994 search results for “politics in the unie states” in the Staff website
-
Rein Dool painting to move to more public space in the Academy Building
The Rein Dool painting depicting board members of Leiden University will be moving soon to the Reception Room in the Academy Building, where more people will be able to see it.
-
Construction Day: Time to come and take a look in the University’s new Spui Building
You might be wondering what the reconstruction of the former V&D store at Spui in The Hague looks like now. If so, you can come and find out for yourself. On Saturday 8 June 2024, from 10.00 – 13.00 hrs., the building site of the new Campus The Hague Leiden University Building will be open to the pu…
-
Archaeologist Jennifer Swerida investigates emergent social complexity in the Omani desert
In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…
-
Leiden did not forget you: Sign your name in the Sweat Room
Most young alumni who graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic did not get a graduation ceremony, nor did they have the chance to sign their name in the Sweat Room. Thanks to the Alumni Office, they now have the chance to do so after all.
-
Mysterious metal depositions were ‘the most ordinary thing in the world’
In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. PhD research by Leiden archaeologist Marieke Visser shows that these practices were expressions of people’s relationship with the world around them. ‘It was a completely…
-
Leiden research on Neanderthals featured in the Wall Street Journal article
In the article “Neanderthals and Us: We’re More Alike Than Once Thought”, we are reminded that many negative traits, from unintelligent to unsophisticated, have long been attributed to Neanderthals in popular culture. However, recent studies bring to light an ever-increasing amount of evidence contradicting…
-
Strategies of ancient matriarchs challenge technological disparities in the digital age
At the transition of the Neolithic to Bronze Age, a societal clash took place between a male dominated oligarchy (also known as the patriarchy) and the matriarchy. The latter managed to exploit vulnerabilities in the 'bro-code' to reboot society's operating system.
-
Seed funding call for collaboration with priority partners in the regions: €15.000 for interdisciplinary projects.
Organisation
-
Leiden archaeologists in international media on early form of money in the Bronze Age
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January. The discovery led to a surge of media reports.
-
A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’
Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights and robots in surgery, for example. The children get to do activities. And ask questions: ‘How do you become a professor?’
-
New Executive Director Jan Pronk: ‘In the end it is all about people enjoying their work.’
In March, Jan Pronk starts as the new Executive Director at the Faculty of Archaeology. We sat down with him for an interview on his background, his drive, and his take on archaeology.
-
Participation in the Cultural Diversity Barometer: more insight into diversity among staff
Diversity and inclusion are core values for Leiden University, and our aim is to offer all staff and students equal opportunities. As the University lacks adequate information about the cultural diversity of our staff, this spring we are taking part for the first time in the Cultural Diversity Barometer.…
-
They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries
Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ages alternated with warmer periods. In ‘De eerste mensen in de Lage Landen’ (‘The First Humans in the Low Countries’) Leiden archaeologists Yannick Raczynski-Henk…
-
Leiden workshop on post-consumer textile 'waste’ in the Netherlands (and beyond)
On Thursday 30 May, Leiden University hosts a workshop to foster collaborations to improve the governance of European textile waste export. Different stakeholders, including municipalities, associations of textile collectors and sorters, industry and consumers associations, are warmly invited to join…
-
Network temporarily not available in the night of 6 February to 7 February
ICT
-
In the media: Prof. Dr. Joanita Vroom about the Van Steenis depot
In a closed room in the Van Steenis building, hundreds of boxes are waiting under fluorescent lights for someone to come and see them. The jumble of handwritten and printed labels unveils how often the collection has been reorganized, moved and rearranged. Boxes full of potsherds and pottery, human…
-
What do you need to develop as an educator? Fill in the Inspectorate of Education questionnaire
Human resources
-
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,…
-
Katharina RiebelFaculty of Science
k.riebel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5149
-
Herman SchippersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
h.schippers@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
-
Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculty of Archaeology
m.francozo@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2437
-
Eefke de HaanFaculty of Humanities
e.j.de.haan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
-
Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
m.pluskota@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8568
-
Wessel KraaijFaculty of Science
w.kraaij@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5778
-
Berna GürogluSocial & Behavioural Sciences
bguroglu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Alexander van OudenhovenFaculty of Science
a.p.e.van.oudenhoven@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7473
-
Liesbeth van VlietSocial & Behavioural Sciences
l.m.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Mariëlle BruningFaculty of Law
m.r.bruning@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8913
-
Dennis ClaessenFaculty of Science
d.claessen@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5052
-
Hermen OverkleeftFaculty of Science
h.s.overkleeft@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5037
-
Thomas BäckFaculty of Science
t.h.w.baeck@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7108
-
Anke KleinSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.m.klein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6673
-
Jason LaffoonFaculty of Archaeology
j.e.laffoon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2646
-
Max van DuijnFaculty of Science
m.j.van.duijn@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7903
-
Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272126
-
Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1925
-
Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
-
Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
b.k.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2379
-
Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3026
-
Sarah SchraderFaculty of Archaeology
s.a.schrader@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1685
-
Lara WierengaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
l.m.wierenga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273787
-
Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
n.m.dessing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1690
-
Rene KleijnFaculty of Science
kleijn@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1498
-
Eduard Fosch VillarongaFaculty of Law
e.fosch.villaronga@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2834
-
Ton LiefaardFaculty of Law
t.liefaard@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
z.kripe@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.l.e.ryckaert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589
-
Gijsbert RuttenFaculty of Humanities
g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272112
-
Peter van der PuttenFaculty of Science
p.w.h.van.der.putten@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277033
-
Martina VijverFaculty of Science
vijver@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727