953 search results for “C Gerry and P Knight Introductory Quantum Optics” in the Public website
- Meet Media Technology online
- Foundations of Research - 2: Conceptualization, Research Questions, Composition (3 ECTS)
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Ælfric’s Afterlives: Copying, Editing, Studying, Teaching and Remembering the Most Prolific Author of Old English
Conference
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Informal workshop Global rhetoric
Lecture, Workshop
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Science and education policy
YAL raises its voice on policy matters.
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Recipients Meijers Grants 2023
At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researchers will be able to devote themselves to their PhD research. Let’s meet these new PhD candidates!
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500th meeting of Leiden University’s Board of Deans
On 9 June the deans of Leiden University met for the 500th time with the Rector Magnificus for the Board of Deans. An informal, inspiring and contemplative meeting without a strict ending time, say deans and former deans.
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Contempt of court does not fit into the Dutch judicial system
What can criminal courts do when the course of justice is obstructed? Countries such as England and Wales apply the instrument contempt of court, which enables the court to act according to criminal law in such a case. Could that work in the Netherlands too? PhD defence on 18 December.
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Human trafficking cannot be tackled with current legislation
Each year it is estimated that thousands of people fall victim to human trafficking in the Netherlands. Many of these victims are minors. Assistant Professor of Criminal Law Luuk Esser conducted research on the current legislation to combat human trafficking. His PhD defence is on 25 September.
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Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast
Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the international synthetic biology competition iGEM, the team is working on an innovative method to produce nanobodies—a special form of antibodies—using brewer’s…
- Join our class as a Student-for-a-Day
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Novel Strategies to Investigate Lipoprotein Metabolism and Combat Cardiometabolic Disease
PhD defence
- Join our Information Evening in Leiden or online
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Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
PhD defence
- Join our Information Evening in Leiden historic center (or online)
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Dutch Investment in French: Colonial Resources in the Eighteenth Century
PhD defence
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Validating the Genetic Alterations in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma: Unraveling the Role of SOCS1 and HNRNPK through Genetically Engineered Mouse
PhD defence
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Women, Family, and Litigation in Nineteenth-Century Chongqing
PhD defence
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2018 Hall of Fame
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2018 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledge
Street theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 September. Many University buildings - from the Observatory to the Hortus - opened their doors to artists, scientists and a public curious to know more.
- Global Asia Scholar Series (GLASS)
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What Contribution can Scholarship make to the Development of International Criminal Law?
Conference, Discussion
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Closing the Gap 2023 | Emerging and Disruptive Digital Technologies: Regional Perspectives
Conference
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2023: 'The proper time for marriage: Plato vs. Xenophon on law and persuasion'
Lecture
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Human Reference Atlas: Mapping the human body at single-cell resolution
Seminar
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Household Robots : Training Datasets & the Politics of Categories
Lecture, Film Screening + Q&A
- Annual Medieval Middle East Meeting 2024
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Monthly Reads | Project 0100
Each month we will be spotlighting material we have been reading, or that have been recommended to us that relate to AI and a particular theme.
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Flexibilisation, globalisation and technological change: consequences for labour markets and social security.
This research project is funded by a subsidy from Instituut Gak.
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Translating Jurjani: Why read an eleventh-century text about Arabic poetics?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
- SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Early Drug Discovery
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GLP-1 receptor agonism to improve cardiometabolic health
PhD defence
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Targeting Inter-Organ Cross-Talk in Cardiometabolic Diseases
PhD defence
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Colonialism and the Age of Revolutions (1780-1830)
Conference
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Quantitative Pharmacology Approaches to Inform Treatment Strategies Against Tuberculosis
PhD defence
- Current Volume (19)
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Lunch Time Seminars
The biweekly Lunch Time Seminar is an online only event, but it is not publicly accessible in real-time. If you would like to attend one of the upcoming sessions, please send an email to sails@liacs.leidenuniv.nl.
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A cross-cultural comparison between Chinese and Russian self-praise on social media
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Outward appearance in Dutch criminal law. What is the suspect up to?
On 27 February 1976, two men wearing motorcycle helmets and carrying loaded guns ring the door of temping agency Cito. A security van has just delivered cash. The suspect later claims in court that he and his friend were just doing a ‘dress rehearsal’ – preparing ahead in other words, but not an actual…
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In Memoriam: Burchard J. Mansvelt Beck (May 20, 1947 – October 31, 2020)
An age-old expression in Classical Chinese is yǔ zhòng bù tóng 與眾不同, meaning ‘out of the ordinary.’ It could have been the motto of Burchard J. Mansvelt Beck, who taught that language for decades at Leiden University. What was different about him? He was extraordinarily gifted, helpful, and above all…
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Thijs Porck is the winner of the second LUCAS Public Prize!
Thijs Porck, expert in medieval English, has won the LUCAS Public Prize because he has made his research and education visible to a wider audience. Thijs has reached the national media, secondary schools and a lot of views with his blogs and videos. The prize consists of a certificate, trophy, 1000…
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Hall of Fame 2020
In 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.
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HiSoN Summer School 2024
Conference
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Workshop: Risk and Entrepreneurship – Old Discussions, Innovative Questions, New Insights
Conference, Workshop
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New Foundations for Separation Logic
PhD defence
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BPOC Lecture: Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Under External Magnetic Fields: Mechanistic Understanding and Experimental Evidences
Lecture
- Volume 16 (2021)
- Volume 7 (2012)
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Online tools
This section provides an overview of online tools for the study of the medieval Low Countries. The websites linked down below are often times both available in Dutch and English.
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Business History and Imperialism SI Workshop
Lecture, Workshop