Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

The research team of Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia from Sweden (Stefan Amirell, Birgit Tremml-Werner, Eleonora Poggio, Ariel Lopez, Maarten Manse, and Hans Hägerdal) will come to Leiden in November. They will give the public lecture with COGLOSS about various case studies under their…

Personal development

As coordinator and lead promoter respectively of the Leiden Healthy Society Center, psychologists Sandra van Dijk and Anke Klein use interdisciplinary collaboration to resolve the major health problems of the present day. How are they going to do that in the coming period?

We must cooperate more! This statement often comes along, but in practice it often turns out to be recalcitrant to shape interfaculty cooperation well. Because how do you make the time? How do you find the right partner? How do you arrange funding? And to what extent are goals and methods sufficiently…

On December 1, 1924 professor Jean Philippe Vogel founded the Society Kern Institute in order to establish the Kern Institute, an institute of Indian archeology at the University of Leiden. The Kern Institute opened its doors in April 1925 and grew in the following decades. The society under the current…

During education week, the Leiden Healthy Society Center (LHSC) organizes its fourth knowledge café. The theme this time is Father Involvement. Fathers are playing an increasingly important role in parenting and are essential for the development of the child. Although the role of fathers is increasingly…

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Conference, Interdisciplinary Workshop

At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researchers will be able to devote themselves to their PhD research. Let’s meet these new PhD candidates!

An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.

How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly down to chance, luck, fate. But that was preceded by a unique degree in decorative arts in Leiden.

How do parents communicate anxiety to their child via body language and words? Psychologist Cosima Nimphy studied this question for her PhD research. Experiments show that children of anxious parents are not more sensitive to their parents’ signs of anxiety.

The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. On December 9th, a symposium around his work will take place at Leiden University Libraries. This will be combined with the launch of Maria Boletsi's book…

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory'.

On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.

Three professors voice their concerns about a vulnerable group in our society: children who come into contact with youth care.

‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, the Dutch party system, and specifically how the rise of extremist parties influences democracy. She will start as a professor in Leiden in mid-October…

With great sadness we share the news that Prof. Harold Linnartz passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday 31 December 2023. We are all in shock, and our thoughts are with his wife and children, other family, and friends. Harold was at the heart of our institute, as a researcher, as a supervisor,…

If you study law, you won’t necessarily end up striding round a law firm in tailor-made suits. Alumnus Harrie Schoffelen certainly hasn’t: he made the conscious decision to follow another path in life. Together with his fiancée he runs a successful food truck on the tropical island of Bonaire. ‘Return…

In his leaving interview, Martijn Ridderbos doesn’t have to think long when asked what he is most proud of. ‘Bringing people together; creating things together. Reducing the gap between researchers and the staff who support them because the latter are essential. We’ve achieved that and the seeds have…

After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.

So much has happened this year! 2023 was an eventful year in which several wars raged about which our experts could offer interpretation. It was also the year in which the government made apologies for the slavery past. Leiden humanities scholars were at the forefront of this with their research on…

Join us and meet your fellow research support colleagues at the third Leiden Research Support Conference in PLNT Leiden on Monday 5 June. The conference in Leiden for and by research support professionals.

Celebrate with us the 446th Dies Natalis of Leiden University on 8 February 2021. This year, Professor Ineke Sluiter will deliver the Dies lecture, after which Professor Carel Stolker will give a short speech. An honorary doctorate will then be conferred on human rights and child rights activist Graça…

Lecture, Book presentation and Q&A

Debate, Leiden Asia Academy

The Faculty of Science, Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) invites you as a research support professional for our upcoming event!

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Workshop

Workshop

At this event you will get to learn about the network and how it can be of help to you. You will also have the opportunity to get to know more of your fellow research support colleagues. And there will be a chance to tell us your wishes and ideas so that together we can make our support network stronger.…

The purpose of the LRSN live events is to get to know each other and to learn from another. For the next edition, the Humanities faculty invites us for a visit! More information and registration link follows soon. Programme Presentation and Q&A on the research support surrounding Impact, data…

The purpose of the LRS live events is to get to know each other and to learn from another. For the next edition, the Faculty of Archaeology invites us for a visit!

This informal gathering is an excellent opportunity for exchanging information, ideas, experiences and questions in an informal setting. Topics may include open access publishing, data sharing, posting preprints, citizen science and open education. Whether you have lots or no experience with OS, we…

With Leiden2022 drawing nearer, LeidenGlobal is busy developing extra activities to demonstrate the knowledge that is present in Leiden and to create interaction with a wider audience. With this valorisation, the partnership between several cultural and academic institutions in Leiden matches the theme…

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Know what you're breathing! From 30 June to 2 July, the Citizen Science Lab will go on an expedition to record the air quality in Leiden.

On May 21, the French Language and Culture program will host a public lecture on creole languages. The lecture will be given by Prof. dr. Marlyse Baptista, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a leading expert on creole languages. She is in Leiden in connection with a workshop on creole languages…

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Lecture

If so, please join us for this lecture by Dario Fazzi — Professor of Transatlantic Environmental History at Leiden University. In his talk, Fazzi will explain how he uses techniques such as role playing and VR technology to teach ecological awareness to a global group of students. Following the…

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The celebration marking the opening of the new academic year will focus on the role that science can (and perhaps should) play in shaping the gamut of policy from the local to the global. This question will be considered from many different perspectives: from both the purveyors (academics and students)…

As a reseach support professional, this conference is your opportunity to connect with peers, share knowledge, and learn about the latest trends in research support under the theme: Connectors and collaborators - The evolving role of professional staff in research.

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