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Third annual conference of the Leiden Center for East African Law at Strathmore University, Nairobi
On the 27th April 2017, the third annual conference of the Leiden Center for East African Law (LEAC) took place at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the conference was ‘East African Law: A Common Market, Opportunities and Challenges for the Business Community’.
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Leaving the National Museum of Antiquities after forty years: ‘I will be taking a gap year first’
On 14 May, curator and professor Ruurd Halbertsma will be leaving the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) after forty years of dedicated service. In fact, it will be a double farewell: Venusval (‘Venus trap’), the last part of his trilogy about Tjalling Kingma, the fictional curator of the classical…
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FactRank: new tool brings automatic fact-checking a step closer
FactRank is a new online tool that automatically detects ‘checkable’ claims made by politicians in parliamentary debates or tweets, and therefore enables fact-checkers to work much faster. Alexander Pleijter, a researcher and lecturer in Journalism and New Media, helped develop FactRank.
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Slavery Reparations: The difficult flowering of an unconstructive demand
On the 13th of December 2017 Ana Lucia Araujo came to Leiden to discuss the long history of the demand for reparations for slavery. In the basement of the Van Stockum bookstore she presented her recent book on this issue and discussed the research project with Karwan Fatah-Black.
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Kistemaker obtains PhD cum laude on production of ground-breaking molecules
A month ago it was Marc Baggelaar, and now Hans Kistemaker too has obtained his PhD cum laude at the Leiden Institute for Chemistry (LIC). ‘He has made ground-breaking contributions to the world of protein modification,’ says PhD supervisor Gijs van der Marel. Kistemaker obtained his PhD on 11 May…
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KNAW Early Career Award for Alisa van de Haar: ‘I want to take a more positive approach to migration and multilingualism’
Alisa van de Haar is one of three humanities scholars to win a KNAW Early Career Award this year. The university lecturer of Ancient French Literature is receiving the award for her innovative research on multilingualism and migration. 'It would be nice to use this to set up a project with students.…
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‘Science is always the foundation for finding the best treatment, but we should broaden our scope'
As of 1 August, Anika Bexkens has been appointed Professor of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Her research focuses on the optimal application of scientific knowledge in practice. ‘Scientists and practitioners often speak past each other.’
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MasterMinds Challenge named best educational innovation
The Master of Medicine at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has won the national biennial award for best educational innovation in medical teaching. It was awarded the prize by the Netherlands Association for Medical Education (NVMO) for its MasterMinds Challenge (MMC).
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Open Science Survey launched to map awareness and needs across Leiden University
A new university-wide survey is now open to all involved in conducting, teaching, advising on, or supporting research related activities at Leiden University, aiming to better understand the current state of Open Science awareness and practice. Initiated by Archaeology’s then PhD candidate, now guest…
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The future of quantum
What does the future of quantum look like? Vedran Dunjko (Assistant professor at LIACS and LION) is co-founder of the applied quantum algorithms (aQa) leiden interdepartmental initiative research that will investigate this. They are part of the Quantum Delta NL consortium that was recently awarded substantial…
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Onderzoek naar de inzet van reviews na moord en doodslag in huiselijke kring
Huiselijk geweld is een ingrijpend probleem in Nederland, met jaarlijkse fatale gevolgen. De impact gaat verder dan alleen de slachtoffers zelf en raakt ook nabestaanden en de samenleving als geheel. Tot nu toe/Momenteel ontbreekt het echter aan een gestructureerde manier om fatale gevallen systematisch…
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Expert Exchange on accountability for crimes against children in Ukraine
Leiden University co-hosts Council of Europe expert exchange on accountability for crimes against children in Ukraine
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Open Science and Authoritarianism: An Interactive Discussion
Seminar
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Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium 2025
Symposium
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A grammar of Ashéninka
PhD defence
- Global Asia Scholar Series (GLASS)
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Pageantry as Public Diplomacy: Contested Receptions of English and French Dignitaries in the Netherlands, 1570s-1640s
Lecture, Research seminar 1000-1800
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Ama – a warrior deity in the Avesta, his name and functions, and their Indo-Iranian and Indo-European backgrounds
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Language diversity, education, and activism in multilingual Mexico
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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The forces behind the faces
Exhibition
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Same-Sex Love Law: Transnational Trends
Valedictory lecture
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OSCoffee: Open Educational Resources (OER)
Lecture
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OSCoffee: Rethinking Publishing: Alternative Outputs and Platforms
Lecture
- LED3 Lecture: Designing Modulators of Purinergic Signaling for Chronic Disease Treatment
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LED3 Lecture: Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future
Lecture
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Overview of publications
The BLRN members have published extensively in recent years. In addition to the BLRN book series, dissertations of BLRN members published in the E.M. Meijers Institute Series, you will find below a selection of our publications. For a more complete overview of publications of each BLRN member, please…
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Closing the Gap 2023 | Emerging and Disruptive Digital Technologies: Regional Perspectives
Conference
- COGLOSS seminars 2024-2025
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Career Talk with Wim Klop
Debate, Career Talk
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Dutch Alumni Event in Rome & Milan
Alumni event
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Career Talk with Maurien Olsthoorn
Debate, Career Talk
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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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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.
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"From Epistemicide to ‘Epistemic Disobedience'" by Anne-Maria Makhulu
Lecture
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Livestream Mercator Sapiens Stimulus Mariska Kret
Lecture, Award ceremony
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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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The Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Military Purposes
Lecture
- Visual Culture (5 ECTS - FULL)
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New archaeological perspectives on an Arabian oasis in Islamic periods
Lecture
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VVIK Lecture: Court politics in the Vijayanagara successor states
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
- Well-Being Moment: Photography Walk – Discover your city!
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Prinsjesdag Non-Dutchies (Engels)
Festival
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Van Marum Colloquium: Polymeric heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts with molecular metal sites
Lecture
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EAMENA (Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa): One database to rule them all?
Lecture
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LED3 Lecture: Probing the human proteome for therapeutic opportunities
Lecture
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Joint Post-Doctoral Fellows Gathering
Internal networking event
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Concert Practicum Musicae students
Arts and culture, Concert
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The Military Perspective: Space Power
Lecture
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AI in Chemistry: minisymposium
Conference
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LCCP Working Seminar with Annemie Halsema "Hermeneutics of the body"
Lecture