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Pioneer Christiaan Weijts: clandestine novelist in literary circles
In a new series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this first instalment: novelist and columnist Christiaan Weijts (1976). ‘I always felt as though someone would tap me on my shoulder once they’d discovered my clandestine presence.’
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All eyes on China: the Communist Party Congress is coming up
The world’s attention will shift to China as the Communist Party is set to hold its five-yearly congress beginning on 16 October. We talk to Senior University Lecturer Florian Schneider about how its leader Xi Jinping is expected to cement his place as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Ze…
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Hao Liu: ‘Doing a PhD is a challenge but can also be a lot of fun’
Hao Liu moved from China to Leiden to do her PhD trajectory at the Institute for Philosophy. What is it like to do a PhD so far from home?
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How astronomy aids progress in Africa
Astronomy can help address the problems of South Africa, while benefiting other African countries at the same time. This was the message of Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of Science and Technology, on 26 February in the Academy Building.
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Sarah Michiel: ‘I’m looking forward to being back in the office’
Sarah Michiel is the Institute Manager of NIMAR and has been living in Morocco since 2012. Due to the coronavirus, she has been working in Belgium since 20 March, where she grew up. The NIMAR office in Rabat is currently empty and all visits and conferences have been cancelled. Sarah is trying to run…
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New BA Urban Studies: How to keep cities liveable
By 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in cities. This has major consequences for the lives of city-dwellers and for the environment. Uncontrolled urbanisation calls for an interdisciplinary approach. On 4 September, the first group of students started the new English-language Bachelor's…
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Charlotte wins thesis award on argumentation theory: ‘This is one way to strategically pin someone down’
Everyone has heard arguments like this before as a child: ‘Whether you like it or not, you have to go to school!’ It seems as though you are presented with two options, but there is only one real outcome. Charlotte van der Voort of the MA Dutch Studies won the Leiden University Thesis Prize on her research…
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PhD survey results announced
The Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities conducted a survey of its PhD candidates and their supervisors in spring 2023. What is going well? And what could be improved? The results are now known.
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Surprising vacuum forces in a superconductor
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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What a glow in the dark squid tells us about the human gut microbiome
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Teaching Machines to Learn
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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How to develop cancer drugs with less side effects
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Metals, energy and geopolitics, a complex mix
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Exploring the Quantum Multiverse
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Designing the next generation of precision medicine
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Cancelled: Breaking the Cycle of Heart Attacks
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Políticas de retorno diaspórico desde Latinoamérica a Galicia (España): la eterna contradicción entre la sangre y la lengua
Lecture
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Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terengganu
PhD defence
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The ambiguity of the post-verbal modal morpheme DE in Sichuanese
Lecture, CHiLL series
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The Denial of Racism on Twitter: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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What can constructs of high stakes exams tell us about assessment cultures? The case of the new Language arts exam in Norway
Lecture
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Using technology for the translation of literature: a user-centred approach
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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Time for something different: interactional uses of temporal adverbs in Dutch?
Lecture, Interactionality seminars
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From Motion to Future to Speech Act: The Functional Elevation of luai-khə ‘come-go’ in Ji’an Gan Chinese
Lecture, CHiLL series
- International Mother Language Day 2024
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Meeloopdag Taalwetenschap
Study information
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New book release: Robots, Healthcare, and the Law
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher at eLaw- Center for Law and Digital Technologies, just published a book on Robots, Healthcare, and the Law. Regulating Automation in Personal Care.
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Can patterns save ecosystems from collapse?
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Human rights and Global Diversity
Lecture, Opening of the Owada Chair
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LUC The Hague Graduation Ceremony | Class of 2025
Graduation Ceremony
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Field Notes: An Interactive Session on Housing, Land, and Property in Global Hotspots
Debate
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The Social and Cultural Construction of Adulthood and Sexual Maturity: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Conference, Interdisciplinary Workshop
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Recovery Plan for Ukrainian Astronomy: Supporting Post-war Recovery in Ukraine through Astronomy
Conference
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Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network (LUMAN) launch
Festival, Network Launch
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Spring Lecture Series: Technology and the Violence Nexus: AI, Social Media, and Online Hate Speech
Lecture
- Lawlands
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Spring Lecture Series: Intersectional Bias: How AI and Social Media Impact Bias, Exclusion, Discrimination, and Power Inequalities
Lecture
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Teaching Statistical Reasoning Through Quantitative Replication
Workshop
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Reporting guidelines and their impact on papers, practices, and patterns in biomedical research
CWTS Seminar
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LUC The Hague Graduation Ceremony | Class of 2024
Graduation Ceremony
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Spring Lecture Series: Harnessing Technology for Peace, Democracy, Inclusion, and Resilience
Lecture
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Spring Lecture Series: Using Technology for Early Warning and Violence Prevention and Innovation
Lecture
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Experience Days in The Hague
Study information, Proefstuderen
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Tunen syntax and information structure
PhD defence
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Verfransing onder de loep
PhD defence
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Instrumentos musicais nas línguas bantu e a herança no português do Brasil
PhD defence
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Van struikelblok naar bouwsteen
PhD defence
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Dutch Grammar in Japanese Words
PhD defence
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Digital Tools for Sign Language Research: Towards Recognition and Comparison of Lexical Signs
PhD defence
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1. What is dialectometry? Why dialectometry?
Course, Introduction to Dialectometry (2024)