2,326 search results for “this week s discoveries” in the Public website
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Lorentz: celebrated physicist, born mediator
Emeritus professors Dirk van Delft and Frits Berends both channelled their inner Sherlock Holmes as they delved into the life and work of the great physicist Hendrik Lorentz. Their voluminous biography ‘Lorentz: gevierd fysicus, geboren verzoener’ (Lorentz: celebrated physicist, born mediator) is published…
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14 Veni grants awarded to Leiden researchers
Fourteen promising researchers from Leiden University have been given the opportunity to realise their research plans for the coming years thanks to a Veni grant from the NWO. This year, these subsidies have been granted to studies of the influence of noise on the great tit, the conditions necessary…
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This was 2022! An overview of Humanities in the news
After two years of corona restrictions, it was ‘back to normal’ in 2022. Migration, elections, the history of slavery, Russia, and Ukraine were much-discussed topics. We compiled an overview of the most-read news items and other events of the past year.
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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A podium for science
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. This edition…
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague
Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured fashion with a ceremony in the Pieterskerk, but broke with tradition by sending professors out to primary schools.
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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Threat(s) to Democracy
Debate, Roundtable
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Invariant manifolds and applications for functional differential equations of mixed type
Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel
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Two-photon multifocal microscopy for in vivo single-molecule and single-particle imaging
In this thesis we investigated the ability of two-photon multifocal microscopy for single-molecule microscopy in live cells and organisms.
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Van Marum Colloquium: Making Kinetics at Surfaces a More Exact Science
Lecture
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“Mobile” Afterworlds in the Western Capital of the Liao Dynasty
Lecture, also on line with Zoom
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Chinese Cinema Meets Digital Humanities
Lecture
- Open Day 2018
- Unpatti's Education Expo 2021
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Online tools
This section provides an overview of online tools for the study of the medieval Low Countries. The websites linked down below are often times both available in Dutch and English.
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Phraseology in Children's Literature
PhD defence
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Global China’s Human Touch?
PhD defence
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Experience Days Bachelor's Programmes
Study information
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Master's Open Day (cancelled)
Study information
- Online Master's Experience Day
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Sweetie 2.0
Sweetie 2.0 is a research project commissioned by Terre des Hommes on online child sex tourism and criminal law.
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Nadine Akkerman Visiting Fellow at University of Birmingham
Dr. Nadine Akkerman, working at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Birmingham from May 27 till July 4. She will participate in an important public discussion on Challenges for Early Modern Women's History and she'll be the keynote…
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China's Islam in Xinjiang
PhD defence
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Ton Liefaard speaks about 30 Years UN CRC, in Italy
Last week, to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard shone a fresh light on children’s rights, in Italy.
- Leiden University's Academic Challenge
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LKV's Art Auction
Festival
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50 years of voting rights for women in the Swiss Confederation
Christa Tobler writes an extensive article on voting rights for different groups for the annual congress of the
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Securing Humanitarian Operations: Preparedness and Response to Cyber Crises in Aid Delivery
How do humanitarian organisations adapt cyber incidents to their specific priorities and needs, and how can they adapt strategies of other organisations?
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Data-Driven Machine Learning and Optimization Pipelines for Real- World Applications
Machine Learning is becoming a more and more substantial technology for industry.
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Plato's Myths: Tools for Thinking Conference
Conference
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Asia Academy #09: India's Democracy
Lecture
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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Online Master’s Experience Law & Finance
Study information, Online Master’s Experience
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Online Master’s Experience Comparative Criminal Justice
Study information, Online Master’s Experience
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Online Master’s Experience Law & Society
Study information, Online Master’s Experience
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Online Master’s Experience European Law
Study information, Online Master’s Experience
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Cleveringa Meeting Leiden 2023
Alumni event
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LIC Lecture + drinks
Lecture
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Access to Justice in Today’s Libya
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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Online Master's Experience Day African Studies
Study information
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Master's Online Experience Day Linguistics: Q&A
Study information
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Online Master's Experience: Master Biomedical Sciences
Study information
- Informarket on the Master's Open Day