337 search results for “urbanism” in the Staff website
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Nadia BourasFaculty of Humanities
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Matt YoungFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Urban green infrastructure for biodiversity and ecosystem services
PhD defence
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Literature and Spaces of Conflicts: The Lebanese War Novel as Urban and Architectural History
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Global Questions Seminar
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What Does Cadaster Say? Digital Archives and Traces of Urban Inequality in South Korea
Lecture
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Situating "Wicked" Women: Gender Panic and Savoir Vivre in Urban Senegal
PhD defence
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Beauty in the Zongo: Women Negotiating Religious Co-existence in Accra's Urban Area of Madina
PhD defence
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Radhika GuptaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Roos ter ElstFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth den BoerFaculty of Humanities
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Anna van der JagtFaculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden University continues work on vibrant neighbourhood at Leiden Bio Science Park
Construction has now begun on MORE8: 141 rental homes for a broader group, with a supermarket and cafés.
- Announcements
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Introducing: Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
This summer, Jeffrey Fynn-Paul started as a lecturer at the Institute's Social and Economic History section.
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For city dwellers, even 15 minutes in nature can improve mental health
Green spaces boost mental health—especially in busy cities. A new study from Leiden and Stanford University reveals how nature benefits urban well-being and offers low-cost ways to make city life healthier for everyone.
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Common Grounds: Urban Spaces, Everyday Religious Encounters, and the Dynamics and Techniques of Coexistence in Madina-Accra (1959-–Present)
PhD defence
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How can we make better use of natural resources?
Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustainable energy system. Professor of Sustainable Resource Use Ester van der Voet researches how we can reduce the environmental impact of natural resources…
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The opportunities for urban food self-sufficiency through green roofs: Modeling, Optimization, and Policy Scenario Analysis
PhD defence
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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize
Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his article “Occupation, Family, and Inheritance in Fourteenth-Century Barcelona: A Socio-Economic Profile of One of Europe’s Earliest Investing Publics.”
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What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance
Last week, Ajay Gandhi, Assistant Professor at the Leiden University College, wrote an article about how spider's webs can explain the dynamics of social beings.
- Forgotten heroes
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Renovation work at the Old Observatory: what, when, why?
Facility
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Markets and ports: A comparative study into the origin and development of urban landscapes in the Low Countries until c. 1560
PhD defence
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Why have murals been used in social and political movements?
Take a walk through any city, and you are likely to come across a brightly coloured mural. Although these paintings often seem to serve solely as a backdrop for Instagram snapshots, art history professor Minna Valjakka says there are rich traditions and intricate histories that uncover more critical…
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John BoyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anthony AlbrightFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BrandsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague
Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague from 1600 to 1800. They are tracing crimes and offenders and shedding new light on The Hague’s Gevangenpoort (or Prison Gate). Among their many discoveries…
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Introducing: Alistair Kefford
Alistair Kefford is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for History since August 2020. He introduces himself.
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Mehmet Kentel wins the OTSA Yavuz Sezer Prize
Mehmet Kentel has been named co-winner of the prize, which is given out yearly by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, for his article “Ruin and Knowledge in Pera: Discovering Istanbul’s Genoese Heritage at the Moment of Its Destruction,” which was published in the fortieth-anniversary volume…
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Humanities Campus update: Doelengracht participation process complete
The third and final participation session was held on 20 September; the evening was attended by local residents, business owners, students and other stakeholders.
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More housing in cities is possible without sacrificing green spaces
Building more in urban areas is, in most places in the Netherlands, the smartest way to tackle the housing crisis. This is evident from research conducted by Janneke van Oorschot, published in a partner journal of Nature. Remarkably, this does not have to come at the expense of green spaces in cities.…
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Writing history together in the Transvaal
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…
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Knowledge exchange LDE & University of Indonesia
In the context of urban challenges, multidisciplinary knowledge adds value. The idea is that urban planners, sociologists, economists, and historians can collectively provide a deeper understanding of what has worked and what hasn't so far. Since 2022, scientists from the University of Indonesia and…
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Academic Calendar
The academic year officially commences on 1 September and ends on 31 August. On collective closing days the university is closed and no lectures take place. The academic calendar applies to the whole university and to all study programmes with the exception of medicine.