanks to the Department of Ethnology of the Albanian research institute for Cultural Antropology and Art Studies (IAKSA) the lectures given during the Tirana Spring School are now available on YouTube!

In these crazy Corona times we all work from home, and therefore we connect less with colleagues and our community. Since this way of working will remain the standard for a while, the coordinators of OSCL aim to stay connected with you, and facilitate contact between members in a new online way.

Whether it's brushing up on a language, a course on current legal issues, or a master's degree in cybersecurity. Get inspired at the Online Open Day for Professionals on 2 November.

How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with increasing rates of online crimes among adolescents? During the mini-symposium ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, presented by the interdisciplinary…

Research into the development of privacy-friendly care games for children.

The organizing committee has decided that the conference will take place fully online. We hope to provide more information about the particular online circumstances of the conference in January and how this decision may affect the format of the conference, as well as the registration fees.

The LUMC is the first medical institution in the world to offer a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on clinical kidney and pancreas transplantation.

How can you stay fit during quarantine? The University Sports Centre may be closed, but online it's even more 'open' than usual.

The ICEHL committee is currently exploring the options for online formats of ICEHL.

Onder leiding van Artificial Intelligence-experts Marlies van Eck en Ronald van den Hoogen is het multidisciplinaire opleidingsprogramma samengesteld. Dit is de eerste editie van postacademische leergang van het Leidse PAO-bureau en extra bijzonder is dat de leergang volledig online plaatsvindt.

The basic program for 2022-2023 has recently been published online. The program of the Research School has been expanded with a number of important basic courses.

Asking the way to the beach in Scheveningen or buying cheese on the market in Leiden. With the new online Dutch & More language course, prospective international students can get to know Dutch in a Leiden setting. The online course is available for international students at Leiden University and starts…

On 14th April the ARC session Sound, Technology and Listening, dedicated to the presentation of work carried out at the Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire, took place through an online public platform. Four students from the second-year research master's at the Institute of Sonology did…

Live presentation Farmacie at the Master's Online Open Days, 5 October 2023

The video registration is now available on our Projects and Events page.

Do you frequently search the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) for western medieval manuscripts? Then you must have noticed important changes lately. Some 1800 summary catalogue records in Dutch were replaced by more elaborate descriptions in English. Furthermore, the catalogue interface…

The editors of the Journal of Sonic Studies are proud to announce that its 23th issue is online.

An online platform with instructive and social challenges to prepare students for the changing job market. This idea won the Piece of Skill team the Deans’ Challenge on 27 August. In this competition students invent solutions for global issues, selected by deans of Leiden University.

Everything around us is in motion. Students, the University, technology, society, the labour market and the world. These developments provide an impetus to experiment with new forms of education. This article samples a small selection of the many dozens of innovative educational projects. What is striking…

The editors of the Journal of Sonic Studies are proud to announce that its 24th issue is online.