614 search results for “plant discrimination” in the Staff website
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Disentangling drought-responsive traits with focus on Arabidopsis
PhD defence
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The role of AGC kinases and auxin in male fertility
PhD defence
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The Denial of Racism on Twitter: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Public lecture: Challenges of Teaching Controversial Issues in a Post-Conflict Society
Lecture
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Diversiteit en Inclusie bij de Politie
Conference, Van willen naar zijn
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Computational modeling of non-native phonetic learning and spoken word processing
Lecture
- Student Well-being Staff Symposium - Translating student well-being from vision into practice
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Green Friday in de Hortus
Green Friday
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Cruces etymologicae: New etymologies of some old Latin words
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Can AI Save the Amazon? The Politics of AI Environmentalism in Colombia
EDGES Talk
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Migration and International Socialism: Transnational Socialism, Free Movement, and Migration in the early European Parliament
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Rice Eaters in the Land of Cheese
PhD defence
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Secular Law, Christian Ambivalence, and Jewish Difference
VVI Research Talks
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
- International Mother Language Day 2024
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Ghanaian Sign Language(s): History, Linguistics, and Ideology
PhD defence
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The UN Commission on the Status of Women CSW: Over 75 years of making women’s rights human rights
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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Anne Land-ZandstraFaculty of Science
a.m.land@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275343
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Ariane BriegelFaculty of Science
a.briegel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Arthur RamFaculty of Science
a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4914
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Academic freedom needs constant nurturing
Geopolitical situations, such as the conflict in Gaza, evoke strong emotions among staff and students. How do we discuss such situations at our faculty? This issue is an ongoing part of safeguarding academic freedom at our university.
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Experts share insights during the Night of Digital Security: ‘The enemy is often invisible’
The digital age offers unprecedented opportunities: information is always accessible, systems are interconnected, and processes are automated. However, these developments also give rise to new threats. During the Night of Digital Security on 26 May at the Wijnhaven building, more than experts shared…
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Reading list - our favourite books this summer
Did you also read a lot this summer? We made some real headway on our bookshelves. After all, nothing beats reading a beautiful or thrilling book outside. In this reading list, you'll find our favourite books for the summer of 2022. If you have any suggestions, let us know via Twitter, Facebook or I…
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‘When I leave the lecture and students are still discussing, I know I did a good job’
‘It was the biggest bunch of flowers I’d ever seen,’ says Emily Strange about the moment she won the Leiden Teaching Prize 2022. The judge praised the conservation biologist for her passion, engaging personality, and the way she motivates her students. On the Dutch Day of the Teacher, we get to know…
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Postdoc Adam Benfer stewards big data in the study of Central America
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dr Adam Benfer, originally from the United States, occupies a double position as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds and as the Faculty’s Data Steward. ‘It is pretty much what the title says: I steward data. Essentially,…
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.
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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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Leiden University-Zurich University Workshop: Ecocritical Perspectives in East Asian Art and Culture
Workshop
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‘A safe city starts with good education and robust policing’
It is more myth than reality that people with migration backgrounds commit more crime. Leiden has successfully tackled anti-social behaviour by Moroccan youths, says former mayor Henri Lenferink. Good education forms the basis of a healthy and safe society, says ‘crimmigration’ researcher' Maartje van…
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3 October University: from Russian DNA to drug-related violence
In prehistoric times there was a huge wave of migration, from the steppes in Russia and Ukraine to West Europe. The newcomers’ genes began to dominate. Archaeology research in Leiden into burial mounds in the Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas of the Netherlands yielded this spectacular conclusion.…
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Winter drinks 2024 - FSW
Winterborrel
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Impact on Russia's war in Ukraine on ecology of Ukraine and Europe
Debate
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Join the Gorlaeus biodiversity walk
Walk
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Seminar and book discussion
Lecture, Seminar and book discussion
- Futures from the frontiers of climate science
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Botanical drawing
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Launch and information session: new call for proposals for the Birmingham – Leiden Collaboration Fund
Webinar
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Thiosugars: Reactivity, methodology and applications
PhD defence
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Voices of Gen Z: Shaping Transitions in the City of Peace and Justice
Book Presentation
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10 years of OPIC - Pathways of Access to Justice for Children
Conference
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Evolution and development of orchid flowers and fruits
PhD defence
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Well-being moment for staff: Summer lunch walk
Walk
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Finding God on the Malabar Coast: The Religious Origins of the Hortus Malabaricus?
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Visualizing Multispecies Resistance: Pan-Amazonian Indigenous Perspectives
Lecture
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When History Repeats Itself: Knowledge in Times of Crisis
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Wet felting workshop: design your own case or bag
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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What makes us ill?
Genes predict whether you have a propensity for an illness but environmental factors often have the last word: nutrition, air pollution, lifestyle, stress. The exposome as both culprit and chance. Large-scale research is being carried out into this at Leiden. Thomas Hankemeier, Professor of Analytical…
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Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’
An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freedom: these all featured in Leiden University’s 450th Dies Natalis celebration and the official start of its jubilee year.
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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The ancient Egyptians were just like us
The people who lived in Saqqara, City of the Dead in Egypt, died thousands of years ago, but they are not all that different from us. This is what a study by the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands concludes. If you wanted to prove that you had good taste in ancient Egypt then…