1,670 search results for “history of science” in the Staff website
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying
Over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortus botanicus reveals the similarities and differences in 450 years of student life.
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How gas conflicts between Ukraine and Russia were the precursor to war
The war between Ukraine and Russia is playing out not just on the battlefield but also on the geopolitical playing field of gas. Conflicts at the start of this century about this energy source were, says PhD candidate Ilia Barboutev, a precursor to today’s war.
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National Bee Count by Koos Biesmeijer receives Communication Initiative Award
The National Bee Count initiative of Professor Koos Biesmeijer (Naturalis/Leiden) and Vincent Kalkman (Naturalis) has received the NWO Communication Initiative Award. The jury praises the initiative, which manages to reach a very wide and diverse audience, while at the same time contributing to the…
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Open Science Week at Archaeology: Let's talk about publishing
Festival
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More pubs on campus? Here's why students and staff care
There should be more social meeting places on our campus. That's one of the outcomes of to the second brainstorming session on the strategic plan. On Tuesday, education and the campus took centre stage during the meeting in Corpus. Professor and programme director Miranda van Eck and student assessor…
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Bernhard Willem Holtrop - master of the political cartoon
If you look at the postwar cartoonists of Dutch origin, Bernhard Willem Holtrop is certainly the most interesting, according to Frenk Driessen. He wrote his PhD thesis on Holtrop - who drew for HP/De Tijd and Charlie Hebdo, among others - and then also published it as a book.
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How is the economic and political turmoil affecting Britons?
These are turbulent times in the UK. The cost of living is high, leaving many people struggling to make ends meet, and these past few months have been tumultuous in terms of politics. University lecturer Anne Heyer explains what impact this can have on people's political perceptions and participatio…
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OSCoffee: From Paywalls to Precedent - Open Science for Law
Lecture
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OSCoffee: Enabling Open Science through research data management support
Lecture
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Niels van WilligenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
willigen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Political scientist teaches VWO pupils: ‘some knew more than I did at that age’
It is a full classroom: more than 30 pupils from 5 and 6 vwo are present to listen to political scientist Leila Demarest's lecture. She gives a brief introduction on the topic she is about to discuss: democracy in the global North and South. At first, the group seems a bit quiet, but when she asks questions…
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Juan Masullo JimenezFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
j.masullo@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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From Microbes to the Cosmos: A Journey Through Science
Lecture, Pint of Science
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World Women's Committee Against War and Fascism (WWCAWF) 1934-1941
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Book Presentation of Beyond the Mulatta: Haunted Hybridity in Advertising
Book Presentation | Studium Generale Lecture
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Kitzen has been appointed professor by Special Appointment of Military Science: 'It's time for Europe to make a stand.'
Martijn Kitzen has been appointed professor by special appointment of Military Science at ISGA on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Society for War Studies (KVBK).
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The Plurality of Early Modern Media: 21st-Century Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities
Conference
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Francesco Ragazzi
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.ragazzi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Femke Bakker
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.e.bakker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276188
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The War Game (1966)
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award
This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the award recognises remarkable teaching at the Institute. Akbik was chosen from five finalists after receiving several…
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Open Science Week at FSW: Think before you submit
Festival
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A Just War versus a Dignified Peace? Discourses about War and Peace in the Peace Negotiations between the Chinese Communist Party and Nationalist
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Keeping the Nukes out, from Hawaii to Malta: 1980s antinuclear feminisms, in and through art
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Hub for Impactful and Engaged Research launched
The Hub for Impactful and Engaged Research is a new collaboration that brings together five leading educational institutions in the province of Zuid-Holland: Leiden University, the LUMC, Delft University of Technology, Erasmus Medical Center and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Karsten Lambersk.lambers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…
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Prof. dr. Cramsey and Ms. Boróka Balogh participated in “Woman & Science” Event at the Residence of the Austrian Ambassador to The Netherlands
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, Ambassador Bert Theuerman (Austrian Ambassador to The Netherlands) hosted a Coffeehouse Discussion exploring the position and impact of women in science and arts at his residence in The Hague.
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Charles BergerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.e.h.berger@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Will student running association Currimus supply the winning team once again?
Ever since the first edition of the Science Run, the Leiden Student Running Association Currimus has delivered the winning team or the fastest runner. Now the event is back, the new batch of students must uphold the honour. The board is also forming a team: ‘During the upcoming training session, we…
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Summer School Science Communication
Course
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“Aman" (1967) an Indian anti-war movie directed by Mohan Kumar
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series | Movie Screening
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Working together on the plastic problem: how to keep citizens engaged?
What motivates citizens to participate in a citizen science project on plastic pollution? And does that motivation change over time? Liselotte Rambonnet tried to answer these and other questions with her research on the Clean Rivers (‘Schone Rivieren’) project. Rambonnet is a PhD student at the Institute…
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Simon Otjes
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
s.p.otjes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273946
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Hilde van MeegdenburgFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
h.van.meegdenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275093
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Tim Claerhoutt.claerhout@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mateo Cohen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
i.m.cohen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Eva Sieverse.m.sievers@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aleksandra Khokhlova
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.khokhlova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marc Koperm.koper@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274250
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Thijs VosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
t.j.vos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Michelle AchterbergFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.achterberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ayokunu AdedokunFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
a.b.adedokun@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503
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Paul KesslerFaculty of Science
p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235
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Roderick Boumanr.w.bouman@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272180
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Pam ten BroekeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
p.ten.broeke@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rodrigo OchigameFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
r.k.ochigame@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |
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Sander Nieuwenhuis
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
snieuwenhuis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273834
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Jörg Meyerj.meyer@chem.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275569