1,038 search results for “nigeria society” in the Public website
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Working visit by Minister Van Engelshoven focuses on digitisation of education
How does online learning strengthen the quality of higher education and what are the barriers to implementing this more broadly? Minister of Education Ingrid van Engelshoven talked about this issue with pioneering lecturers and students from Leiden University, Erasmus University and Delft University…
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Lara Weiss: ‘Egypt is not just pyramids and mummies’
Egyptologist Lara Weiss is curator at The National Museum of Antiquities and has been leading the VIDI research project 'Walking Dead' since 2017. The exhibition 'Saqqara: Living in a necropolis', which will be on display at the museum starting March 10 next year, is part of the project.
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Book launch “Style en Society in the Prehistory of West Asia – Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse”
Conference, Book launch
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Bernet ElzingaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’
Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the four museums of the University of Oxford.
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Workshop Phi and Agree
Lecture
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Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium 2025
Symposium
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Peter AkkermansFaculty of Archaeology
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Hanno PijlFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Monique van den DriesFaculty of Archaeology
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculty of Archaeology
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Francesco Ragazzi
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Jan KolenFaculty of Archaeology
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Roeland EmausFaculty of Archaeology
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Lotte van DillenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Bart SchuurmanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Frans TheuwsFaculty of Archaeology
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Marlou SchroverFaculty of Humanities
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Mayke KaagAfrican Studies Centre
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Anne GerritsenFaculty of Humanities
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Eric van Dijk
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Alexander van der MeerFaculty of Humanities
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Karsten LambersFaculty of Archaeology
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Why good friends are essential for your health
Laughing, crying or even having a moan together: close friends are worth their weight in gold in good and bad times. Researcher Lisa Schreuders explains the effects on body and mind. Can we give that magical click a helping hand? And what advice does she have for first-years in their new city?
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‘Europe actually listens’: three Leiden political scientists about the responsiveness and effectiveness of EU policy
The image of the European Union (EU) as a remote law-making machine is widespread. Quite often journalists and politicians deliberately depict ‘Brussels’ as bureaucratic, even undemocratic, bypassing its citizens. And many of us buy into that image. Nikoleta Yordanova, Anastasia Ershova and Aleksandra…
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How AI could give doctors more time at the patient’s bedside
The rise of AI will transform the role of doctors, claims Professor of Intensive Care Medicine Sesmu Arbous. Her academic chair focuses on integrating technology into patient care.
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EScience event
Lecture
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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The public manager in the 21st century
Managers in the public and semi-public sector work in an increasingly complex and unpredictable environment, which demands new knowledge and competences but also offers tremendous opportunities. This will be the view presented by Zeger van der Wal, professor by special appointment in Public Administration,…
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Phone nearly empty? Uber’s fare might be higher
If you buy something online, the webshop can adjust the price based on your data. Kimia Heidary investigated the phenomenon of online price discrimination. ‘It’s not necessarily unfair. Different prices for different people has been around for years.’
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Business History and Imperialism SI Workshop
Lecture, Workshop
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Digital Humanities Winter School
Workshops
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The danger of unregulated online communications
Social media gives people a voice but also fuels online hate, especially against marginalised groups. PhD candidate Eva Nave: ‘While end-to-end encryption protects activists, it also enables criminal activity, creating a more accessible version of the Darkweb.’
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Nanne TimmerFaculty of Humanities
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Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
