Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-promotor: G. Siegal

This thesis proposes multiple paths towards the development of a performance practice in Computer Music.

The Joint Research Day (JRD25) returns for its third edition — a 15-hour programme dedicated to artistic research across the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), the Royal Conservatoire (KC), and the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA).

In photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT), a biologically active compound is caged by a light-cleavable protecting group.

OPERA aims at establishing open and advanced research analytics practices and systems at Danish universities and in the Danish landscape of research analytics stakeholders.

Software development is a complex process. It is important that software products become stable and maintainable assets.

PhD-programmes, specialized in artistic research, docARTES and PhDArts join forces on March 22 and 23.

Voor deze use case zoeken wij een gebruiker die voor onderzoeksdoeleinden interesse heeft in de auteursrechtelijk beschermde collectie van de KB en ons kan helpen met het opstellen door wensen, noden en ervaringen te delen.

Visual art today is strongly interlinked with society, a connection which is reinforced and deepened by social and other media. In Arts, Media and Society you will explore this relationship and analyse how it reflects and impacts the issues of our time, while also developing academic and practical skills…

LUCAS hosts a wide variety of research. Here we outline some of the most important research themes.

The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. These are our past awardees.

During the Latin American Studies Master's programme you will focus on key social, political, linguistic and cultural developments which are currently shaping the complex reality of Latin America.

Conferences, Workshops and Lectures showcasing research and tools in Digital Humanities.

How can archaeological datasets reveal the interplay between past indigenous understandings of the surrounding world and resilient and sustainable ways of life in the Isthmo-Colombian Area?

In 2023, many of our students and staff won great prizes and secured important research grants.

In his dissertation Gabriel Paiuk explores the variable ways in which what is heard is formed. To address this, he postulates a novel concept of sound image in a post-anthropocentric context in which both mind and material artefacts are instances across which the image occurs, rather than hosts on which…

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The Data Science Research Programme at Leiden University combines data science with PhD projects in a wide range of disciplines. The programme has been running for over two years, and is producing the first astonishing results. A number of PhD candidates talk about their experiences and research bel…

LUCDH are delighted to offer students of the Humanities a range of courses in the Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics minor to develop their digital skills and critical thinking.

In the logic and aesthetics of a republican baroque the existing world is the result of a moment in which for a split second two or more realities are equally real and after which only a singular one becomes actualized.

Are there general principles or values that should govern our actions as moral agents and/or as political subjects?

On January 25th, artist Jonas Staal will defend his dissertation which explores the development of propaganda art from the 20th to the 21st century.

What is effective viewing behavior for foreign language learners and how can teachers effectively train language learners to apply effective viewing strategies that will maximize their learning when viewing subtitled materials?

Mexico, between 500 B.C. and A.D. 900

The skin has recently gained attention within body studies for its many specific cultural and social associations, in addition to its biology. This project aims to examine the different layers of meaning and the functions invested in the skin in ancient Greece: how did ancient Greek literary and medical…

Psycholinguistic research

Data analysis with Python and R are rapidly becoming essential skills for modern scientists. Therefore, we are offering courses to develop your scientific computing skills. Those courses are optional for LACDR PhD candidates.

One of the highlights of doing our master's programme is the opportunity to follow your own research project in which you combine the experience of doing a detailed and extended research project with the development of important skill-sets.

This PhD project investigates how automatic sign language recognition technology can be further developed to analyse static images and textual descriptions of signs.

The Green algae Chara as model system for intra and inter cellular transport processes.

Check our varied programme starting in May 2026

Leiden Law School has a strong tradition of research in the field of fact-finding and evidence in criminal cases.

In juli 2024 is het boek 'Evaluatie Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord' uitgebracht. Het boek bevat het rapport van het evaluatieonderzoek van de Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord (WHOA) uitgevoerd door een onderzoeksteam van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en de Universiteit Leiden in opdracht van…

On July 5th, Mulugeta Tarekegne Tsegaye succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Mulugeta on this great result.

The dissertation by Max Kusters (PhD at ICLON) examined ‘teacher agency’: the capacity of university lecturers to actively and purposefully influence their teaching practices and work conditions.

Part of ‘Moralising Misfortune: A Comparative Anthropology of Commercial Insurance’, an ERC Consolidator project of Erik Bähre.

The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society (VVI) is part of the Leiden Law School.

Explore the profound impact of silences on social, political, and interpersonal dynamics in complex historical contexts. This collection of essays challenges assumptions and draws on diverse academic fields to reveal the pervasive nature of silence in human existence.