1,095 search results for “lecture at science” in the Staff website
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2022: 'Christiani et Ceteri. The Treatment of Christians in the Roman Empire'
Lecture
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Lunch lecture: ‘Geo’-Politics and Animist Social Contracts in the New Himalayas
Lecture
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Different dimensions of openness in open science practices. The importance of collaboration for societal goals
Seminar
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Public lecture: Challenges of Teaching Controversial Issues in a Post-Conflict Society
Lecture
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LUCIR Lecture: Inside Gang Governance: How and Why Gangs Rule the Streets of Rio de Janeiro
Lecture
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Leaving Science: A Large-Scale, Cohort-Based, Longitudinal Approach, 2000-2022
Seminar
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Exhibitions Examined: the value and challenges of visitor research in science museums
Conference
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Dynamics and practices of internationalisation in model organism science - a South American perspective
Seminar
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Getting students away from screens... and into the landscape
Leiden University's International Honours College, Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) experienced empty halls and empty classrooms this past year on the residential campus on the Anna van Buerenplein in The Hague due to the global pandemic. Dr Paul Hudson designed a Covid-proof course that enabled…
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Seeing Stars: Jupiter steals the show in cloudy night skies
After months of preparation, the moment of truth had arrived: would the skies above Leiden clear for the promised glitzy planet-and-star show? The people of Leiden turned out in their hundreds to go star-hunting on 25 September. They became more aware than ever of the effects of light pollution.
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LUCIR book talk: Awakening to China’s Rise: Europe amid US-China Strategic Competition
Lecture
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Lecture Frits Scholten: Private Devotion & Immersive Play - The Use of 'Spiritual Toys' in the Late Middle Ages
Lecture
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European Strategic Dialogue lecture series: A New Beginning for UK-EU Relations
Lecture
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Who did all the work? The hidden labour of colonial science
Conference, Workshop
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Forum Antiquum Lectures Spring 2023: The Revisionist Muse: Recent retellings of Greco-Roman myths from a female perspective
Lecture
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LLM Inaugural Lecture: ‘Strategic Navigation in Troubled Waters: Advancing the Rule of Law on the International Stage’
Inaugural lecture
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Transformative Transdisciplinarity. Aligning Science and Society Through Community-Based Research?
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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How can academics be supported in the face of threats on social media?
'Academics who share their knowledge with the outside world on social media are often insulted or even threatened. Especially female academics and academics of colour seem to regularly be the victim of sexist and racist comments.' This is what Ineke Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature…
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How do European Muslims see their future?
Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting European Muslims to complete an anonymous survey about how they see their future and the role of Islam in this. He will present the first findings at the…
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Medical Delta professor Marco van Vulpen: ‘I advocate the introduction of the share factor’
Proton therapy is a new way of treating cancer in which radiation doses are delivered more precisely. This results in less damage to surrounding tissue and fewer side effects. Professor Marco van Vulpen is medical director of HollandPTC in Delft, where the social value of this therapy is studied. Van…
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Work balance: 5 tips from education coaches
Work balance is an important issue within the Faculty of Humanities. Education coaches Astrid Van Weyenberg and Maarten van Leeuwen also deal with this regularly during their coaching sessions with lecturers. They have listed their most important tips.
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Special operations in an era of escalating great power competition: ‘There is no shortage of challenges’
On Tuesday 20 September, David Kilcullen, one of the world’s leading experts on modern warfare, visited Campus The Hague of Leiden University to discuss future developments in special operations and the escalating competition between great powers.
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Orange the World: Visible and invisible violence against women
On 25 November, the global 16-day campaign 'Orange the World' against violence against women and girls started. Leiden University will also be paying attention to this campaign. On Friday 9 December, Renate van der Zee and Marieke Liem will give a lecture at the Campus The Hague (Spanish Steps, Wijnhaven)…
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How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists
With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Carole Tiberius will stress the importance of research on word combinations. ‘We know a great deal but there is a…
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Leiden University and Oegstgeest to build affordable green housing
Leiden University is seeking bids from developers for housing in Nieuw Rhijngeest-Zuid, the Oegstgeest part of the Leiden Bio Science Park.
