1,690 search results for “reading” in the Student website
-
Arnout KoornneefFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Marit Guda
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Paul van den BroekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
The Alternative Reading List Awards 2025
Who can pitch a book so well that everyone wants to read it? These are the winners of the 2025 Alternative Reading List Awards.
-
Suzanne MolFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Liza van den BoschFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Warfare: technology and ethics - a reading list
While the United States continues to carry out drone strikes, and China conducts large-scale cyber and information operations, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers live in trenches, and NATO sends tanks to the Donbas front to force a breakthrough. Has war changed dramatically in recent decades as a result…
-
Marianne van Dijken
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Elise SwartFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
-
Marja Oudega
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Amy de BruïneFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
‘Forgotten books inspire a love of reading’
The compulsory reading list is infamous among secondary school students, and for all the wrong reasons. This prompted the Faculty of Humanities and the Onderwijsnetwerk Zuid-Holland (South Holland Education Network) to launch the Alternative Reading List Award, in search of books that motivate young…
-
Out now! LEAP # 2: (Mis)Reading Nature
LEAP is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 2021 by a team of junior and senior scholars of Leiden University as part of a Faculty-broad Master course. Each year the journal has a new editorial board and a new theme. Series editors Astrid van Weyenberg and Nanne Timmer guide this process and are assisted…
-
Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
-
The most read stories of 2021 from Leiden University
Research into depression in children, Leiden alumni in the Dutch House of Representatives and an exceptional achievement by one of our students: what do this topics have in common? They are among our most read stories of 2021.
-
Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Marloes van Moort
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Anne HelderFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Stereotypes and Misconceptions about the Middle East - The Reading List
The perception of the Middle East is riddled with stereotypes that have had dire consequences on its people. What is myth and what is reality? How did these stereotypes come about? What consequences have they had? All of these questions and more are answered within this reading list.
-
Read the three most downloaded papers by CADS researchers
Three of our researchers have been awarded a certificate for receiving enough downloads to be in the top 10% of papers in 2022
-
Rachel PlakFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading?
Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje de Roest wants to find out more about the reading culture they are promoting and its effect on the reading habits of their mostly young female follow…
-
Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
-
Extraterrestrial life, AI and more: these are the most-read Leiden Science articles of 2025
Speculation about alien life, a new nitrogen map, AI as a thesis supervisor, groundbreaking telescopes and multi-million-euro investments to combat antimicrobial resistance – the diversity of these topics shows that our readers are just as broadly interested as our researchers. Discover the most-read…
-
Mendes wins Jaap Doek Thesis Prize 2024 for his research on the right to read
Matheus Mendes was awarded the 12th Jaap Doek Thesis Prize at a ceremony on 13 December 2024 for his thesis on the right to read. The prize honours outstanding master’s theses in children’s rights.
-
‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’
Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and think tanks impact the authoritarian leadership’s views on what constitutes the country’s national interest in the international arena. On 14 November…
-
Dietsje JollesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
-
Siuman Chung
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Matthias BarzFaculty of Science
-
Reading group: Abandon All Hope?
Reading group
-
Reading Subtitles: Insights from Eye Tracking
Conference, Lorentz Center workshop
-
Reading Group: The Silence of the Sea
Reading group
-
Award ceremony Alternative Reading list Awards 2025
Arts and culture
-
Four Russophone Poets Read their Poetry
Alumni event, Poetry
-
Ian AlwaynFaculty of Medicine
-
Sander DijkstraFaculty of Medicine
-
Robert PassierFaculty of Medicine
-
Vivian van der WerfFaculty of Science
-
Marga Sikkema-de JongFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Priya RamcharanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Jan Willem ErismanFaculty of Science
-
Mark HazekampFaculty of Medicine
-
Michel FerrariFaculty of Medicine
-
Marlies ReindersFaculty of Medicine
-
Annemieke Aartsma-RusFaculty of Medicine
-
Douwe AtsmaFaculty of Medicine
-
Johannes VerschuurenFaculty of Medicine
-
Arn van den MaagdenbergFaculty of Medicine