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Amṛta: Between Myth and Materiality – A Symposium in Honour of Marijke Klokke
Symposium
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A good pedometer encourages physical activity - but not for everyone
eHealth can improve our lifestyle without the involvement of a healthcare provider. Talia Cohen Rodrigues investigated the possibilities for people with cardiovascular diseases. ‘People with a low socioeconomic status may be more difficult to reach with eHealth.’ She will defend her doctoral thesis…
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Department of Child Law welcomes back alumna Lucy Opoka
In the summer of 2021, Lucy Opoka was awarded one of the coveted Meijers PhD positions. In October, she arrived back in Leiden, where she obtained her LLM degree Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights in 2019. Professor Liefaard interviewed Lucy upon arrival.
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Former scientific director physics remains active. ‘Through this role, I continue being part of the future.’
For many years, he was active in various management positions at the LION and even after his retirement he is still very involved. Professor Jan Aarts leads the Leiden hub of the Quantum Delta NL growth fund and is now temporarily responsible for national educational activities. In this way, he is helping…
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Sign up for free activities during the Healthy University Week 2023
Social
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A Global South Divided: Rising Powers in International Environmental Politics
Lecture, China Seminar
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New method to find Majorana’s tested for the first time
Jianfeng Ge and Milan Allen of Leiden University look for majorana quasiparticles using shot noise measurements
- COGLOSS seminars 2024-2025
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Experience less work stress: free activities during Work Stress Week 2023
Human resources
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Reminder: Sign up now for activities during Vitality Week (25-29 September)
Human resources
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Anniversary activity: visit Leiden University at the Impact Fair 2025, get a discount!
Leiden University will share impactful research and teaching with policymakers, businesses and the general public at the Impact Fair in Utrecht on Thursday 3, Friday 4 and Saturday 5 April. Visit our stand, meet over a hundred inspiring exhibitors – and get a discount on your ticket.
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Activity-based Housing: opening up the FB to all staff
Facility
- Language Policy and Practices Series
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.
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Text Matter: The Material and Political Lives of Javanese Manuscripts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Active Acquaintance for 130 new BA Archaeology students: ‘Wellbeing, study succes, and having fun is all connected’
Every year the newly arriving Archaeology students are invited to join an active introduction day during which they get to know the Faculty and each other in a playful and fun way. The activities are organised by Study Adviser Cleody van der Eijk. ‘It helps people to loosen up and get to know each o…
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’
In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But the most interesting players come from the ‘Global South’, Professor Alanna O'Malley and her team argue in a podcast.
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Hong Kong's Place in South East Asia
PhD defence
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colleagues, no picture frames but on the wall: evaluation of activity-based working at FSW
No fixed offices, only flexible workstations: For colleagues in the Faculty Office and CADS, it has been everyday reality since the Activity-based Housing pilot. In a new evaluation, colleagues are positive, although some miss the convenience of having their own office.
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
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Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy: The Challenge of Paradox
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025
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‘Actively listening makes a difference but can be harder than removing a tumour’
As Professor of Translational Neuro-oncology, Marike Broekman researches how brain tumour treatment can be improved. She will discuss this in her inaugural lecture along with her work as a neurosurgeon and the importance of a positive workplace culture.
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AMPK activation as host-directed therapy to improve tuberculosis treatment: Computational characterization and prediction of intracellular pharmacology
Rob van Wijk (LACDR, Leiden University) and Robin van den Biggelaar (LUCID, LUMC) have been awarded a €10,000 euro KIEM grant from Leiden University to start an interdisciplinary collaboration to investigate the potential of AMPK activation as an adjunctive therapy to enhance tuberculosis treatment.
- Work Stress Week 2024: free activities to help reduce work-related stress
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"I Now Declare You…”: Marital Status as Legal Technology in South Africa, Past and Present
Commission on Legal Pluralism - Keynote Lecture
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From Coup to Classroom: Viewing the South Korean film "12.12: The Day (Sŏul-ui pom)"
Film screening
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Taking Up Space: Waste and Waste Labor in Developing South Korea
PhD defence
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The Open Door to Hidden Paganism. Abraham Rogerius’s Account of South Indian Hinduism (1651)
Lecture, Booklaunch - CoGloSS | Oosters Genootschap | Leiden University Press
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Graphic Novels in South-Africa: the Work of Nathan Trantraal
Arts and culture
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Forced Choices: Migration, Identity, and Belonging in the South Tyrolean Option (1939-1955)
Lecture, LIMS seminar / Austrian Studies Seminar
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Financing the Basel German Evangelical Mission in South India during the 19th century
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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Atelier classes to go ahead: Small-scale teaching as part of activating curriculum
Education, Organisation
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Mio PoortvlietFaculty of Science
poortvliet@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4380
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Yingjian LiuFaculty of Science
yingjian@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Wolfgang LöfflerFaculty of Science
loeffler@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5931
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Hyojin PakFaculty of Humanities
h.j.pak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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David Simon DechantFaculty of Science
dechant@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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José DupontFaculty of Science
dupont@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276464
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Francien Bossema
Faculty of Science
bossema@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…
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Koenraad SchalmFaculty of Science
kschalm@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5516
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Executive Board of the University asks University Council for advice on activating person counters/sensors
The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors in due course. The Council will now look at this carefully before the Board makes a final decision. The advice of the University’s participation body…
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Korean delegation from Ministry of Government Legislation visits IIASL
On 31 August 2022, a delegation from the Korean Ministry of Government Legislation visited the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) at Leiden University as part of their official visit to the Netherlands. The delegation’s visit was aimed at exchanging knowledge and experience on interaction…
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Silence as a form of activism: 'It is precisely by being silent that you sometimes keep the conversation open'
We talk too little about silence, thinks university lecturer Gerlov van Engelenhoven. He has been awarded a Veni grant to investigate the role of silence in protest movements. Does silence sometimes really say more than a thousand words?
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Bachelor's research on ultra-thin nanochip nominated for Young Talent Award
Using 2D materials, physics student Romme van der Kemp developed a nanochip that is extremely small ánd scalable. This is needed to make all kinds of technologies better, faster and smaller. He has been nominated for the FWN Young Talent Award 2023 for his research.
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Public Support for Citizenship Expansion in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance
Last week, Ajay Gandhi, Assistant Professor at the Leiden University College, wrote an article about how spider's webs can explain the dynamics of social beings.
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CINETS 2026: Crimmigration in an Age of Authoritarian Drift
Conference
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Making Participation Matter? Citizen Science for Sustainability and Governance
Inaugural lecture
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Sanne Dokter-MerschFaculty of Humanities
s.mersch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8192