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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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‘Let’s try not to lose sight of each other’ – Interview with Annetje Ottow
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a clear impact on Leiden University. Students and staff are angry or scared, feel unsafe and are experiencing group pressure.
- Faculty Research Day 2025
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Book ‘De Glazen Toren’: ‘The balance isn't quite right anymore’
Writing a book on the recent history of Leiden University in corona times. For educational and policy historian Pieter Slaman (34), this has meant working in the attic of his parents’ house while they looked after his daughter, along with numerous online conversations and very few, if any, visits to…
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy
Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a super-massive object at the centre of the Milky Way. This picture could only be taken thanks to the cooperation of telescopes worldwide.
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Social Science Matters: Out-of-home placement
...What does seem clear, though, is that there is a great deal of room for improvement in the process of out-of-home placement. The FSW's social and behavioural scientists give their views.
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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Kiki and Esther show that lowering work pressure takes hard work
All those new initiatives and new policies are nice, but how do they affect work pressure and student welfare? You can judge that best by walking around on the work floor, according to Kiki Zanolie (Faculty Council) and Esther van Leeuwen (Institute Council). As chair persons, they work diligently to…
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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge
Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arabic. Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).…
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Leiden Law Cast: The prison population NL vs. BE with Miranda Boone
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Executive Board adopts committee’s recommendations on Israel-Palestine
The Executive Board proposes to take the decision to suspend the existing institutional student exchange programmes with two Israeli universities, and until further notice not to engage in any new exchange programmes with Israeli universities that have comparable links with the Israeli military (the…
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Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830
For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…
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Leiden Law Cast #2: The role of the criminal defence lawyer with Dr M. Lochs
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Taboo on raising social safety issues must go because we really need to do better
Last year, 15.8% of all employees of Leiden University experienced undesirable behaviour. This is one of the findings of the 2021 Personnel Monitor. ‘That number is far too high. We have to get rid of the taboo on raising this issue and addressing offenders,‘ says Martijn Ridderbos, in an open and…
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International students speaking: 'Dutch directness, helpful people and roze koeken'
The new academic year is on its way and for most students it takes some getting used to being present at the KOG every day. What about international students? We spoke with three internationals who have been studying at Leiden Law School since this academic year.
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Four decades of eLaw: computer science hand-in-hand with law
Research and education at the intersection of law and technology is more important than ever. With its 40 years of experience, the eLaw department, founded in 1985, is ready for the future. Time to reflect on four decades of innovation.
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Testing linguistic theories with deep learning: a case study on meaning predictability
Lecture
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Histories of Intellectual Property
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Tuesday Talks: Science Insights | 12 November 2024
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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National WO-Day during Economics Education Week
Conference
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Frontiers of Children's Rights: A Summer School for Professionals
Study information
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The private and public sides of Weibo: combining economic and political economy perspectives
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Who did all the work? The hidden labour of colonial science
Conference, Workshop
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Astronomy on Tap
Lecture, Astronomy on Tap
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Online webinar cyber security
Study information
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Understanding the role of prosody at multiple levels of linguistic organization: Experimental and crosslinguistic insights
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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Franchising Legal Frameworks
PhD defence
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Meet your Graduate School – Start of your PhD
Study information, Graduate School
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The Advent of Abrī: The First Wave of Paper Marbling in the Long 16th Century (ca. 1496–1616)
PhD defence
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CANCELLED: LCN2 Seminar: Algorithms for Network Visualization and beyond
Lecture
- Get to know the new assessment system Ans
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LUC Major Choice Declaration Deadline
Study information, Major Choice Event
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FeedbackFruits Training
ICT, Research
- ELS lab meeting - Lunch & Learn: ELS lab meeting - ELS Resolutions
- LUCAS “Role of Experience” reading group with Nidesh Lawtoo
- LUCAS “Role of Experience” reading group
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Open Science Lunch - Faculty of Humanities
Debate, Lunch
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Interaction with Sound for Participatory Systems and Data Sonification
PhD defence
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Open Science Week at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Festival
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Hybrid Josephson junctions and their qubit applications
PhD defence
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Webinar on research funding with China
Research
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Study Abroad Kick-off Session: Second-year bachelor’s students Public Administration and Security Studies
Study information
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Individual Attitudes and Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Occupational Pension Plans in Six European Countries
Lecture
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OSCoffee: Introduction to ReproducibiliTea journal clubs—the what, why, and how
Lecture
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New Year’s reception - FSW
Conference
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OSCoffee: Introduction to ReproducibiliTea journal clubs—the what, why, and how
Lecture
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European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025
Conference
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Basic Principles of Linked Open Data & SPARQL
Workshop
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Cocktail bar tour Amsterdam
Staff Association