1,180 search results for “chemical world” in the Staff website
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Symposium: Rules for a lawless world? The international legal order in an age of great-power struggle for normative primacy
Conference, Symposium
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Meet our new colleague Letty ten Harkel: ‘I am interested in what happens when different cultures come together’
In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she has built up an impressive track record in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Read the interview about her background and research…
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’
How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other students and writer Dubravka Ugrešić. The premiere of the film was on 4 May during the online Hour of Remembrance. Watch this online memorial.
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Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA)
In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a couple of months, it’s high time to check in and see how the project is going.
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New publication affirms academic legacy of Hanna Stöger
In summer 2018 classical archaeologist Hanna Stöger passed away. At that moment she was in the midst of several cutting-edge research projects on the use of space in the Roman city of Ostia. To make sure that her groundbreaking work would not go unpublished, long-time colleagues Hans Kamermans and Bouke…
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Was Suriname expensive or not? ‘The economic situation has never been properly assessed’
His Surinamese neighbours in Amsterdam gave Russia expert and economic historian Isaac Scarborough an idea: a re-evaluation of the Surinamese economy in the twentieth century. An NWO XS grant will enable him to make a start on this.
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Worlds shaped by words: A cross-linguistic investigation into the neural mechanisms of lexico-syntactic feature production
PhD defence
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Disorienting Empire
Conference, Workshop
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…
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Seminar on the Implications Trump 2.0 for Europe, America, and the World
Conference
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'Language is part of your identity’
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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How to be an Academic in a World on Fire: A Hands-On Workshop co-organized by LUGO and OSCL
Lecture
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Gijsbert Rutten new professor of Dutch Linguistics
Gijsbert Rutten has been appointed professor of Dutch Linguistics with effect from 1 July. In this position, he will focus on language change and language variation, with a particular emphasis on historical sociolinguistics.
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Boron, Nitrogen, and Carbon-Based Two-Dimensional Materials
PhD defence
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Designing the next generation of precision medicine
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
k.beerden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2761
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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AI in Chemistry: minisymposium
Conference
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Researcher teaching in the classroom: ‘We need to imitate nature more closely’
How can we supply the growing world population with sustainable energy? At Laurens College in Rotterdam, Prof. Marc Koper speaks with the students about the crucial role of chemistry in the energy transition. Guest classes like this are a good way for school students to learn about the academic world,…
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Tunnel vision alarm in the search for more efficient hydrogen cells
A tenacious postdoc researcher persuaded Professor Marc Koper to research the oxygen reduction reaction. In Koper's eyes, there was little of interest there. But they promptly discovered a whole new way to improve fuel cells on hydrogen and oxygen. Their article appeared in Nature Catalysis on 07 Ju…
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Leiden students develop highly contagious card game
Infecting each other with viruses and bacteria while protecting yourself with medicines and vaccinations. Sounds like a fun evening, right? Master students Life Science & Technology Rafael Jezior and Dennis de Beeld certainly think so. Together, they developed ImmunoWars: an exciting card game based…
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LION Image Awards
On 15 January, the winner of the famed LION Image Award will be announced. Submissions ranged from the famous 3d printed microboat to an eerily abstract graph depicting a Majorana fermion.
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Sabine WittingFaculty of Law
s.k.witting@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193
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Jaap CorthalsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.corthals@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589
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Martin BergerFaculty of Archaeology
m.e.berger@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Bart CustersFaculty of Law
b.h.m.custers@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Karen SmithFaculty of Humanities
k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271737
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978
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Marie KolbenstetterFaculty of Archaeology
m.m.kolbenstetter@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jacqueline VelFaculty of Law
j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gavin RobinsonFaculty of Law
g.l.robinson@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Henning LahmannFaculty of Law
h.c.lahmann@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838
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Andrew SorensenFaculty of Archaeology
a.c.sorensen.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1681
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Simone van der HofFaculty of Law
s.van.der.hof@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Vincent NiochetFaculty of Archaeology
v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396
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Nina van CapelleveenFaculty of Law
n.u.van.capelleveen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7607
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Herman SiemensFaculty of Humanities
h.w.siemens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7040
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Thomas FossenFaculty of Humanities
t.fossen@phil.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5244
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Philippe van GruisenFaculty of Law
p.van.gruisen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7853
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274692
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
g.r.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272023
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273983
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Song Tan
Faculty of Humanities
s.tan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bruno VerbeekFaculty of Humanities
b.verbeek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272030
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities
s.t.m.de.beer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2671
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
p.j.harvey@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727