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In Memoriam: Sabine Luning (30 augustus 1959 - 6 maart 2025)
Last Thursday, March 6, Sabine Luning passed away after an illness of more than six months. Sabine was an inspiring teacher who enthused generations of anthropology students with both the theoretical side of social science and the practice of intensive fieldwork. As a researcher, she produced innovative…
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Call for Papers: Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference
In our rapidly evolving and interconnected world, the study of International Relations has expanded beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. Leiden University’s MA in International Relations program (MAIR - Humanities), with its emphasis on humanities-oriented and multidisciplinary perspectives,…
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Gerard van Westen appointed as full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry
Gerard van Westen has been appointed full Professor or Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry. This chair has been jointly created by the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) as part of SAILS, the university stimulus program in Artificial…
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Monique Koemans staat graag vooraan als er geschiedenis wordt geschreven
Monique Koemans werkt sinds 2,5 jaar op de Nederlandse ambassade in de Verenigde Staten. 'Leiden is een opvallende rode draad in mijn leven.'
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time
The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he combines his love for the University and poetry with autobiographical reflections. ‘With my magnifying glass I discovered yet more new details in the pr…
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Female professors from the present and the future
Role models are key to inspiring the next generation. Fifteen female professors therefore celebrated International Women's Day with girls aged between 12 and 16. Because although the number of women at the (academic) top is increasing, we're not there yet.
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Medical Delta professor Jaap Harlaar: ‘This form of collaboration is in my blood’
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch people suffer from pain caused by knee osteoarthritis and the number is rising fast. Prof. Jaap Harlaar specialises in clinical biomechanics. His research is helping improve osteoarthritis treatment. Harlaar has been appointed Medical Delta Professor and now holds posts…
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Fetal laser surgery as a last resort
For his dissertation, Joost Akkermans searched for areas of improvement for delicate fetal laser surgery with Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTS). This syndrome occurs in the Netherlands 60 to 70 times a year among single-egg twins sharing one placenta. Treatment is possible, but not without risk. Inaugural…
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'Curators are ordinary people who sometimes find themselves in extraordinary circumstances'
Ruurd Halbertsma combines his work as a curator and professor by special appointment with writing thrillers. 'I'd rather respond to the discussion on looted art this way than by joining talk shows.'
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) researchers give us an insight into how important and special this event actually is.
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Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last)
The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.
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Radical Spotlights: Economics of Political Chaos
Inaugural lecture
- IBL Spotlight - Development & Disease
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From Atoms to Asteroids: How Chemistry Governs the Birth of Planets
Lecture, Harold Linnartz Astrochemistry Prize lecture
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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Bart KransFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
- IBL Spotlight - Evolution and Biodiversity
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From Microbes to the Cosmos: A Journey Through Science
Lecture, Pint of Science
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LED3 Lecture: Noise Regulation: Tuning Fluctuations to Impact Cell-fate Decisions
Lecture
- LED3 Lecture: Designing Modulators of Purinergic Signaling for Chronic Disease Treatment
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DAG Lecture: A Semantic ETL Pipeline for Large-Scale Provenance Research
Lecture
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LED3 Lecture: GLP-1 receptor agonists: state of the art and the newest insights
Lecture
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LIC Lecture: Indigoid chromophores - a platform for light responsive nanosystems and molecular machines
Lecture
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CBI Lecture: Decoding Glycan-Mediated Interactions in Infection and Immunity
Lecture
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VVIK Lecture | Uncovering the Manuscript History of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita: Tracing and Reconstruction
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Understanding teacher agency in universities: Why and how lecturers shape and navigate university teaching practices
PhD defence
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LED3 Lecture: Drug discovery - The use of data and algorithms in discovery
Lecture
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European Strategic Dialogue lecture series: A New Beginning for UK-EU Relations
Lecture
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LIC Lecture: Density functional theory in chemistry: Where are we today?
Lecture
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LED3 Lecture: Programming responsive assemblies from PNA-encoded and folded peptides
Lecture
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Lecture on the book Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding
Lecture
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Valedictory lecture prof.dr. A.C.M. Kroes and prof.dr. C.J. van Asperen
Valedictory lecture
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The fringes of the Ancient Iranian World: lectures by Ching Chao-jung and Ogihara Hirotoshi
Lecture
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LED3 Lecture: Harnessing plant metabolic diversity for food and health applications
Lecture
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Are nanoplastics dangerous to your health?
Lecture, NGL lecture
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Annemarie SamuelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: Cancelled
Lecture
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Performance as Proof, and Law as Magic in Early Modern Witch Trials’ – Lecture by Julie Stone Peters (Columbia University)
Lecture
- Borders Reimagined: Identity, Culture, and Justice in a Globalized World
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Movie Screening: Gail and Bharat (2025), directed by Somnath Waghamare
Movie Screening | SSEALS
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BAMBOO Night - All Things Sustainability
Lecture, Pint of Science
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Unboxing the Himalayas: On the Creation, Use, and Circulation of Sacred Things and Texts
Conference, Workshop
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OSCoffee: LEIbits - Communicate your research with Nanopublications!
Lecture
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Certainty in uncertain times
Lecture, MI 70 years
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Interview with Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn
Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn LLM., Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at the University of Leiden, completed his habilitation in July 2020 at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin and acquired the Venia for Constitutional Law, International Law and International Criminal Law. The…
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Structures of Power: US Infrastructure Building in the Circum-Caribbean During the Bad Neighbor Era
Lecture, RIAS-Sciences Po Seminar Series on Modern North American History
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Blog Post | Actions and Lofty Promises of Science Diplomacy
Scholars from the field of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy have often questioned whether there was substantive difference between international STI policy and science diplomacy. This is hard to answer, but at least we can observe that science diplomacy has had great appeal over the last…
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Seven Leiden professors elected new members of KNAW
Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be inaugurated on Monday 13 September.
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Van Engelshoven’s Letter to Parliament calls for more funding for science
‘Academics have descended from their ivory tower, but there’s still too little action or financing.’ Leiden professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets saw all her wishes come true on 28 January, with the presentation of the Letter to Parliament sent by Minister Van Engelshoven of the Ministry…