736 search results for “world anatomy” in the Staff website
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Frederic Lens appointed Professor of Biodiversity and Anatomy of Plants
The Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) has a new professor: as of 1 March, Frederic Lens has been appointed Professor of Biodiversity and Anatomy of Plants. For Lens, the appointment feels like a wonderful recognition. ‘I am pleased with Leiden University’s appreciation of my contributions to research…
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Unveiling the hidden world of wood
For four years, Vicky Beckers examined thin slices of wood under a microscope, mapping the anatomy of two plant families. Her research helps identify different wood species, benefiting both the timber trade and archaeology.
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Philosophy and The World
PhD defence
- Objects: Material culture and the dynamics of innovation in the ancient world
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Steven DenneyFaculty of Humanities
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Core curriculum course Humanities in a Digital World
From 2026-2027, the Faculty of Humanities will add a new core curriculum course to its education: Humanities in a Digital World. The new course will prepare all students for their role as humanities specialists in the digital society. The course has been developed by experts from different study programmes…
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World Week for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development
Arts and culture
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Comparative wood anatomy and evolution of Apocynaceae and Sapotaceae
PhD defence
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Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History
Lecture
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Call for papers ICON-S Benelux Chapter: Public Law in a Changing World
Research
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Victoria NystAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Manolis FragkiadakisFaculty of Humanities
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities
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Projects 2024-2025
This academic year, seven (teams of) teachers will receive a Grassroots or Grass shoots grant. Here you can read about their projects.
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Rogier CreemersFaculty of Humanities
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Peter VerhaarFaculty of Humanities
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Anatomy of the EU tax list: a case-study on EU external tax policy
PhD defence
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Karin de WildFaculty of Humanities
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden Law School rises in QS World University Ranking
Leiden Law School has moved up three places in the global ranking of law faculties and is now in 21st place.
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…
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Languages and Cultures of the World Page is now online
In accordance with the Faculty Strategic Plan, the thematic page on Languages and Cultures of the World has been launched. It provides an overview of the university's expertise in the field of Languages and Cultures. This theme is one of the four core areas that position the expertise of the Faculty…
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Saleh Darat’s (d. 1903) Fayḍ al-Raḥmān and the Javanese Mystical World
PhD defence
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Lettie Dorst: ‘Translation programmes change how we interpret the world’
Associate Professor Lettie Dorst has received a Vidi grant to research how machine translation programmes such as Google Translate and ChatGPT translate words and expressions used metaphorically. This still regularly goes wrong, resulting in far too literal, incorrect and sometimes incomprehensible…
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like another Leiden Egyptologist decades earlier. Herta Mohr persevered with her research during World War II. Now she is the namesake of the first Leiden building…
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Second World War victims commemorated in Hour of Remembrance
On 4 May, Leiden University remembered the victims of the Second World War from our university community. Alumni, students and present and former staff of the University came together for this Hour of Remembrance.
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Susana ValdezFaculty of Humanities
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NWO-XS Grants for Psychology Researchers
Researchers Marit Ruitenberg and Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam have received NWO-XS grants for their research projects on freezing in Parkinson’s disease and the neurobiology of social anxiety. The grant supports innovative, curiosity-driven research within the social sciences and humanities.
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Vincent Chang in various media outlets on Chinese commemoration of World War II
Assistant professor Vincent Chang spoke in various media outlets about the Chinese commemoration of World War II.
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Alina KarakantaFaculty of Humanities
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Journal established at LIACS reaches world top
An impact factor of 3.2 in the Web of Science journal index. And in the first 10% of Elsevier's Scopus index. The International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval (IJMIR), founded at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), has become one of the most important multimedia j…
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Call for Papers 'Playing Politics: Media Platforms Making Worlds'
We are living through an age in which social media platforms have given way to entirely new forms of politics and politicking. It is no exaggeration to say: there is a before and after social media.
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The Human Digital World theme page is now online
The page gives an overview of what the Faculty of Humanities offers in the areas of AI and Digital Humanities. 'The Human Digital World' is one of the four key themes with which the faculty profiles its research and education.