703 search results for “early is a” in the Public website
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Joost BatenburgFaculty of Science
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Rutger HoekstraFaculty of Science
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) is a centre of excellence for multidisciplinary research on drug discovery and development.
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AI is currently a straight white man and that is a big problem
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology that often puts women and minority groups at a disadvantage because it tends to be developed by straight white men. What if that changed and women were the driving force behind AI? This is the thought experiment at the heart of Maaike Harbers’ Annie Romein-Verschoor…
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Diversity officer Aya Ezawa on George Floyd and racism: ‘this is a time for reflection’
The death of George Floyd has led to fierce protests against police violence in the United States and beyond. What effects are we seeing in our University community? We discussed the situation with Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa.
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
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Corrie BakelsFaculty of Archaeology
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
- Seminar 4: The Formation of Discourse Communities in the Early Middle Ages
- Spring School Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Landscape History and Ecology
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Executive Board column: Spui building is a magnet for interdisciplinary collaboration
This month the University and several partners signed the rental contract for the brand-new Spui building. What will this location mean for the future of Campus The Hague, Leiden University and the population of The Hague? Martijn Ridderbos explains in his column.
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‘Legal AI is a bit of a Wild West right now’
A growing number of AI tools are being developed for the legal sector, to help professionals search lengthy texts or check court rulings. Leiden SAILS researcher Masha Medvedeva, an expert on the technical development of these systems, warns: ‘Users should know what’s under the hood.’
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Daphne WoutsLeiden University Libraries
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
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Clodagh MurphyFaculty of Humanities
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
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Adam RamadhanFaculty of Humanities
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Theo van der MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Lucas VanhevelFaculty of Humanities
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Thato Magano
Faculty of Humanities
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Jef SchaepsLeiden University Libraries
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Sophie Rose
Faculty of Humanities
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Resolving the building blocks of galaxies in space and time
We investigate the buildup of galaxies from various vantage points. The first two chapters focus on the stellar content of galaxies, especially the distribution of stellar masses at birth and potential variations therein in various galactic environments.
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Institute of Biology Leiden
Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) is an internationally oriented institute for research and education in biology. We are part of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University.
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“This China alumni network is a way to give something back to Leiden”
If you would want to set up an alumni network after you graduated in Leiden and returned to your home country, how would you go about it? Seven Leiden alumni in China did not hesitate and decided to just do it! Last year they launched the Leiden Alumni Chapter in China, an initiative which was met with…
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Exhibition on Celebrating Curiosity: Four centuries of university history
Fascinating images, articles of clothing and other unique objects from the past four centuries of the history of Leiden University can now be seen in the ‘Celebrating Curiosity’ exhibition in the hall of Rapenburg 70.
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Introducing Renske Janssen
Renske Janssen started her PhD project at LUCAS and LUIH in October 2015. Her project is part of the research field ‘History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity’, supervised by Jürgen Zangenberg.
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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'Promoting universal values is a good strategy for resilience'
Many Western defence strategies concentrate on maintaining the status quo. Actively promoting universal values can also be a good strategy for resilience, according to Theo Brinkel, Professor by Special Appointment in Military-Social Studies. Inaugural lecture 15 January.
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Pride is a celebration, but also a fight for visibility
‘Be yourself. Be as gay, queer, trans as you can and show the world you exist.’ These rousing words from Looi van Kessel marked the start of the third Pride Leiden for the university boat, with the theme: ‘450 years of being yourself’.
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Two status system in asylum policy is a divisive issue
Dutch coalition parties VVD and CDA want to tighten asylum policy and have launched a plan to grant two types of statuses to refugees. They also intend to partially restrict the right to family reunification. However, this plan is facing strong opposition. With the proposal, the government can expect…
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Health care is a social matter, not just a medical one’
Why are we unable to address health-care inequality? This was the topic of the inaugural speech of Professor Jet Bussemaker on Friday 15 February 2019. She analysed why current policy does not suffice when it comes to protecting vulnerable groups and fighting inequality. She proposed an agenda that…
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Colloquium "Becoming like gods: Models of mind and self-perfection in early China"
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- Symposium Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Early Shi'i Sacred Topographies: Some Preliminary Considerations on Kufa and Medina
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Processes of Dying of the Greeks from the Hellenistic Period to the Early Empire
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar