731 search results for “society unie” in the Public website
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Dutch state returns stolen artefacts: ‘Make sure to tell the full story’
The Netherlands returned 478 artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka this week, on the advice of a Dutch committee. Rightly so, says Leiden professor Pieter ter Keurs from the Museums, Collections and Society interdisciplinary research programme. ‘But do make it clear why you are returning something.’
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Lectorate Event of lectorate 'Music, Education and Society' Royal Conservatoire
Arts and culture
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Sweetie 2.0—Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Webcam Child Sex Tourism
In July 2019 Asser Press published the book 'Sweetie 2.0—Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Webcam Child Sex Tourism’ which was coedited by Simone van der Hof en Bart Schermer from the Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Bert-Jaap Koops from the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society…
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Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’
What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the European Parliament asked Leiden legal scholar Evelien Campfens. Her advice: develop a registration system, issue art with a ‘passport’ and set up a European…
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives
Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…
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Safety of journalists most important theme of 2022 Press Freedom Index
On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day was held and the Dutch 2022 'Persvrijheidsmonitor' was presented. The safety of journalists in 2022 was the most important theme in the area of press freedom in the Netherlands. Tarlach McGonagle, Professor of Medial Law & Information Society in Leiden, and Otto Volgenant,…
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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Seminar: Celebration of and reflections on the SAILS minor AI and Society
Lecture
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Cities, migration and global interdependence
The key subject of the research programme Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence 1500-now (CMGI) is Inequality (at local, national and global levels). We study this from an intersectional perspective: gender, class, ethnicity or race, religion, sexuality, age, ability/disability, citizenship and…
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AI, Peace, Justice and Security in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
The AI research in the area of peace, justice and security at each of the three universities in Zuid-Holland complements the AI research being performed by the other two. Three researchers explain. Part one in a series of five about themes that the three universities’ AI research covers.
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Interview with Hafez Ismaili m'Hamdi about his course 'From Plato to Pussy Riot'
In the interview by Manu Sinjan, published in Eos Memo, Hafez Ismaili m'Hamdi addresses questions about the changing role of music in society through history, which is also the topic of his course 'From Plato to Pussy Riot'.
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Eight new MOOCs
This autumn Leiden University is launching eight new MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that are available free to the general public. You can follow courses on the theory of evolution, mindfulness, political economy, international law, music, cultural heritage or archaeology.
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Is politics boring and far removed from you?
On 22 May, the Dutch House of Representatives invited one hundred citizens to pose critical questions regarding the Ministries’ annual reports. This followed on from the annual ‘Accountability Day’. Caspar van den Berg, Associate Professor of Public Administration, helped think about how citizens could…
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Sports and data analytics: discovering the unknown known
The combination of data science and sports is a hot topic. In a talk during the opening of the Academic Year at the Faculty of Science, Professor Joost Kok explained what data analytics can teach us about sports.
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Dating with electrodes struck to your skin
Four thousand visitors immersed themselves in art and science during Leiden's Night of Art and Science on 17 September. They could choose from dozens of lectures, experiments, interactive events and a lot of art.
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The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group
The development of space resource activities is happening now. In the absence of a clear framework to govern these activities, there is a need to examine the concepts that are being discussed in order to ensure that they meet existing treaty obligations regarding on-orbit operations and space resource…
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Events
You can find an overview of events organized by the Platform for Post-Colonial Readings below.
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Prof. Tim Koopmans
Tim Koopmans is one of the great minds in the history of Dutch and European legal scholarship. He taught law as a professor in Leiden and other universities, among which Ghent, Cambridge, Utrecht. He practiced it as a judge in the European Court of Justice and Advocate-General in the Dutch Supreme Court,…
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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Rizal ShidiqFaculty of Humanities
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Maartje van der WoudeFaculty of Law
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Latest hardware for computer research on medical imaging
The LIACS Media Lab has received a research grant from the worldwide leading graphics hardware company NVIDIA. The grant exists of newly developed hardware utilizing thousands of processors. LIACS researchers will use it to investigate deep learning in understanding imagery from sources such as MRI…
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Kyra AlbertsFaculty of Humanities
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Cas BotmanFaculty of Humanities
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Célestin Leba
Faculty of Humanities
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Frank StaalFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Michiel HooykaasFaculty of Science
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Eline SlagboomFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Patrick RensenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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H LambFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Hertasning IchlasFaculty of Law
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Erik Koopman
Faculty of Humanities
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Joanna Greenland
Faculty of Humanities
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Joe FortinFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolas TurnerFaculty of Humanities
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Suzanne CannegieterFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Willeke van RoonFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Irene Urrutia Schroeder
Faculty of Humanities
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Rolf GroenwoldFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Karla Paola Cabrera AcuñaFaculty of Humanities
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Johanna MeijerFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Keerthi Sridharan VaidehiFaculty of Humanities
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Carolina Pereira De Queiroz MonteiroFaculty of Archaeology
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Rachel FletcherFaculty of Humanities
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Bert FraussenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mark van BuchemFaculteit Geneeskunde