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Art project has students and lecturers reflecting on pressure to succeed
What does it mean to be the ‘perfect student’? This is the focus of the Perspectify exhibition, which was opened on 16 November by President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow.
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How Dutch houses can become almost energy- and CO2-neutral
How much energy and greenhouse gas emissions can Dutch homes save? Xining Yang uses Leiden as an example and shows with his research how enormous the impact can be. At least, if we work harder on becoming more sustainable. Based on the models he developed, Yang will receive his doctorate on 28 June.
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Matthieu SchallerFaculty of Science
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Saskia Cohen-WillnerFaculty of Humanities
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Dominant style stifled innovation in 19th century seascapes
Long into the 19th century, seascapes were considered an expression of patriotism. Artists who painted in a 17th century style were valued more. This tradition stifled innovation in the genre, Cécile Bosman has concluded. She will defend her PhD thesis on 13 October.
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Guadalupe Cañas HerreraFaculty of Science
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Ivo SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Lucas da Costa MacielFaculty of Archaeology
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Dan XuFaculty of Science
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Sylvia Le DévédecFaculty of Science
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Klara BeslmüllerFaculty of Science
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Why have murals been used in social and political movements?
Take a walk through any city, and you are likely to come across a brightly coloured mural. Although these paintings often seem to serve solely as a backdrop for Instagram snapshots, art history professor Minna Valjakka says there are rich traditions and intricate histories that uncover more critical…
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Henk BorgdorffFaculty of Humanities
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Kitty ZijlmansFaculty of Humanities
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
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Dubai climate summit: 'Virtually all funds are underfunded'
Dubai is teeming with world leaders these days at the United Nations' annual climate conference. What can we expect? We look ahead with university lecturer and environmental politics specialist Shiming Yang. 'The funding always comes slowly.'
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Simone MulderFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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David Kühling
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Olga CeranFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Katie HudsonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Antoinette HaverhalsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willemijn PlompFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sander van RijnFaculty of Science
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Court as a theatre: ‘There are great similarities between drama as an art form and the legal world’
The Lucia de Berk case or the suicide of Slobodan Praljak at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: certain trials keep popping up in media. In her dissertation, Tessa de Zeeuw examines the cultural appeal of such cases and analyses artistic responses. ‘Artworks sometimes have…
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Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship
If a forged Vermeer or Rembrandt is discovered, it is world news. Yet tracing fakes has long been a low priority in art history. University lecturer Anna Tummers will receive an ERC grant of almost two million euros to change that.
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Vittorio NespecaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague
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Chuang Liu
Faculty of Humanities
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Yuyang WeiFaculty of Humanities
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Endowed Professor Tineke Abma: ‘Help older people feel like they belong’
Older people are often approached from the perspective of their limitations when there is often much they still can and want to do. According to Professor Tineke Abma, art is a good way to continue to participate.
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Joyce SnijdewintFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sjoerd HuismanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Andrew HoffmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Arjaan WitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Céline RichardFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marina HanssenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Stephanie Noach wins Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize
Assistant professor Stephanie Noach has won the Dissertation Prize of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. She is receiving this prestigious prize for her research on darkness in contemporary art from Latin America and the Caribbean.
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‘Artists seek and research another dimension of science’
In July, Leiden will be hosting the EuroScience Open Forum conference. Humanities scholars from Leiden will make use of the opportunity to stress the importance of art in science. ‘Artists have the ability to show the consequences of science.’
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona
Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair would stay in Leiden for seminars, lectures, and research activities. Instead, the pandemic disrupted this schedule. Last month, Vout taught her masterclass…
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Exploring Leiden University College: A personal journey with alumna Georgina Kuipers
It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught up with one of those pioneering graduates.
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Wouter Dijkman
Wouter Dijkman is a lecturer at the Centre for the Arts in Society.