1,102 search results for “teaching” in the Student website
-
Maarten Jansen compares ancient Mexican writing systems as Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Bonn
Maarten Jansen, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Archaeology, was appointed as Distinguished Emeritus Professor for two years at the University of Bonn. In this position, Jansen, a world-renowned specialist on ancient Mexican pictorial manuscripts, will further expand upon the long-standing collaboration…
-
Pressure on River Management Leads to more Frequent Flooding
In his new book 'Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands', Paul Hudson Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Leiden University College in The Hague, examines human impacts on lowlands rivers. The past twenty years the pressure on large fluvial lowlands has increased tremendously because…
-
New members of the Cultural Anthropology Programme Committee
The new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC) are Pablo Pandocchi, Benjamin Maldonado, Emily Berube-Palsboll and Nico Lesenfants Ramos.
-
Second meeting of the alternative Humanities Campus: Process, think tank and inspiration visits
Around lunchtime on 28 October, 18 of our colleagues gathered in a room at the Lipsius, while 22 other colleagues settled in front of their computer for a one-hour update on the development of the alternative Humanities Campus. Dean of the Faculty of Humanities Mark Rutgers and Vice-Chairman of the…
-
New Executive Director Jan Pronk: ‘In the end it is all about people enjoying their work.’
In March, Jan Pronk starts as the new Executive Director at the Faculty of Archaeology. We sat down with him for an interview on his background, his drive, and his take on archaeology.
-
International Studies students receive their diploma
On 1 September 2023, 280 students received their Bachelor Diploma of International Studies. The students were awarded their diplomas in the historic Pieterskerk in Leiden: the UNESCO world heritage site, where the university was originally founded in 1575. A large audience of about 700 people consisting…
-
An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…
-
Dissertation: existence and development of the European security architecture
On Thursday 15 April, Sabine Mengelberg, associate professor at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA), will defend her thesis on changes in European security architecture. Permanent Change? The Paths of Change of the European Security Organizations is the title of…
-
Better treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases requires close collaboration
Exceptional collaboration between physicians is needed to better understand and treat autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation in various organ systems.
-
Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients
Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way. In her inaugural lecture, neuropsychologist Ineke van der Ham will talk about the importance of avatars, the patient experience and room for innovat…
-
How sustainable is your coffee cup? Professor Jeroen Guinée finds out
What is the environmental impact of the fish on our plates? And is an electric car really more sustainable when we include the generation of electricity? Jeroen Guinée maps the environmental impact of products and technologies. He analyses them from raw material to waste disposal. He was appointed Professor…
-
From the lecture hall: in conversation with an inmate
Students stream into the lecture hall, handing in their mobile phones at the door. Once everyone’s seated, silence descends and all eyes turn to the large screen at the front of the lecture hall. A live connection has been set up with the prison where Marco is a long-term inmate. Today, the students…
-
Why teens should treasure their friendships
Adolescents with good friendships experience fewer anxiety and depression symptoms, PhD student Iris Koele discovered in her research on high school students' social relationships. 'As a psychologist, I include friends in the treatment plan: who do you call when things are not going well?'
-
Seventeenth-century Dutch were masters in fake news
LUC historian Jacqueline Hylkema unmasks forgeries from the early modern Dutch Republic in the research project "Mapping the Fake Republic".
-
Students advice security experts: 'Fantastic combination of research and practice'
Presenting a well-thought-out idea to Schiphol experts, a former ambassador or a security expert. For the third-year Security Studies bachelor students, this was a unique experience and a great opportunity last week. 'Who knows, maybe they can work for us in the future!'
-
Witches and Snowflakes: Nurturing Feminist Ethnography in Times of Crises
Lecture, Research Seminar
-
Executive Power and the Crisis of Modern American Democracy
Lecture
-
Deep Learning for Beginners: How to Make a Computer Think like a Human
Workshop Series
-
Dealing with stress, failure and overthinking
Course, Workshop
-
Images as Data: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Data Loaders Workshop
Workshop Series
-
Single Linear Neuron Models and Training Loop Workshop
Workshop Series
-
Lecture by Maxim Osipov: 'What Makes a Good Story Good? Reflections from behind the Writing Desk'
Lecture, Livestream
-
Evaluation Metrics and Model Performance Workshop
Workshop Series
-
All these images will disappear: notes on skateboarding
Lecture, Research Seminar
-
Masterclass ''Unconventional Textual Sources''
Lecture, COGLOSS Masterclass
-
Transfer Learning and Practical Applications Workshop
Workshop Series
-
COOP #1: From Debate to Discussion
Debate
-
Oriental dance beginners
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
-
Workshop Basic skills in academic writing
Study support, Study support
-
Tensors Workshop
Workshop Series
- Leiden Translation Talks
-
Q&A with Professor Rosemary Joyce
Debate, Q&A
-
Oriental Dance intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
-
Suriname symposium: focus on diversity and biodiversity
Conference
-
Thinking through Drawing and Illustration: A Workshop with Ulrike Uhlig
Course
-
Multi-Layer Models and Activation Functions Workshop
Workshop Series
-
Never the same again: The EU's eastern enlargement after 20 years
Lecture
-
Workshop EnergiZING
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
-
Environmental Colonialism in Palestine
Panel
-
Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology
Alumni event
-
Henriëtte van Lynden lezing: A Decade after the Spring - The Arab World at Crossroads.
Lecture, Henriette van Lynden lezing
-
Dies Natalis 2023
University ceremony
-
Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
-
An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is proving beneficiary for students and lecturers alike. We sit in during a class.
- Leiden2022: Borrow a 'living book' from the Living Library on the national day of Empathy
-
The Power of Expression
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
-
Dismantling National Colonialism: the role of Chilean political indigenous movements
Guest Lecture
- Deep Learning for Beginners Workshop Series 2024
-
African percussion (djembé)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
-
Seminar: POPNET Connects with Tamas David-Barrett
Lecture