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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Archaeological laboratories visit Faculty of Science for sustainable ideas
In 2018 the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) was launched in the UK. The aim of this programme was to help laboratories work more sustainably and efficiently. The initiative got a Dutch spin-off in 2021. Since then, a couple of the laboratories at the Leiden Faculty of Science have…
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Honours students mount an exhibition on ‘the other’
Master’s students in the Honours Class ‘Leiden, City of Refugees?’ were asked to contemplate the concept of ‘the other’ from both an academic and an artistic perspective. The result was the exhibition ‘The Invitation’ which was presented at Stadsbauhaus on 4 June.
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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'Here I can grow in both science and art'
A passion for video games, visuals and science: it almost seems impossible to bring all of this together. Yet, scientific animator Vera Williams found that dream combination at NeCEN's microscopy lab. 'An image or animation can help clarify the content of complex research.'
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‘Interaction between politics, science and colonial impact often overlooked’
How did science relate to politics and colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Assistant Professor Lauren Lauret has been awarded an NWO XS grant to map the colonial and political activities of nineteenth-century scientists.
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Elisabeth DietermanFaculty of Humanities
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Khizar JawadFaculty of Humanities
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Daniele Paolini
Faculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Marcel KeurentjesFaculty of Humanities
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Femke Fakkeldij
Faculty of Humanities
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Victor Barros Correia
Faculty of Humanities
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Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye
Faculty of Humanities
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Koundja Mayoubila
Faculty of Humanities
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Mamadou Togola
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Modibo Cisse
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Lowlands as lab: virtual trips in the name of science
While tens of thousands of visitors dance to deafening music, a team of Leiden psychologists are trying to collect data for their research at Lowlands. How do festivalgoers experience a virtual trip? And what role do factors such as too little sleep and whether they have experience with psychedelics…
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Minister Dijkgraaf: ‘We must narrow the gap between science and society’
The speed at which science is changing our lives gives rise to tensions and concerns. In his talk at Leiden University, Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) said we should talk more about science’s relationship with society and political decision-making.
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Chris Riddell is new Face of Science: 'Can't wait to share research'
Have you ever seen your friend smiling, and suddenly you started grinning too? PhD student Chris Riddell is researching how and why we copy body language. As a new Face of Science, he will take us along on his research journey for the coming year.
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Kenan van de Mieroop
Faculty of Humanities
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Ronald Petrarca
Faculty of Humanities
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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Klaas WorpFaculty of Humanities
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Your vote matters: meet the Faculty of Science candidates for the university elections!
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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Bernhard RiegerFaculty of Humanities
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Maarja SeireFaculty of Humanities
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Ajeng Arainikasih
Faculty of Humanities
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Nuranisa NuranisaFaculty of Humanities
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Dallaire on “How a better world is possible”: Cooperation between Science and Practice
Leiden University’s Institute for Security and Global Affairs and Dual PhD Centre jointly organize an online lecture on 23 April, 15.00 hrs by Cleveringa Professor General Roméo Dallaire on “How a better world is possible”: Cooperation between Science and Practice.
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities