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Citizenship, Migration & Global Transformation: an interdisciplinary research project
A research team of fifteen people – representing domains such as political economy, international relations, law, history and public administration - will work on the interdisciplinary programme Citizenship, Migration and Global Transformation. Leiden University has granted 3.5 million euro's to the…
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An ERC Grant to predict the toxicity of nanomaterials in the ecosystem
Environmental researcher Martina Vijver is over the moon with her ERC Consolidator Grant. This prestigious grant is recognition, she says, of the study of the behaviour and possible toxicity of new nanomaterials in ecosystems.
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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique'
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lecturer Sara Polak has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate this.
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'It is important to have discussions about topics that not everybody agrees on'
Today Mikhail Khordorkovsky visits the Leiden University Campus of The Hague to debate with students about the future of Russia. It is the first time this critic of Putin and former captain of industry visits the Netherlands. This event has been organised by the organisation Raam op Rusland and the…
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‘Leiden and the university can learn a lot from each other’
We always need to find a new way to tell the story of 3 October, believes Ariadne Schmidt. The professor by special appointment of History of Urban Culture will be working with students to involve more people in the history of that day. ‘I’m too much of a historian to say: we can just let it be a “fun…
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Online hate speech undermines society
International Day of Education 2024 is dedicated to the role of education in countering hate speech. Assistant Professor Michael Klos says, 'When people are constantly derided online and that goes unpunished, they may start to withdraw from public discourse.'
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Five questions on event 'Leadership in the digital transition'
Minister Alexandra van Huffelen will attend the 'Leadership in the digital transition' event at Campus Wijnhaven organised by Alex Ingrams on 16 February. Five questions to Ingrams about the event.
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China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’
Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.
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Underexposed colonial past: 'You can suddenly feel like you are connecting with someone from the past'
Attention to the colonial past may be increasing, but many aspects of it are still underexposed. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, in collaboration with, among others, Leiden researchers Anne-Marieke van der Wal-Rémy and Alicia Schrikker, therefore created a 'canon of the Dutch underexposed past', which…
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Floris Harm studied Chinese, just like one of his ancestors: ‘We’re both trying to promote mutual understanding’
When Floris Harm took up his role as director of the Leiden Asia Centre, he made a remarkable discovery on the university website. It turned out that a past family member was one of Leiden University’s first sinologists.
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The best route to the job market
Students, lecturers and careers officers who attended a conference on preparing for the job market advise encouraging students to explore their career opportunities as soon as possible. What works?
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‘Even Ancient and Medieval ideas can help the Modern World’
Ahab Bdaiwi, University Lecturer of Islamic history, religion and philosophy, was received the first Faculty Impact Award. His interest lies in ‘everything that has to do with antiquity’, especially the religious and philosophical ideas that arose at that time. ‘They can move people. And many of those…
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Alisa van de Haar: ‘People with linguistic skills have always played a very important role in society’
Who was professionally involved in language between 1550 and 1650? And what were the financial returns of this language sector? Assistant Professor Alisa van de Haar has received an ERC Starting Grant to map out the situation in Northwest Europe between 1550 and 1650.
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What crime reporting can teach us about women’s history
How can you learn about women’s history if they are under-represented in historical sources? Look at news coverage of crime, says Clare Wilkinson, PhD candidate in gender and history. ‘Historical crime reporting offers a glimpse into forgotten groups.’ The doctoral defence will take place on 23 Apri…
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Remco Breuker makes documentary series about South Korea: 'The Netherlands and Korea are structurally related'
Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey through South Korea. How has the country developed over the past decades? And what is the impact of last December's failed coup?
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The Power of Apology: In Conversation with Jacob Dlamini
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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Approaches to Study Biologically Relevant Reactions: Examples from Amyloid Aggregation to Enzymes
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Tunen syntax and information structure
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Unravelling the Developmental Origins of Disease: The Power of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Monochorionic Twins
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A multifaceted approach to understand cognitive impairment in MS: Exploring the nonlinearity of cognition
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Counting Metamaterials
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Genomics applications of Nanopore long-read sequencing for small to large sized genomes
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Diagnostic challenges of today's lung cancer pathology
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Peri-operative care in patients with morbid obesity
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Tailored treatment for colon and rectal cancer
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Insight into the Pathophysiology of Cardiometabolic Diseases using multiple Omics Approaches
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Staging cerebral amyloid angiopathy: From marker to model
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Neurosurgical management of brain metastases in the era of modern oncology
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The Transformation of Science Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
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Academisch ondernemerschap in juridische context
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Antibody-mediated delivery of viral epitopes to redirect virus-specific CD8+ T cells to cancer cells
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization:An International Institutional Law Perspective
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Topological decoding of biomolecular fold complexity
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Global metabolomics and lipidomics approaches to probe virus-host interactions
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Exploring APC mosaicism; prevalence, clinical consequences and underlying causes
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Single-cell immune profiling of atherosclerosis
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Understanding the Surface Structure of Catalysts and 2D Materials at the Atomic Scale
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Forever Young: How AHL15 delays developmental phase transitions to prevent ageing in plants
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Constructing Colonial Legitimacy in the Moluccas, 1750-1870
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Interactions of symplectic topology with singularity theory
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Rubor, Calor, Tumor, Dolor: Objective assessments of inflammation
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Self-Directed Language Learning Using Mobile Technology in Higher Education
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Bridging the gap between clinical trials and real-world for advanced melanoma
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Topological properties of massless fermions in a magnetic field
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Mechanism-Based Inhibitors and Probes for Neuraminidases
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Who gets what, when, and how?
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Verfransing onder de loep
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Life cycle assessment of emerging chemical technology systems: challenges and future needs
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