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Pressure on River Management Leads to more Frequent Flooding
In his new book 'Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands', Paul Hudson Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Leiden University College in The Hague, examines human impacts on lowlands rivers. The past twenty years the pressure on large fluvial lowlands has increased tremendously because…
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‘Europe actually listens’: three Leiden political scientists about the responsiveness and effectiveness of EU policy
The image of the European Union (EU) as a remote law-making machine is widespread. Quite often journalists and politicians deliberately depict ‘Brussels’ as bureaucratic, even undemocratic, bypassing its citizens. And many of us buy into that image. Nikoleta Yordanova, Anastasia Ershova and Aleksandra…
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2022: 'After Lights Out: Studying Classics in a World War II Internment Camp'
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Claire Vergerio shortlisted for CEU Excellence in Teaching Award
Political scientist Claire Vergerio (Leiden University) has made it to the final stage of the selection process for Central European University’s annual European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities. As the 2019 Casimir Prize winner, Vergerio was nominated by the Faculty…
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Megan Vaughan: Africa in the time of Coronavirus. Biology, history and politics
Lecture
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Numata Lecture: The Art of Brewing a Cup of Mindfulness: History of Gonfu Tea Ceremony across East Asia and Beyond
Lecture, Tea ceremony
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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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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2023: 'The proper time for marriage: Plato vs. Xenophon on law and persuasion'
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How do you measure democracy? Leiden political scientist collaborates on international freedom report
Wouter Veenendaal, a political scientist at Leiden University, is an analyst for the Freedom House report. Freedom House is an American non-profit organisation dedicated to democracy, political freedom and human rights. In short, the report describes the degree of freedom and the state of democracy…
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2022: 'You can fly! The interplay between text and reader in narrative comprehension'
Lecture
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2023: 'Tempori serviendum est: Cicero’s public voice under the dictatorship of Julius Caesar'
Lecture
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Researcher develops Google for archaeologists
An incredible quantity of archaeological reports are stored in digital archives. If you want to search for information in them, you have to do this manually. And that is a real chore. Archaeologist Alex Brandsen has now used deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, to develop a search engine…
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Leiden workshop in Political Science - Playing to the audience: Responses to violations of international order
Lecture
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Podcast: The art of Presenting
We have the pleasure of hosting organisational psychologist Fieke Harinck. Fieke is an expert on negotiation, communication skills and improvisation and co-author of the book ‘The Art of Presenting’. She shares invaluable insights and advice on how to deliver impactful presentations that captivate your…
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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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Leiden workshop in Political Science: Why Shia militancy won’t die
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Leiden workshop in Political Science: (Extreme) Political Polarization and Party Patronage
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Leiden workshop in Political Science: The Distributive Effects of Trade in Emerging and Developing Countries
Lecture
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Far From Home: The science exploitation of the fastest milky way stars
PhD defence
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LUC The Hague: Celebrating the Class of 2022
On Wednesday 6 July 2022 Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2022. The 170 students received their Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree’s in LUC’s interdisciplinary honours programme Liberal Arts & Sciences: Global Challenges.
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Ad IJzerman
Ad IJzerman, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacochemistry, was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 26 April. He was presented with the royal honour by Mayor Elbert Roest in the town hall in Bloemendaal.
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‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’
Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and think tanks impact the authoritarian leadership’s views on what constitutes the country’s national interest in the international arena. On 14 November…
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open
Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information calls for such information to be made open. Professor Ludo Waltman is one of its initiators. What needs to change?
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture 2023: The Place of Archives in Modern African Studies: A Searchlight on the Patronage of National Archives of Nigeria
Lecture