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Festival showcases anthropology students’ work: scope of visual ethnography is widening
Visual ethnography has become an integral part of anthropology in Leiden. The students from the master’s specialisation will present their work at the LUVE festival on 8, 9 and 10 October. ‘For a film you have to negotiate with your research participants.’
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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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ESA presents first crystal-clear Euclid photos of the cosmos
The first full-colour images of the cosmos from ESA's space telescope Euclid were presented today. Never before has a telescope been able to take such crystal-clear astronomical images of such a large part of the sky and so far into the deep universe. The five images illustrate Euclid's full potential;…
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Consortia awarded grant for research into pressing issues
Various consortia in which Leiden University is represented are beginning interdisciplinary research, which will bring scientific and societal breakthroughs within reach. Knowledge institutions, government and private parties are working closely together on the projects.
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No exams or lectures, but building a radio telescope with empty paint cans
No more lectures and exams for the Radio Astronomy course taught by Michiel Brentjens. The corona crisis is a moment of reflection that has changed his whole way of teaching. Instead of being in front of the class, he lets his students build a radio telescope with paint cans.
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The transformative power of food
Creating a good life and new work values through foodwork?
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3 October University: from Russian DNA to drug-related violence
In prehistoric times there was a huge wave of migration, from the steppes in Russia and Ukraine to West Europe. The newcomers’ genes began to dominate. Archaeology research in Leiden into burial mounds in the Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas of the Netherlands yielded this spectacular conclusion.…
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AI in port and maritime research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
From a ship that has been designed to tell you what maintenance it needs and when, to an intelligent journey planner for global goods transport. The three universities in Zuid-Holland are abuzz with AI research in the field of ports and maritime. Three researchers explain. Part two in a series of five…
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This archaeologist dives to VOC ship De Rooswijk
Martijn Manders conducts research on the sunken VOC ship De Rooswijk. Tirzah Schnater from the Ministry of Education, Culure and Science produced this impressive report of the work of this underwater archaeologist.
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A long-term perspective on human niche construction and alteration of ecosystems
Dr. Katharine MacDonald (Faculty of Archaeology) sketches the background to a recent paper in Science Advances, co-authored by her and other members of the Liveable Planet team.
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‘Prehistory holds up a challenging mirror to us’
Leiden alumnus Luc Amkreutz is a curator at the National Museum of Antiquities. His exhibition about the submerged landscape of Doggerland highlights what we can learn from prehistory. ‘Just like the people of Doggerland, we are confronted with climate change, but we are responsible for the speed of…
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Online Master’s Experience Public International Law (advanced)
Study information, Online Master’s Experience
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Children's Response to Humor in Translated Poetry
PhD defence
- Presentation of Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Prize
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Award ceremony Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award
Prijsuitreiking
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Master's Online Experience Day International Relations: Online Q&A
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Online Master's Experience Day Arts & Culture: Q&A
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Experience Day master’s Political Science: on campus
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On-campus Master’s Experience Day: Faculty of Law
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Master's Online Experience Day Linguistics Research MA: Q&A
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Master's Online Experience Day Latin American Studies: Q&A
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On Campus Master's Experience Day Governance of Sustainability
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On Campus Master's Experience Day Industrial Ecology
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International Human Rights of Children
Comprehensive, scholarly compilation of legal studies of substantive and procedural children’s rights, breaking new ground by analysing a wide range of international children's rights issues.
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Leiden students advise the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
On Wednesday 18 May, the students of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights presented their work to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with the aim to provide recommendations on how to make its decision more accessible to children.
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Online Master's Experience Day: Master Population Health Management
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On Campus Master's Experience Day: Faculty Medicine / LUMC
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International Symposium on Social Work in Juvenile Justice in Beijing
Stephanie Rap and Julia Sloth-Nielsen have presented at the International Symposium on Social Work in Juvenile Justice in Beijing, from 27-28 October 2018.
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Department of Child Law advises UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Researchers of the department of Child Law have submitted an advice to the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations, which monitors the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, on 7 January 2019.
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Generating Freedom; Hegel's Conception of Political Order
PhD defence
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Master's Online Experience Day Middle Eastern Studies
Study information
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Conrad Gessner´s Fish Books (1556-1560)
PhD defence
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PhD Supervision Excellence Training for Academic Staff
Training
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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Master's Open Day incl. Minor Market - Science Campus
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Online Master’s Experience Day: Master Vitality and Ageing
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Stephanie Rap wins publication prize
On 24 November 2016 dr. Stephanie Rap received the publication prize of the Society for Family and Child Law for her publication ‘A children’s rights perspective on the participation of juvenile defendants in the youth court’, published in The International Journal of Children’s Rights, vol. 24(1),…
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Data Management Plan course for PhD's
Didactics, Career development
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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LTP Lecture: Quine’s naturalized epistemology of ontology
Lecture
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Putin’s War on Ukraine: Implications and Consequences
Debate, Roundtable
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Book Launch: Agon, Conflict and Mimesis in Nietzsche's Philosophy
Debate
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Diagnostic challenges of today's lung cancer pathology
PhD defence
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Memory, Modernity, and Children’s Literature in Japan
PhD defence
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Innovating China: Governance and Mobility in China’s New Economy
PhD defence
- Online Master's Experience Day European Union Studies: Online Q&A
- Online Master's Experience Day Ancient History: Online Q&A
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Asia Academy #11: South Korea's Chip Power
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Iron-immune interactions in Alzheimer's disease
PhD defence
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LTP Lecture: Frege’s Logic: From 'Begriffsschrift' to 'Grundgesetze'
Lecture