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Byzantine to Modern Pottery in the Aegean
An Introduction and Field Guide, Second and Revised Edition (15 December 2014)
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Leiden University Students studying in the UK
Are you a Leiden University student (thinking of) studying in the UK? Find out more about the impact of Brexit for current and prospective EU students of Leiden University studying abroad in the UK.
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20th century changes in the Dutch flora
Description of 20th century changes in the Dutch flora: Description and interpretation (1999 - 2005)
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Global Conflict in the Modern Era (MA)
The specialisation Global Conflict in the Modern Era of the master’s in International Relations at Leiden University engages you with the scholarly debates about global conflict today and in the recent past.
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NWO call 'PhDs in the Humanities'
Up to and including 2024 the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will be working with the ‘PhDs in the Humanities’ funding instrument.
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Amorites in the early Old Babylonian Period
This thesis explores several aspects of these Early Old Babylonian Amorites.
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Modification and Reference in the Chinese Nominal
This study proposes a theory for the encoding of specificity and definiteness in the Chinese nominal based on Cantonese, Mandarin and Wenzhou data.
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Respiratory health and disease in the Netherlands
Studying the impact of urbanisation on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations (1200-1850 CE).
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Veni for climate change and human evolution
Leiden archaeologist José Joordens has been awarded a Veni grant to develop her research on the role of climate change in early hominin evolution.
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Chasing cosmic tau neutrinos in the abyss
In this work the reconstruction of a tau neutrino signal in the KM3NeT detector is discussed.
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Indigenous adornment in the circum-Caribbean
The production, use, and exchange of bodily ornaments through the lenses of the microscope
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Studying and living in The Hague
The Hague is a real student city and has everything you’ll need to turn your time as a student into the time of your life.
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Visual Revolutions in the Middle East
Special Issue in: Visual Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 2016
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Intelligence in the Global South (GLOBALINT)
GLOBALINT is a pioneering study of intelligence in the Global South. It asks ‘how do (un)democratic shifts in political governance impact intelligence services in contexts of violent conflict?
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Sterile neutrinos in the early Universe
Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky
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Patterns of Paleomobility in the Ancient Antilles
Patterns of paleomobility in the Caribbean were studied through an inter-disciplinary approach using a combination of archaeological, osteological, mortuary, and isotopic data.
- Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific
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Contested landscapes in the age of encounter
Amerindian settlement patterns and early colonial cartography in Northern Hispaniola
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Record number of international students join introduction week
From Afghanistan to South Africa: 1,144 international students, including refugees from Syria, are taking part in the Orientation Week Leiden.
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Understanding labour migration
To ensure that the growing global flows of labour migrants are guided correctly, we need knowledge. Why do people leave home, why do they go to specific countries, and how can that choice be influenced? And what are the consequences of their leaving for the people who stay?
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Impact
The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) aims to demonstrate its relevance to society by means of high-quality research, excellent education and various outreach activities. A few highlights:
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Shifting the compass
Shifting the Compass: Pluricontinental Connections in Dutch Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
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STRINGS – Steering Research and Innovation for Global Goals
The STRINGS project is mapping development pathways for science, technology and innovation that best address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. A consortium of seven universities led by Tommaso Ciarli at SPRU at the University of Sussex and the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) have worked…
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Making migration and migration policy decisions amidst societal transformations (PACES)
PACES is an innovative, inter-disciplinary and multi-level research project that asks, How do changes in society, individual life experiences and migration policy shape decisions to stay or to migrate over time and across countries? And how can this knowledge inform future migration policies and gov…
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Schools
The Old Observatory offers various options for visits from schools. Besides our tours, we also offer special workshops for schools.
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Non-canonical gender systems
Grammatical gender is famously the most puzzling of the grammatical categories. We have a solid typology of gender systems, yet exciting and unexpected patterns keep turning up which defy easy classification and straightforward analysis. Some of these question, stretch or threaten to cross the outer…
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Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
Most people know what law is. But what it should be or where it comes from is what interests the researchers from the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law. Key to their approach are topics that go right to the heart of philosophy of law. What is a state? What are the limitations of…
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Volume 1 (2018)
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More details: the GTGC Conference 2022
How can we deal with today’s global challenges in sustainable, peaceful, fair, democratic, and effective ways? How can global events such as geopolitical shifts, ecological changes, technological innovations, and pandemics be better governed? Addressing these complex questions requires innovative, multidisciplinary…
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The migrant problem
The current migration flow into Europa demands effective measures. Leiden experts examine whether these measures are legal and hold up a mirror to policy-makers.
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“Heritage and the Question of Conversion”: Internships in Work Package 3B of Pressing Matter
Pressing Matter: Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums is a large-scale research project funded through the Dutch National Research Agenda, and led by Wayne Modest and Susan Legêne (Vrije Universiteit). Work Package 3 on “Value” phrases its main research question as follows:…
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Diversity Research Cluster
The CADS Research Cluster People, Power and Diversity aims to further theoretical and methodological debates on the classifications of human difference, such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, age, ability, religion, level of development, time, etc., and the way these classifications organize…
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About
Leiden University has long history of research and teaching on Asian traditions, with a focus on language and philology, history, religious studies, philosophy, law and literature. Leiden has in the last thirty years also built up an equally impressive strength in the study of modern and contemporary…
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Participating teams
Wondering who appeared at the start in 2019?
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Presentations
Presentations related to this chair.
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About CompaRe
Common challenge: unique circumstances
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Sustainability courses and programmes
Leiden University offers its students a wide range of bachelor's, master's and minors that explore sustainability or climate. Here, you find an overview of those programmes in the academic year 2020-2021.
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Islam and law
Systematic investigations into religious precepts, worldly rules of law and legal practices in the Muslim world show clearly how these societies deal with justice and injustice. Sharia, the Islamic ‘legal system’, plays an important role in this context.
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Quantification of ecosystem services within river catchments
How can ecosystem services within river catchments be quantified in spatial and temporal explicit way?
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Internationalisation
As a university we stand with both feet firmly in the world. Internationalisation is in Leiden’s DNA: from the very foundation of our university, the ideal of the free academy has always attracted researchers and students from across the whole world, and that will continue.
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Research
The philosophers at the Institute of Philosophy develop new perspectives and insights not only on fundamental philosophical questions, but also on topical and interdisciplinary themes such as secrecy, migration, climate change, the politics of truth and intercultural relations.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for the Air and Space Law programme at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Programme structure
In this programme, you will follow a core course and thesis seminar on governance and diversity, as well as elective seminars. Furthermore, you will work on your academic and professional skills, as well as acquaint yourself with the state-of-the-art in Political Science.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements. Read more.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Public International Law at Leiden University, you must meet the admission requirements as published on this page.
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Admission requirements
Whether you are eligible for admission to a Political Science master’s programme depends on your previous education and your command of the English language. The detailed entry requirements are listed below.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for the master's specialisation Applied Cognitive Psychology at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students the latest knowledge and the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for the Research Master's programme in Psychology at Leiden University, you must meet the following requirements.