1,101 search results for “as a modernities and transition” in the Staff website
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Transition payment
If your employment ends, you may be eligible for a transition payment. You could use this allowance for education or training, or to make your transition to your next job smoother. Do you qualify for a transition allowance?
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Suzanne van den BoschFaculty of Science
- LUCAS Modern & Contemporary Cluster
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Was There Indeed a Decline of Ambiguity in Islamic Modernity? Deathbed Emotions as a Case Study
Lecture
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Modernization of the library finished
The renewed library is built in the middle of wing B on the ground floor. The entrance opens onto the central hall.
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Growth Models, Carbon Pathways, and the Geopolitics of the Green Transition
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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University grants Faculty of Archaeology three year transition period in charging fees for external PhDs
Finance
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History November 2025
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History April 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History February 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History May 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History March 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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New research facility for the energy transition
Leiden University is part of a Dutch consortium that will receive 4.7 million euros from NWO to build a facility that makes controlled, thin layers of material. The facility can produce small and large films, something that is globally unique. And that is key to scaling up, for example, new catalysts…
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Angela CareddaFaculty of Science
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Anouk Saint MartinICLON
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Bloomreach Experience 16 _ Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History December 2025
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society'
In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…
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Dodo Through the Looking-Glass: A Mirror for Modern and Contemporary Culture
Inaugural lecture
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NWO funding for just and effective energy transitions
A consortium led by Eefje Cuppen, Professor Governance of Sustainability at the Institute of Public Administration, has been granted NWO funding for a research project looking into the social, societal, and technical aspects of the energy transition.
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Hanny GijsmanICLON
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Mariana Braz PiresFaculty of Science
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Ingrid SamsetFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Droovi de ZilvaFaculty of Science
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Eefje CuppenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Circularity not yet a priority in energy transition and construction
Are we on the right track towards a circular economy in 2050, with fully renewable energy technology and circular construction? The CML of Leiden University, together with the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), TNO, Utrecht University and RIVM, is investigating what is needed to achieve…
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'When I talked about the materials for an energy transition in 2010, people almost started to laugh'
In order to build wind turbines and electric cars, we need tons of magnets. Currently, we import these mainly from China, which means Europe is very dependent on this superpower for the energy transition. This has to change, according to industrial ecologist René Kleijn. In the REEsilience project,…
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East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Book Talk: A Modern History of China’s Art Market
Lecture, China Seminar
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Electric car batteries can help drive the clean electricity transition
As early as 2030, batteries in electric vehicles could fully meet the need for short-term electricity storage around the world. By connecting them to the power grid they can provide their stored energy, improving energy security and enabling renewable technologies in cleaning the grid.
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Enes SütütemizFaculty of Humanities
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Who will pay for our energy transition?
The Dutch Development Bank's new SDG loan fund for green energy in the global south may not be as positive as it seems. Anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg raises concerns about its potential impact on local communities.
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Bill SchabasFaculty of Law
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Maarten KoeseFaculty of Science
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Katrien KlepFaculty of Law
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Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group
Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of social science and humanities researchers who are exploring ways to mitigate the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in a just and equitable manner, with due consideration to the human rights of present…
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Data for Policy 2025: digital and green transitions
The 2025 Data for Policy conference at Leiden University explored how digital and green transitions can shape a more sustainable and inclusive future.
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Your old smartphone is indispensable for the energy transition
By 2050, we can obtain 40 per cent of our demand for scarce earth metals from old smartphones, batteries, and wind turbines. This is crucial because otherwise, we may not have enough to accomplish the energy transition. An international team of researchers from China, the UK, and Leiden's Tomer Fishman…
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Knowledge Security: Transition to University Policy Framework from 1 October
Organisation, Security
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Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk: “The Early Modern Discovery of the Roman limes along the Danube and its impact on 16th-Cen. Austrian Architecture”
Lecture, Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk
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‘Participation on the sustainability transition is still too ad hoc'
To support policies and decision-making on sustainability, it is important to involve citizens and stakeholders in the process. The term used for this in Public Administration is 'participation'. Professor Eefje Cuppen observes that things still often go wrong with participation. Inaugural lecture on…
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Luris transition: important changes to organisational structure and working methods
Luris supports and advises researchers and societal partners on knowledge transfer, research impact and public-private partnerships between researchers and society. The organisational structure of Luris is changing to help us better meet the changing needs of our researchers and civil society. Read…
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Teacher development
Leiden University considers good education to be of paramount importance. That is why we invest in our teachers’ professional development, to ensure that their teaching methods continue to match the needs of individual students.
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities