1,141 search results for “humanism” in the Staff website
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey, that’s interesting!’
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Annemie Halsema appointed professor by special appointment: ‘I want to contribute to thinking about diversity
The Institute for Philosophy further expands its knowledge: As of 1 September, Annemie Halsema holds the chair of Wijsgerige antropologie en de grondslagen van het humanisme (Philosophical anthropology and the principles of humanism, ed.). In the coming five years, she will study current societal issues…
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ESOF ‘Art Exploring Science’ session will connect art and science
How can we view societal challenges from a different perspective? At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), Robert Zwijnenberg, Emeritus Professor of Art and Science Interactions, will call for more collaboration between artists and scientists.
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Gerrit Dusseldorp
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nicolas Rodriguez Idarraga
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Burgos Martinez
Faculty of Humanities
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Mamadou Hébié
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jennifer Schense
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Laura Steenbergen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marian Klamer
Faculty of Humanities
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Jens Iverson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention?
The FIFA World Cup will get underway in Qatar this November – an event that has attracted much discussion in recent years. This discussion is not only centred on sport. Human rights are in the spotlights in Qatar. On Friday 30 September, Leiden University organised a debate in which experts from various…
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Enabling the most impact from Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) research
Working Group
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Applications of Large Language Models to the Humanities Workshop
Workshop
- 'Sound Matters': An exploratory Workshop into Sound and Digital Humanities
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Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities
Workshop
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Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities
Workshop
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Larissa van den Herik
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rik van Gijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Hoko Horii
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gerlov van Engelenhoven
Faculty of Humanities
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Martina Revello Lami
Faculteit Archeologie
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Woman, man or somewhere in between? You decide (and not just your body)
A female body equals a woman. Nonsense, says Professor by Special Appointment to the Socrates Chair Annemie Halsema. She argues that our sense of identity and social environment also determine our identity. ‘We should stop assigning people’s sex at birth.’
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NWO and ERC grant for research on Chinese infrastructure
In the coming years, Hilde De Weerdt gets to spend over three million euros. She received grants from both the European Research Council (ERC) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for research on Chinese infrastructure. ‘It is great that it is also possible to develop large projects in the social sciences…
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EUniWell Open lectures series | European standards of Human Rights protection of displaced persons fleeing armed conflicts
Lecture, Part of a series
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Alumnus Asa Splinter: ‘LGBT+ identities are not a burden but a source of inspiration’
Even as a teenager Asa Splinter was determined to study Japanese in Leiden. A HAVO diploma and a change in legislation threatened to throw a spanner in the works, but Asa persevered. After ten years of studying, Asa obtained a master’s degree in Japanese and was nominated for the IHLIA thesis award…
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Aafje de Roest: ‘As an expert in Dutch Studies you have the right skills to research hip hop’
Aafje de Roest turned her hobby into her job. She went from a teenager who enjoyed listening to hip hop music to a PhD candidate who focuses on how Dutch hip hop music shapes the cultural identity of young people in the Netherlands.
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New Cluster Zuid building is taking shape
A lot has happened at Cluster Zuid since the highest point of the building was reached in December. See the photo report below.
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Social and Economic Human Rights, The United Nations and the Intimacies of International Law: A History
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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Daniel Pauly: The Human Appropriation of the Earth and the Oceans
Lecture
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Intergenerational Justice and Human Rights in a time of Planetary Crises in Africa
Conference
- Kick-off brainstorm: new master’s programme in Environmental Humanities
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Artificial ''Intelligence'' versus Human Dignity: Issues of Fairness and Power in Algorithmic Decisions
Lecture
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LUCDH Workshop: An Introduction to Large Language Models in the Humanities
Lecture
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session faculty office: Safe research and academic freedom within Humanities
Debate
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OSCoffee: Doing Open Science in the Humanities: From Public Discourse to Qualitative Data
Lecture
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Deep Learning for Beginners: How to Make a Computer Think like a Human
Workshop Series
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Digital Humanities for Contemporary Policy Research - the Case of China
Lecture
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How climate change affects intangible heritage: ‘Specific materials to build instruments are disappearing’
What do climate change and traditional Japanese music have to do with each other? A great deal, university lecturer Andrea Giolai suspects. He has been awarded an NWO grant to study the relationship in more depth.
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lecture: Designing individualized learning - the case of Digital Humanities
Lecture
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Axel Palmér
Faculty of Humanities
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Elmer Veldkamp
Faculty of Humanities
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Guus Kroonen
Faculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Alwin Kloekhorst
Faculty of Humanities
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Herman Paul
Faculty of Humanities
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Serkan Aslan
Science
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Sabine Witting
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nidesh Lawtoo
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Artists seek and research another dimension of science’
In July, Leiden will be hosting the EuroScience Open Forum conference. Humanities scholars from Leiden will make use of the opportunity to stress the importance of art in science. ‘Artists have the ability to show the consequences of science.’