376 search results for “wiskunde modern” in the Staff website
- LUCAS Modern & Contemporary Cluster
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Modernization of the library finished
The renewed library is built in the middle of wing B on the ground floor. The entrance opens onto the central hall.
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Holly Riach: ‘Early modern books are less chaotic than previously thought’
In the early modern period, it was perfectly normal to find recipes, legal documents or medical writings in a book of poems. PhD candidate Holly Riach studied the underlying principles of these ‘miscellanies’.
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Anchoring & Affordances: The Modern Afterlives of Francis Bacon’s Theory of the Idols
PhD defence
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Nina WittemanFaculty of Humanities
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Enes SütütemizFaculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van UitertFaculty of Humanities
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‘As long as the logic works, you can do whatever you want’
With a healthy dose of logic and creativity, mathematics student Lance Bakker shows how computers can prove complex mathematics. His method proves intricate formulas without calculating every intermediate step. It earned him a nomination for the Leiden Science Young Talent Award 2025.
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Archaeological excavations in Romania show life of earliest modern humans in Europe
In a new article in the journal Scientific Reports, Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the site of Româneşti, one of the most important sites in southeastern Europe associated with the earliest Homo sapiens. The site gives an important glimpse…
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Jos BazelmansFaculty of Archaeology
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Lionel LaborieFaculty of Humanities
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Weishuo LiFaculty of Archaeology
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script
Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need to transliterate titles, has made searching for Arabic source materials in the catalogue much easier and more efficient for users.
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Hans-Martien ten Napel on Tocqueville and modern democracy
Recently, Hans-Martien ten Napel was in the news on the above subject several times.
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Andrew SorensenFaculty of Archaeology
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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Kyra AlbertsFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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Dark basement becomes modern and inspiring learning and research environment
Na een grote verbouwing is het souterrain van het Pieter de la Courtgebouw bijna onherkenbaar veranderd. Donkere, verouderde ruimtes maakten plaats voor frisse, lichte onderwijszalen en ruime, moderne labruimtes met state-of-the-art faciliteiten. Donderdag 12 juni was de officiële opening.
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Jesse SarneelFaculty of Humanities
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Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society'
In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…
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Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’
Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciting documents, he also discovered the biscuits from the Water & Bloem bakery and the wild flowers at the Groenesteeg cemetery.
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’
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War and Peace Studies: New CSM track focusses on modern war, warfare and peace building efforts
War and peace studies. A topic that is more relevant than ever because of the war in Ukraine. In September, the MSc Crisis and Security Management (CSM) will start a new track: War and Peace Studies. CSM’s Programme Director, Ernst Dijxhoorn, discusses the new track, how it was created and what students…
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Ottenheyn (Utrecht) delivers Austrian Fund lunch talk on Roman remnants in modern central Europe
On Tuesday, December 9 2025, Prof. Koen Ottenheyn delivered the last Austria Centre lunch talk of 2025. Prof. Ottenheyn serves as a professor of architectural history at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and the Academic Curatorium which advises…