863 search results for “we are humanities” in the Staff website
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Marika Keblusek
Faculty of Humanities
m.keblusek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2360
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Irene Hadiprayitno
Faculty of Humanities
i.hadiprayitno@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7402
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Kate Brackney
Faculty of Humanities
k.l.brackney@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7212
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Mark Rutte presented with book about the human dimension
The human dimension must be brought back to the fore, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in response to the child benefits scandal. But how? A group of researchers – including Leiden psychologist Sandra van Dijk – have written a book offering practical suggestions. They presented the book to Rutte on 28…
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Kroonvoordracht 2023: Protein Tales of the Human Past
Research
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Times Higher Education: Leiden best Humanities faculty continental Europe
The Faculty of Humanities has been ranked 17th Arts and humanities faculty in the Times Higher Education world ranking 2015-16. This makes it the top non-Anglo-Saxon institution on the list. The position is 7 places up in comparison with last year's list.
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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students
The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options for using digital technologies in humanities research.
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Ethical guidelines to better regulate DNA research on human remains
Rapid developments in DNA techniques allow researchers to find out more and more about human genetics. An international group of scientists has drawn up five ethical guidelines to ensure that this DNA research is better regulated. Leiden archaeologist Marie Soressi – one of the signatories - explains…
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Rick Lawson President of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights
Rick Lawson, Professor of European Law and former Dean of Leiden Law School, was appointed as the new president of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights on 30 June.
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New Humanities Living Room focuses on 'feeling at home'
Playing a game, picking a cutting for your room or just having a cup of coffee: it is all possible in the new Humanities Living Room in the Matthias de Vrieshof. From Wednesday 17 May, staff and students will be able to meet informally and socialise here.
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Six top rated programmes at humanities
The bachelor programmes German Language and Culture, Classics, Dutch Language and Culture, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious studies and Linguistics have received the predicate top rated programme from the Keuzegids.
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What do global problems have to do with the individual human rights holder?
On Human Rights Day 2024, the International Court of Justice is charged by the General Assembly with delivering an Advisory Opinion asking, in effect, what does the climate crisis imply for the rights of vulnerable states and people? Researcher Jens Iverson shares his thoughts on this event.
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Researchers agree: the future of AI must be human
What rules should regulate AI, who should make them, and how will they be enforced in the digital arena?
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Hybrid Intelligence: Making the unknown visible for Humans and AI
A consortium made up of Leiden University (Institute of Public Administration/Digitalisation & Public Policy, Bram Klievink, Sarah Giest, Bart Schermer), VU (Professor Fabio Massacci), TU Delft, TNO, and Thales has been awarded a NWO grant of 1.5 million euros. This research project looks into the ‘metadata…
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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund
The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclusion, with specific emphasis on creating an inclusive learning environment.
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Nominations Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2023
Education, Research
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Archaeologist Nathalie Brusgaard investigates human-animal relations as Assistant Professor
Dr Nathalie Brusgaard both studied and finished her PhD at the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. After a few years spreading her wings, she is now back. As the new Assistant Professor in the World Archaeology department, she will continue her research on the relationship between prehistoric humans and…
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Mark Rutgers reappointed as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Mark Rutgers has been reappointed as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. After a first term where the focus was mainly internal, it’s time to look outwards.
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Master’s student fundraising for research into lost human sense
Can humans sense where north is, using what is known as magnetoreception? This question had master’s student Björn Keyser (Media Technology) so intrigued that he started crowdfunding to be able to study this together with the California Institute of Technology.
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Educational innovation at Humanities: 'Students are great initiators’
In the academic year 2018 - 2019, the Faculty of Humanities established the Educational Innovation Programme. In this way, the faculty wants to realise the ambitions from the educational vision of Leiden University in education. How is the programme currently doing? We talked to project manager Sanne…
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students
Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming researchers will receive funding from the PhDs in Humanities programme. With the funding, NWO wants to boost the recruitment and advancement of young talent in…
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1K Z1E J3 benches at Faculty of Humanities
As part of Leiden University’s aim to be a safe and healthy environment for all staff and students, several activities and lectures were organised in an action week around suicide prevention. Dedicated benches were also placed at several university buildings, including at the Faculty of Humanities.
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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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Adjusted opening hours Humanities buildings from 1 January 2025
Facility
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How we’re setting Academia in Motion: by promoting transparent research and societal engagement
‘I'm setting Academia in Motion by promoting transparent and rigorous research practices and by advocating for more interaction between science and society.’ With these words, Ludo Waltman, Open Science Ambassador for Academia in Motion, highlights how he is contributing to the culture change towards…
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The future is queer and technological. Also human.
The history of the LGTBI+ collective, deeply marked by episodes of violence, repression, and discrimination, is also the history of the struggle for social change and the conquest of civil rights, advances without which contemporary Western democracies could not be explained. More recently, the implementation…
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This was 2023! An overview of Humanities in the news
So much has happened this year! 2023 was an eventful year in which several wars raged about which our experts could offer interpretation. It was also the year in which the government made apologies for the slavery past. Leiden humanities scholars were at the forefront of this with their research on…
- Online module for new employees Faculty of Humanities
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Sophie Starrenburg
Faculty of Law
s.h.starrenburg@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Niels van Doesum
Social & Behavioural Sciences
n.j.van.doesum@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273666
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Titia Loenen
Faculty of Law
m.l.p.loenen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Kristof Gombeer
Faculty of Law
k.c.n.gombeer@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.
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investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Giulia Pinzauti
Faculty of Law
g.pinzauti@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 8009
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Andrea Waters
Faculty of Archaeology
a.l.waters@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wouter Hins
Faculty of Law
hins@wxs.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Christopher Dugard
Faculty of Law
c.j.r.dugard@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7709
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Bill Schabas
Faculty of Law
w.a.schabas@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jelena Belic
Social & Behavioural Sciences
j.belic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3879
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Ton Dietz
African Studies Centre
a.j.dietz@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Horst Fischer
Faculty of Law
h.fischer@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ian Simpson
Faculty of Archaeology
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Sandrine Gallois
Faculty of Archaeology
s.l.gallois@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6086
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Harry Wels
African Studies Centre
h.wels@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3771
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Carolina Lisboa Pinto
Faculty of Law
c.lisboa.pinto@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8563
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Tuomas Aivelo
Faculty of Science
t.j.e.aivelo@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dick van Broekhuizen
Faculty of Humanities
b.j.m.van.broekhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gerard Persoon
Social & Behavioural Sciences
persoonga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451