417 search results for “exploring the universite” in the Staff website
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Vein Men / Vein Women? Bloodletting Diagrams, Medical Practice and Gender in Later Medieval Europe
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Workshop Generative AI & Embodied Cognition
Lecture
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Owl Winter Edition - FSW
Study information
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Joanita VroomFaculty of Archaeology
j.a.c.vroom@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276087
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611
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Victoria NystAfrika-Studiecentrum
v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272208
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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
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Asia Academy #17: South Korea's Political Rollercoaster
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Uncorking Language
Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat
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OCP Workshop on Vowel Harmony
Conference, Workshop
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms - February 2025
Lecture
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Meijers Lecture and New Year’s Reception: starting the new year full of enthusiasm and inspiration!
In traditional style, 2025 was ushered in at our faculty with the Meijers Lecture followed by the New Year's Reception. On Thursday 16 January 2025, the Meijers Lecture took place in the Lorentz Lecture Hall where the Meijers Prizes and the Van Wersch Springplank Prize were also awarded. At the New…
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Word by word, the first modern Japanese-Dutch dictionary is nearing completion
It was more than twenty years ago that the plan for a Japanese-Dutch dictionary was born. Now it contains over 65,000 words, and completion is tentatively coming into view. Dictionary makers Oscar Veltink and Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren talk about their enthusiasm for this decades-long mammoth task.
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New Professor Hanneke Hulst is a team player
Hanneke Hulst has held the new Leiden chair in Neuropsychology in Health and Disease since 1 September. From 1 January she will also be chair of the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology (HMN) unit. ‘HMN is my new base. I’m curious to find out about the people who work here, what they do and what motivates…
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Success with NWO for social and behavioural scientists
Ten Leiden social and behavioural scientists have successfully applied for the NWO Open Competition. With this Open Competition, NWO gives researchers the chance to start small, high-risk, innovative or promising research projects.
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Introducing: Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria
Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the ERC-funded project “Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia”, led by Fenneke Sysling. Below they introduce themselves.
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Meijersprijzen en scriptieprijzen uitgereikt tijdens nieuwjaarsreceptie
Op dinsdag 10 januari 2022 zijn tijdens de facultaire nieuwjaarsreceptie de jaarlijkse Meijersprijzen en de scriptieprijzen uitgereikt.
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’
Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed PhD candidates from universities across Europe. She is already enthusiastic – both about the programme and her fellow scholars. ‘I would like to bring…
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How does the European Union deal with distinctiveness?
On 31 January 2024, Alex Schilin defended his dissertation ‘United in Distinctiveness: The Institutionalisation of Differentiated Integration in Economic and Monetary Union during the Sovereign Debt Crisis.’ What motivated him to research this specific topic, and how did he tackle this project? And…
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Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC)
Lecture, Studium Generale
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X-raying the hot gas in the outskirts of galaxy clusters
Prof.dr. J.S. Kaastra dr. A. Simionescu Summary Forming at the nodes of the Cosmic Web and growing hierarchically via mass accretion, galaxy clusters are the largest virialized halos in our universe, composed of dark matter (DM; ∼85%), ionized hot plasma in the intracluster medium (ICM; ∼10-15%), and…
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Trade Unions in Morocco: National Unity, Political Struggle, and Trade Union Fragmentation in the Independent State, 1955-1978
PhD defence
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European Day of Languages
Join HERLING to celebrate the European Day of Languages! Participation is free of charge and you do not need to register in advance. There will be activities/presentations in both English and Dutch.
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Structures of Power: US Infrastructure Building in the Circum-Caribbean During the Bad Neighbor Era
On Monday, 25 September 2023, Professor Kristin Hoganson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) will lead the inaugural session of the Seminar Series on Modern North American History, jointly organized by the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg and the Sciences Po Center for History…
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Gig economy and digital labour in Iran: what space for workers’ rights between public discourses and legal practices?
All are welcome, however please register in advance at l-peg@hum.leidenuniv.nl to receive a copy of the paper and lunch.
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The Unseen Saints of Islam: Sufi Ritual and Religious Worldmaking in Java
PhD defence
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- Migration and Remittances Major Projects: Wrapping Up and Ramping Up
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On the Backlash: The Weimar Republic and the Contemporary World, UCDxLeiden
The INVISIHIST research project invites all faculty and students to a special lecture hosted on Thursday, 14th March with Dr Mark Jones, Assistant Professor at University College Dublin.
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Training course for education managers and leaders
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Second Social Safety Dialogue Session: Power Relations and Dynamics
The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) is excited to launch the Social Safety Open Dialogue Sessions in collaboration with Human Resources (HR). These sessions aim to create a space where everyone's voice matters. We want to turn discussions into tangible actions, ensuring that the community's collective…
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Criminal Liability of Pilots in Aviation Accident Cases
PhD defence
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Emergence of Linguistic Universals in Neural Agents via Artificial Language Learning and Communication
PhD defence
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Well-being moment for staff: Spring lunch walk
The days are lengthening, the birds are singing, and the first plants are starting to blossom. Spring is here! Would you like to enjoy the new season during your break from work? Healthy University is organizing lunch walks for university staff in Leiden and The Hague. Whether you are already used to…
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The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Underground China
Lecture, China Seminar
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FAO at the crossroads: democratic reformism or "market authoritarianism"? The case of the Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación en Reforma
Join us and our guest speaker, Dr. Mario de Prospo, to explore the role of the United Nations in assisting the Chilean government in implementing agrarian reforms during the 1960s and 1970s, shedding light on the influence of multinational expertise in governance. Focusing on the role played by US economist…
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‘We died the day we left the forests’: Documenting the collective memories of the lost heritage of the Basua of Bundibugyo
Lecture
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Well-being moment for staff: Summer lunch walk
Summer is here! Would you like to enjoy the new season during your break from work? Healthy University is organizing lunch walks for university staff in Leiden and The Hague. Whether you have gone on a walks with colleagues during lunch before, or if this is your first time, you are welcome…
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PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform
Lecture
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Two psychologists on a date with the Rector
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this edition…
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Taskforce promotes the interests of contract and external PhD candidates: ‘We must level out the playing field’
The University wants to improve its support for contract and external PhD candidates. A taskforce headed by Dean of FGGA Erwin Muller has made over fifty recommendations, varying from an improved PhD portal and flexible work places on the campus to the right to vote in employee participation bodies.…
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Plans for Faculty of Humanities financial policy are now known: ‘Shared responsibility necessary’
The Faculty of Humanities is heading for a financial deficit in 2024 and subsequent years. After the report of the analysis core group, the Perspective 2028 steering group submitted their advisory in report in May. The Faculty Board has now has drawn up a Plan of Action, in consultation with the institutes…
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
On October 29, 1923, the Turkish Republic succeeded the defeated and partitioned Ottoman Empire. The year 2023 marks the centenary of the Republic of Turkey. For a century, it remained the focus of international attention due to its strategic position between Europe and Asia. The Republic’s political,…
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Participatory Action Research: possibilities and challenges in the humanities
Masterclass at the occasion of the 2024 Terra Incognita lecture in Colonial and Global History at Leiden University. By Professor dr Ruth Bush, University of Bristol. With participation online of Dr Monique Kwachou, Dr Serge Alain Agnessan, and Dr Finagnon André Gaga (TBC). Open for Research Master…