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New core curriculum course: Humanities in a Digital World
Education
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Physicists from Leiden help create world’s smallest Rembrandt
Museum De Lakenhal is displaying the smallest work of art in the world: a 3D-printed statue of Rembrandt van Rijn, made by sculptor Jeroen Spijker and researchers from Leiden University.
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Three Leiden students competing in FISU Summer World University Games
Three student athletes from Leiden University are representing the Netherlands at the FISU Summer World University Games, a kind of Olympic Games for students.
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‘World leader in star-planet interactions’ appointed professor
Aline Vidotto has been appointed professor of Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics at the Observatory from 1 February. Vidotto has been with the university for 3.5 years and for her, the appointment is ‘a milestone in her career.’
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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These lunch seminars prepare you for upcoming world events
Climate and human rights will again become major issues on the world stage by the end of 2023. The new series of lunch seminars by the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) seamlessly tie into these events. All Leiden researchers and students are…
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Amadou AdamouFaculty of Humanities
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Raafat Shamieh
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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War in the Middle East: What are the implications?
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.
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Anna-Alexandra MarholdFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henric JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Ralph Kijk in de VegteASSC
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Webb detects icy ingredients for making potential habitable worlds
An international team of astronomers, led by Will Rocha of Leiden Observatory, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that the key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds are present in early-stage protostars, where planets have not yet formed.
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Alberto Sarcina
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Szilvia BiroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Karolina PomorskaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities
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Gerlov van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Robert SteinFaculty of Humanities
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ESOF2022 Online mini-symposium: The effect of the online world on adolescents
How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with increasing rates of online crimes among adolescents? During the mini-symposium ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, presented by the interdisciplinary…
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Leiden student and petrol station attendant to diplomat of the football world
As Secretary General of the Royal Dutch Football Association, Gijs de Jong travels the world. The career of this Leiden public administration graduate tells the story of a petrol station attendant who became one of the top diplomats in Dutch football.
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How vulnerable is the Netherlands to an energy crisis?
The Iran war has pushed up fuel prices and raised concerns about a global energy shortage. How well prepared is the Netherlands? We asked two experts.
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD
A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition at Oude UB takes you to the ritual yet idiosyncratic world of PhD ceremonies.
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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Johan ChristensenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ellen van ReulerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Three PhD defences in one day on religious coexistence in Ghana
Last Tuesday was a special day: three researchers defended their PhD dissertations in succession as part of the same project. Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis and Rashida Adum-Atta investigated how people of different religions coexist in Madina in Ghana.
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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New professor Vedran Dunjko finds real-world problems that a quantum computer can solve
Vedran Dunjko appointed to full professor of quantum computing at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
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Paulus van der Boog
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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Marlieke ErnstFaculty of Humanities
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Helen DuffyFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cushla DonaldsonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Femke Lippok