2,160 search results for “history of science and the open” in the Student website
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Citizen science project Heritage Quest wins European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2022
Gelderland Heritage and Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology have won the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2022 in the ‘research’ category with the Heritage Quest citizen science project. ‘Heritage Quest has shown that citizens can play an active role in protecting cultural heritage…
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Marco van Eijk new OD of Life Science & Technology
As of 1 September, Marco van Eijk has been appointed Director of Education of the bachelor's programme Life Science & Technology. He succeeds Marcellus Ubbink, who moved to the position of Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute for Chemical Research (LIC). Van Eijk has been appointed for a period…
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Tim van Surksum appointed new Science faculty assessor
As of 1 September, Tim van Surksum will take on the role of assessor for our faculty. The 22-year-old second-year Mathematics student is excited about his appointment.
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Exhibition "Leidsche Mondialen" on display at Faculty of Social Sciences
In our building, a new, colorful exhibition is now on display! Twelve artists from the collective "De Leidsche Mondialen" are showcasing their work in various locations within the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSW).
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Anna van Ark is doing an internship at the Rijksmuseum: ‘I’ve always wanted to be a curator’
Master’s student Anna van Ark has landed her dream internship at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. For three months, she’ll be shadowing the curator and conducting research on Japanese prints for the acquisitions team.
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Editing Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology: ‘It’s the beginning of a conversation’
Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology, a new open access volume edited by Felicia Fricke, Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, and Maaike de Waal, is already generating significant interest across the region and beyond.
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Frank TakesFaculty of Science
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Ramsey Albers wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2022
Ramsey Albers wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2022
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Dr Sarah Schrader appointed Head of Department Archaeological Sciences
The Faculty of Archaeology is pleased to announce that Dr Sarah Schrader has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Archaeological Sciences (DV). In April 2026 she succeeds Dr Jason Laffoon, who has led the department for the past six years.
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Tuomas AiveloFaculty of Science
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
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‘Science is international so our faculty should be too’
‘Our faculty is a very international community. And that is something everybody really benefit from,’ says Yun Tian. As the officer internationalisation, she is the bridge between international students and staff, the faculty and universities abroad. ‘Science goes beyond countries and carries no nationality.…
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Ester van der VoetFaculty of Science
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General Jacques Pâris de Bollardière and the French Nonviolence Movement, ca. 1960s-1980s
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Open House Faculty of Archaeology
Festival, Open House
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline MeulmanFaculty of Science
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Barend MonsFaculty of Medicine
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Max Joosten
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Peter Castenmiller
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Peiyan QinFaculty of Science
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Peng SunFaculty of Science
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History October 2025
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Spui updates for Political Science students in The Hague
Facility
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Museum Talks: ‘Our access to the past starts with in-depth knowledge of objects’
Geert-Jan Janse has always been fascinated by the way objects can bring the past closer. On 16 November, he will present a Museum Talk about his work as the director of the Vereniging Rembrandt (Rembrandt Association).
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Batuhan CanFaculty of Science
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Student Sjoerd reveals link between cloth trade and slavery
What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…
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Maritime historians and vocational college students together create historical database
What do you do when you’re suddenly given access to a whole lot of data but don’t know how to organise and analyse it? Maritime historians in the Faculty of Humanities joined forces with vocational college (MBO) students to build a database. ‘We’re so compatible with each other.’
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Spui updates for Political Science students in The Hague
Facility
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Harry StroomerFaculty of Humanities
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Janneke WesselingFaculty of Humanities
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Frank de Vos
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeFaculty of Humanities
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Simona FlorescuFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jolien van BovenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sine BagaturFaculty of Humanities
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Suzy DuivenvoordeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Opening exhibition 'CV of Failures'
Exhibition
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Lecture and Exhibition
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Palestine Poster Workshop (2): History, Graphic Design, Political Solidarity
Arts and culture
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Looking inside the tent: questions for deep history
Lecture
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Alberto CeriaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sterre ter HaarFaculty of Science
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Miranda van EckFaculty of Science
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Hirad RezaiejooFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Bangs, smoke and pear-flavoured ice lollies: how students make science cool
Playing with nitrogen and fire to show school pupils how exciting science can be – that’s what the student volunteers of Stichting Rino do alongside their studies. ‘If there’s even one child who gets interested in science, that’s what it’s all for.’