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The quest for the magic angle
Stack two layers of graphene, twisted at slightly different angles to each other, and the material spontaneously becomes a superconductor. Science still can't explain how something so magical can happen, but physicists use special equipment to reveal what is taking place under the surface.
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Mid-term review: An open discussion about strategy for the legal programmes
On Wednesday 19 January 2022, the online mid-term review of the legal programmes took place on the platform Let’s Get Digital. It was an interactive afternoon in which 130 participants openly and critically discussed the educational strategy for the legal programmes and the faculty.
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‘Diversity doesn’t appear at the wave of a magic wand’
If universities want to open their doors to more students and staff from minority groups, good intentions alone will not suffice. That is what Frank Tuitt, Diversity Officer at the University of Denver, has to say. He will speak at the University’s annual Diversity Symposium on 22 January 2020.
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Van Engelshoven’s Letter to Parliament calls for more funding for science
‘Academics have descended from their ivory tower, but there’s still too little action or financing.’ Leiden professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets saw all her wishes come true on 28 January, with the presentation of the Letter to Parliament sent by Minister Van Engelshoven of the Ministry…
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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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Acting Dean of the Faculty of Science: Paul Wouters shares a glimpse of his double life
Paul Wouters came to the Faculty of Science for a few months to help with organising day-to-day issues after the previous dean left. This has involved rather more than he expected. ‘I can now really understand why every faculty has its own dean.’
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Vice-Rector Hester Bijl: 'More personalised learning'
She has held office for over a hundred days, and is enthusiastic about what she has seen of the University thus far. Bursting with energy, she has plans aplenty for the teaching. An interview with ‘new’ Vice-Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, Hester Bijl.
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Blog Post | An asset or a hassle? The public as a problem for public diplomats
It is undeniable that the public is central to the practice and study of public diplomacy. Indeed, this field is known as *public* diplomacy.
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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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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht
For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a statistical analysis, claimed it was rigged. But that claim doesn't smell right, says Leiden statistician Richard Gill. ‘The way you code and process…
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EL CID 2021: exuberance online and in town
This summer, from 12 to 21 August, it’s time once again for EL CID: the introduction week for Dutch-speaking first-years at Leiden University and the University of Applied Sciences Leiden. A memorable start to many a student life! This time, because of Covid, the city and students will get to know one…
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Interview: Physicist Wim van Saarloos takes office as KNAW President
On May 28th, Leiden physicist Wim van Saarloos takes office as President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He has been vice-president since 2016. ‘The base of our universities is eroding.’
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Unknown Past: Leila Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Arabic / Poetry / in Arabic: The sea البحر
Literary salon
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ASCL Seminar: Subaltern Metropolitan Adventure and Colonial Mediation in Nigeria
Lecture
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Justification, Performativity, and Islam in the Anthropology of Practical Legal Life
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2022 / LUCIS Keynote
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LCCP Research Seminar: After the Universal - On the Language of Co-Existence
Lecture
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Dutch Network Science Society Symposium 2022
Conference
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Memories of Cinema-Going in Postwar Japan: An Ethno-history
Lecture
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Beat the Professor PubQuiz
Festival, We are Science week
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LIC Lecture: Helical supramolecular polymers - Toward structure-function relationships
Lecture
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The Rule of Law Under Challenge: The Enmeshment of National and International Trends
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Word as Image: Waka Inscription on the Folding Screen at the Turn of the 17th Century in Japan
Lecture
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Different dimensions of openness in open science practices. The importance of collaboration for societal goals
Seminar
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Social and Economic Human Rights, The United Nations and the Intimacies of International Law: A History
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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CPP Annual Lecture with Joseph Heath, The challenge of policing minorities in a liberal state
Lecture
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New(er) Histories of the United Nations
Lecture, INVISIHIST Keynote Roundtable
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Creative writing: Science Fiction (Dutch and English spoken)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
- Global Asia Scholar Series (GLASS)
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Cleveringa Meeting Leiden 2022
Alumni event, Debat
- Former guest researchers
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Turning over a new leaf: Manuscript innovation in the twelfth-century renaissance
How did the medieval manuscript develop as a physical object during the Twelfth Century Renaissance and what do these changes tell us about the intellectual culture of the period?
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Alumni
Since 2009, at ACPA, 84 candidates received their PhD in Creative and Performing Arts. On this page you will find an overview of ACPA's alumni.
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Educational Innovation Hub
Since its founding, LUC has been a college of educational development and experimentation. Its mission statement identifies the college as “a site of innovation in pedagogy, curriculum design, and student well-being,” and it applies a student-centred approach to learning throughout its BA and BSc degree…
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New Scientist Scientific Talent 2015: Interview with Marieke Liem
The magazine New Scientist selected 25 nominees from candidates proposed by all Dutch and Belgian universities for the New Scientist Science talent 2015 election. One of these nominees is dr. Marieke Liem, who works at the Centre for Terrorism & Counterterrorism.
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At the helm of the largest Oxford college
Kersti Börjars studied English language and literature in Leiden. She became a professor and now she is Master of the largest college at the University of Oxford: St Catherine’s College. What impact is coronavirus having on St Catherine’s and how has she benefited from her studies in Leiden.
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FGGA in 2023: This was the year of our faculty
2023 was another year full of highlights and special moments for the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. Find out what the year was like in this year overview: we take you through the most important moments and news items month of each month.
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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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…
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We are Science Week
Festival
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"I Now Declare You…”: Marital Status as Legal Technology in South Africa, Past and Present
Commission on Legal Pluralism - Keynote Lecture
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium: Solvent-solute relation in the double layer theory: from diluted solutions to solvent-in-salt systems to ionic liquids
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium - Model Perovskite Oxide Electrocatalyst Surfaces
Lecture
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Keynote Lecture: Zaydis, Salafis and Houthis and Their Engagement with the Islamic Tradition in Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Slavery in the Indian Ocean World and the Work of Forgetting: Some Preliminary Thoughts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Career Talk with Maurien Olsthoorn
Debate, Career Talk