207 search results for “digital opposing” in the Student website
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Executive Board decision after University Council advice: People counters will not be switched on again
The more than 370 sensors that have been hung up in Leiden University buildings to count the people present will not be switched on again. The equipment will eventually be removed from the buildings.
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Veni for Verena Meyer: 'Not every religious manuscript is meant to be digitised'
Now that it is becoming increasingly easy to digitise texts, it seems almost obvious to do that with everything that has ever been written. University lecturer Verena Meyer thinks that is too simplistic. ‘We need to look more closely at the political and cultural effects of digitisation.’
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Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example. And then mainly in China.
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Marcel KeurentjesFaculty of Humanities
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Öykü KurtpinarFaculty of Law
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Mustafa ColakFaculty of Humanities
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Francianne Dos Santos VelhoFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah GiestFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Andrea Reyes ElizondoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Nikki VostersFaculty of Law
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Clodagh MurphyFaculty of Humanities
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Hanum AtikasariSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Fitri MurfiantiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Syeda ShawkatSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Júlia García Puig-Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Antoni Mut PiñaFaculty of Law
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Kimia HeidaryFaculty of Law
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Emma EveraertSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Els Goetschalckx
ICLON
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Andrei PoamaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
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Chloe GrosFaculty of Law
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Symposium on technology and privacy should offer new insights
Video conferencing from your sitting room and algorithms on social media that know your interests: new technology is an increasingly integral part of our lives. At the same time there is a growing call to protect our privacy, and this is causing friction, at the University too. In part because of the…
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Herman SpainkFaculty of Science
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Leiden Classics: Leiden University’s first women students
It was not until 1878 that the first female students enrolled at Leiden University, but the discussion on whether women were suited to study was by no means over. 8 March is International Women's Day. BBC correspondente Kim Ghattas will deliver a lecture on 6 March on the struggle by Arabic women for…
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Update Executive Board: Current status of the government cuts
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Update from the Executive Board on the announced budget cuts
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’
Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, they find that the adoption of new AI models is raising questions about what counts as reliable scientific evidence.
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Diabolical dilemmas in timeless theatre about the Relief of Leiden
What is freedom worth in times of hunger? ‘Beleg’ is a modern interpretation of Lucretia van Merken’s 1774 play. With five performances in Leiden’s Schouwburg theatre, the play is a prominent part of the Relief of Leiden celebrations, and Leiden alumni are playing a big role. Take a look behind the…
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Monique van den DriesFaculty of Archaeology
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Jonathan SilkFaculty of Humanities
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Rizal ShidiqFaculty of Humanities
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Jan KolenFaculty of Archaeology
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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Executive Board column: Let’s be alert to unacceptable behaviour
This is a difficult time. Above all, for all those directly involved in this horrible case – unacceptable behaviour by a professor and his removal from the University – the case we went public about on 18 October and that has been reported in the media. This is painful and tough for the complainants…
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‘Divisions are there to be bridged’
Annetje Ottow is stepping down as President of Leiden University’s Executive Board on 1 September 2025 after almost five years in the role. She looks back at the highs and lows – and ahead to what’s next.
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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Young Hae ChoiFaculty of Science
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Marie-leen Ryckaert
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Peter van der PuttenFaculty of Science
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Rene KleijnFaculty of Science
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Peter PelsSocial & Behavioural Sciences