Materials with strongly correlated electrons show some of the most mysterious and exotic phases of quantum matter, such as unconventional superconductivity, quantum criticality and strange metal phase.

The central inquiry of this thesis revolves around how ontology can adequately accommodate the existence of necessary physical relations. Initially, the thesis demonstrates the imperative acknowledgment of necessary physical relations by showcasing the failure of Neo-Humean theories.

In this project we study the properties of statistical- and rule-learning mechanisms in relation to the acquisition and evolution of language. We ask to what extent these mechanisms are unique to humans - or to human language - by comparing the acquisition of vocal structure in two species: humans (infants)…

On 7 December 2021, Georgina Kuipers defended the thesis 'Beschadigd vertrouwen'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. W. den Ouden and Prof. M.A. van der Steen (EUR).

The rationale, construction, and function of the imperial capitals of Assyria

How did common people write in the late eighteenth century? Little is yet known on this topic, since our knowledge is mainly based on printed texts written by a small part of the (male) elite population. This dissertation – written from a sociolinguistic point of view – gives us new insights into late-…

Irene Morfini defended her thesis on 21 February 2019

Comparing Mycenaean tomb building with labour and memory

Astronomical observations of cold regions in the universe show a rich inventory of ices. Part of these ices may end up on planets like our own, but in that journey they will be exposed to considerable amounts of radiation.

Priya Swamy defended her thesis on 27 October 2016

Publication on the excavations at Roman fort Matilo in Leiden

On Tuesday 30 April 2024 Jonny Russell successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

Single-molecule spectroscopy has become a powerful method for using organic fluorescent molecules in numerous applications.

The Multistakeholder Global Governance (MGG) Project is a four-year project which explores how far, and under what circumstances, multistakeholder constructions of global governance operate well, in terms of having capacity, effectiveness, and legitimacy.

Aristocratic dynasties have long been regarded as fundamental to the development of early modern society and government. Yet recent work by political historians has increasingly questioned the dominant role of ruling families in state formation, underlining instead the continued importance and independence…

Consensus and harmony or balance and reciprocity?

Anna Scott is a Canadian pianist-researcher interested in using the early twentieth century recordings of the Brahms circle of pianists to question persistent gaps between the loci of knowledge, ethics, and act in both modern mainstream and historically-informed performances of Brahms’s late piano w…

To an algebraic curve C over the complex numbers one can associate a non-negative integer g, the genus, as a measure of its complexity.

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: M.S. Lew

El Chorro de Maita, Cuba

This paper examines the need and possibility for developing online resilience-based approaches in response to COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, often linked to the far right.

Mission statement

On the 4th of September, Elisabeth J. Kerr successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Elisabeth on this achievement!

In this article, Eamon Aloyo argues that university supervisors should not use student evaluations of teachers as a measure of teaching effectiveness.

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This research project problematizes the applicability of ballet within a contemporary choreographic practice.

This thesis focuses on the question: What is the content of mentor teachers’ practical knowledge of adaptive response to their mentee teachers’ learning?

On 27 January 2022 Tjahjono Prasodjo successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

This research aims to study the practice of cremation in Alexandria and Graeco-Roman Egypt, through the examination of its cinerary urns.

One of the effects of climate change is the phenomenon of desertification, a process that occurs in semi-arid and arid areas and causes land degradation as well as vegetation loss. Due to the lack of resources, vegetation self-organizes to sustain itself by forming large-scale spatial patterns.

In this publication, the authors explore the reality of accessing and interviewing hard-to-reach populations such as extremists and terrorists

A tidal basin is an inland sea which is almost entirely enclosed by land and connected to the open sea by a tidal inlet. Through the tidal inlets interaction takes place between the tidal basin and the open sea.

This volume publishes the proceedings of the eleventh annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar. It uses the sphere of legal institutions as a prism through which to consider gender relations in the ancient world, both in the Near East and beyond. It examines how similar issues were manifested…

The main methodological aspects of the use of stepwise LCA estimators under different circumstances.

Spaanse Water

How to related figures of savages to conceptions of history?

An investigation into how racial stereotypes were created and used in the European Middle Ages.

This study by artist Jonas Staal explores the development of propaganda art from the 20th to the 21st century.

Design of a Linguistic System for Interstellar Communication Based on Logic

A monthly seminar on complex networks, aimed at scientists from all disciplines.

Research combining a conceptual and practical perspective within the field of teaching and learning second languages.

This thesis tackles the difficulty of predicting the liver’s clinical response to novel therapies, a challenge arising from interspecies differences and limitations of existing in vitro models.

In a podcast episode of 'The Dissenter' Eric Storm talks about his book 'Nationalism: A World History'.

On Friday 7 March 2025 Adam Knight successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

This book explores the fascinating microvariation in Bantu languages and proposes a new syntactic analysis of subject and object agreement crosslinguistically. This book is open access!

This article explores how ISIS and the Taliban have fostered support through their parallel legal systems.

Vol. V, Sections 1-2

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Co-promotor: S. Bruderer

What mismatch of socioeconomic and environmental values is preventing Circular Collaboration in Dutch housing renovations?

The Algorithms and Software Technology (AST) research programme performs fundamental research in the areas of algorithm design and analysis.