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Much of the work of Serge Fehr, Professor of Quantum Information Theory, is abstract and theoretical and comprehensible to very few people. But his work helps make the digital world safer so that in future our internet banking will still be problem free, for instance. He will explain more in his inaugural…

Clear information about support services, a well-being self-test and advice on finding a room. YounginLeiden.nl helps students and other young people get started, literally and figuratively. Why is this site so desperately needed?

Historian Dario Fazzi is the new professor by special appointment at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), a strategic partner of the Faculty of Humanities. He starts on 1 September and will combine his new position with his current teaching duties at the Institute for History.

Using an innovative method, psychologist Loes Janssen and colleagues measure how long and how often parent and child are close in daily life, and how they experience that togetherness. The researchers combine ‘Bluetooth low energy beacons’ with the smartphone app Ethica to track participants' physical…

"Work texts," meaning books that were used in daily routine, such as practical legal treatises, instruction texts for magical and medical treatments, were not only a source of knowledge for physicians but also a notebook for their own observations, findings, recipes, and treatments. Users added their…

In hun klinische stage leren Psychologiestudenten mentale steun bieden aan anderen, maar hoe zorgen zij als toekomstige therapeut ook voor zichzelf? Met video’s, podcasts en een panel wil Kelly Ziemer haar studenten de nodige zelfzorg-skills bijbrengen.

Assistant professor Looi van Kessel writes in The Conversation about the passing of drag performer The Vivienne, reflecting on their significance for LGBTQ+ advocacy in Europe.

With a self-converted red camper van, biologists and twin brothers Kevin and Marvin Groen go on a nature adventure in Eastern Europe. Together, they search for wild animals, beautiful nature and places to sport. From a long search for a bear in the Slovakian wilderness to the discovery that pelicans…

In the upcoming months, PhD candidates Neske Baerwaldt (FdR / VVI) and Wiebe Ruijtenberg (FSW / CAOS) will produce the ethnographic podcast series ‘Grensverhalen’. The series will be published online in September, and will be used as teaching material in various courses.

Debate, Book Launch

In celebration of Climate Week, we are thrilled to invite students and community members to Climate-Conscious Living for Students, an event brimming with opportunities to embrace sustainable practices and deepen our understanding of the incredible impact biodiversity has on our environment. We can't…

In 2017, I critiqued scholars’ amorphous classification of African customary law into ‘official’ and ‘living’ versions. With emphasis on legal pluralism, I had redefined living customary law as “the law that emerges from people’s adaptation of customs to socio-economic changes.” My view of customary…

Lecture, Book Talk

Course

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!

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

ICT

What happens to the culture of Gaza as its buildings, heritage and lives are destroyed? Survivors keep their heritage alive through literature, music, memories and storytelling. Mahmoud Muna, a bookseller from Jerusalem, and Matthew Teller, a UK-based Middle East correspondent, recorded these life stories…

This presentation introduces a multi-year collaborative project that examines archeological and epigraphic materials as materials for understanding the lives of Daoists in pre-modern China. Moving beyond Daoist canonic textual sources, this project seeks to advance…

Lecture, Tuesday Talk

Lecture

Book launch

On 27 November 2023 the Leiden Research Support Network will organize an event for all research support professionals (from all communities). During this afternoon, we will explore the need and opportunities for professional and personal development, with the focus on informal peer-to-peer learning.…

What do you do if you suspect someone around you is struggling with suicidal thoughts but you aren’t sure how to bring it up? And how can we support loved ones who’ve experienced trauma? In this episode clinical psychologist Joanne Mouthaan shares valuable insights on how to approach these topics and…

Are you curious about the astonishing potential of AI and the profound implications it holds for the future of humanity? Join us for a thought-provoking deep dive and exclusive Q&A with 3 OpenAI researchers on the topic of AI and existential risk! With AI advancing faster than ever, how long do…

The fifth Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture in Colonial and Global History.

To attend, email m.a.goncalves@hum.leidenuniv.nl in order to get the text under discussion.

Prof. dr. M.J. Spierenburg Prof. dr. A.H.M. van Meijl (Radboud) dr. A. de Koning

PhD defence

PhD defence

Asia is the world’s fastest-aging region, and Japan along with South Korea and Singapore lead this trend. Today, twenty-nine percent of Japan’s population is sixty-five or older, the highest proportion in the world. By 2040, that figure is projected to reach thirty-one percent. Acknowledging the country’s…

The dead do not bury themselves. This is fundamental to how we begin to understand the relationship between the living and the dead. How we, the living, interact with the dead has significance for us in terms of our identity formation throughout our lives. In this talk, I will discuss how the use of…