1,302 search results for “museum collective and society” in the Staff website
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Maaike HommesFaculty of Humanities
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Maaike SiemesLuris
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know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.
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Clay tablets dating back thousands of years moved: ‘From receipts to the oldest literary works’
How do you move 3,000 fragile clay tablets that date back thousands of years? This was the challenge faced by staff from the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO). After years of preparation, the Liagre Böhl collection has been moved on trolleys to its new home.
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Silkscreening (every other week)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Utagawa Hiroshige: The Landscape Artist as Pathfinder
Lecture
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The Vanishing Chinese Pharmacies: The Current Landscape and Social Identity of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan
Lecture, China Seminar
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conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
Satellite conference
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Rizal ShidiqFaculty of Humanities
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought?
Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…
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How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists
With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Carole Tiberius will stress the importance of research on word combinations. ‘We know a great deal but there is a…
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Leiden Healthy Society Center match-making event
Matchmaking event
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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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Johan Van Manen’s Tibetan and Himalayan Collection: The Challenges of Multi-media Research
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Theoretical Physics: ‘The problems I study can come from anywhere in society’
The financial sector, supply chains and ecology. Not necessarily topics you might associate with physics, yet it’s exactly what new professor Diego Garlaschelli is dealing with. The common thread? Complex networks.
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Benito investigated benefits scandal: ‘rules can profoundly impact society’
The child benefits scandal caused significant harm to families. The independent Hamer Commission specifically investigated the link between the scandal and the removal of children from their homes. Public Administration student Benito Walker was a member of this commission and shares his experiences…
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screen. Leiden partnership wins award from the Royal Astronomical Society
Simulation project EAGLE has won the 2022 Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society. EAGLE is a large collection of simulations about the formation of galaxies. The largest simulation contains as many as 6.8 billion particles and took months to calculate on the world's fastest superc…
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Archaeologist Valerio Gentile investigates Bronze Age spear combat
How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team from Leiden and Göttingen University present a new approach to answering these questions: they simulated the actual fight…
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Societal impact
You can apply various means to increase your societal impact: through interaction with professionals, the commercial sector or general audiences. The University can support you in this process in a number of ways.
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Food for Thought: Unhealthy Finance -Shifting Responsibilities in Society”
Lecture, Food for Thought
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Call for Papers – 7th NINO Annual Meeting 2026
Annual Meeting
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In conversation with our researchers during the Dutch Bio Science Week
The past few days we interviewed several of our researchers about their various studies during Dutch Bio Science Week. They answered questions such as what impact their research has on our future and with whom they have established valuable collaborations.
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Health@FSW: From loving-kindness meditation to selective mutism
Can kindness training increase political tolerance? And how can we better support children with selective mutism? During the Health@FSW knowledge market and exchange event on 26 May 2025, researchers from all five institutes showcased how their work aligns with the faculty’s research strategy and contributes…
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Knowledge on/in African societies: re-opening the paths
Lecture, Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture
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Evening of the Middle Eastern Collections & Middle Eastern Library
Arts and culture
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Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium 2025
Symposium
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Focussing on lifelong mental health
A healthy and happy society. This is what researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences are working towards, together with a selection of partners from different disciplines and regions. To further structure research about Health and Well-being, the faculty has identified three focus area’s. Researchers…
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Paul CliteurFaculty of Law
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Hannah DeLaceyFaculty of Law
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Liesbeth van der HeideFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ingrid MeulenbeltFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thijs van OschFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jessica Kiefte-de JongFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Olaf DekkersFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Anne StiggelboutFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Robert KlautzFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Tim van LitFaculty of Law
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Frits RosendaalFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Serge RomboutsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Rudolf PoolmanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Alex ReunekerFaculty of Humanities
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Vera Wheni SetijawatiFaculty of Law
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Luc AmkreutzFaculty of Archaeology
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Rob NelissenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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David ZetlandFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
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Vera ScepanovicFaculty of Humanities
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Cristiana StravaFaculty of Humanities