This dissertation is an analysis of spelling variation in Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts, two early texts of The Canterbury Tales.

Promotores: Prof.dr. P.C.W. Hogendoorn & Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Dr. B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

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The master’s in Philosophy is a one-year, English-taught programme. The programme offers five specialisations:

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In 2021, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) asked Leiden University to conduct a rapid review of best practices and possibilities for follow-up research on the integration of behavioral sciences in security by design methodologies and projects. This academic field is called security by behavioral…

Glycoconjugate vaccines are composed of microbial poly- or oligosaccharides covalently linked to a carrier protein.

On 20 februari 2019, Chris van Oostrum defended his thesis 'Regres bij concernfinanciering'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. mr. S.M. Bartman.

On 18 March 2020, Hoko Horii defended her thesis ‘Child Marriage as a Choice. Rethinking agency in international human rights’. The doctoral research was supervised by prof. A.W. Bedner and prof. G.A. van Klinken.

On 27 June 2019, Barry Bussey defended his thesis 'The Legal Revolution Against the Accommodation of Religion: The Secular Age v. The Sexular Age'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. P.B. Cliteur.

Although migration and integration have become important concepts today as a result of globalization, migration movements, integration, and multiculturalism have always been part of the history of Europe. Few people realize how many ethnic groups participated in migration within Europe or into Europe…

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy is a non-destructive analytical technique that is used to study the nature and characteristics of molecules with an atomic level precision. It has a wide range of applications especially in synthetic chemistry, biological and biochemical research groups…

The theme of our 450th anniversary, and of this Dies Natalis, is Ahead of the Times. We have, after all, been directing our gaze to the future for centuries now.

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The Hague is a real student city and has everything you’ll need to turn your time as a student into the time of your life.

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Innovating objects in a Eurasian center of the Late Hellenistic period.

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How is inflammation in tuberculosis controlled by interplay between autophagy and inflammasome signalling?

The MSc International Organisation is offered by Leiden University in The Hague. This page explains why students choose this programme and location.

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Since 2022, a higher proportion of people in the Netherlands have been victims of cybercrime than of 'traditional' crime. The Bachelor in Cybersecurity & Cybercrime trains you to become an all-round cyber expert, equipping you to take on the fight against cybercrime.

Medical technology has become an essential part of healthcare. Innovative treatment methods therefore require a new type of medical professional. Someone with medical and technical knowledge, who builds a bridge between technology and patient.

How do you combine an academic career with parenting young children? For many early‑career researchers, this is a daily challenge: from lack of sleep and unpredictable childcare to publication pressure and implicit expectations within academia, particularly during the early years of parenthood. Questions…

The wide-ranging interests of the Dutch archeologist Maurits van Loon -prehistory, art history, and ancient history - are reflected in these papers, which commemorate his 30 years of archeological research in the Near East

Optimality in plant properties and processing.

The research of this programme is centered around dynamical systems, functional analysis, and their interplay.

Our Division has created and maintains the Visualisation Core Facilities of the LACDR. This is a multi-user facility offering basic and advanced microscopic techniques to scientists of the LACDR.

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GitLab is a single application for the entire software development lifecycle. We use the Leiden University gitlab services

The International Air Law Moot Court Competition is a unique opportunity for students seeking to gain experience in the development of arguments in the field of international law and international air law, while also establishing contacts around the world.

Company Law is a specialisation of the master’s programme Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) at the renowned Leiden Law School of Leiden University.

The Leiden Leadership Centre is a member of the Global Leadership Centres Roundtable (GLCR). The Global Leadership Centres Roundtable is the international network of university-based leadership centres.

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This project is about a funerary altar with a Latin inscription for Q. Petronius Turnus. It was found in Rome and dated to the first century CE. It became part of the collection of Baron van Westreenen, and is now in Museum The House of the Book in The Hague.

Keeping and breeding of test animals for the purpose of scientific research and education.

The Pre-master’s programme is a programme designed to help students achieve the requirements by removing deficiencies for admission in the Master’s programmes offered by the Institute of Public Administration.