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• Explosive Violence: Research into the Nature and Extent of Incidents with Hand Grenades in The Netherlands Research output

  The illegal use of hand grenades has generated a lot of public interest over the last few years but very little is known about the nature and extent of these incidents. This research project is trying to fill that gap.

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  Karla Paola Cabrera Acuña External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• The Deep History of Human Landscape Manipulation Research project

  This project studies the roles of prehistoric foragers in past ecosystems to establish the character of past “natural” landscapes and enhance the management of current ones.

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Patrick Dassen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Andrew Shield University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pieter Slaman Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Paul van Trigt Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Wim van den Doel Dean LDE / Professor Contemporary History

  Executive Board

• Regulation of vegetative development and life history strategy in plants Research project

  How is vegetative development regulated in plants and how does this affect a plant’s life history strategy?

• and between Empires and Nation-States | Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 46/14 Research output

  In a modernist interpretation of migration controls, nation states play a major role. This book challenges this interpretation by showing that comprehensive migration checks and permanent border controls appeared much earlier, in early modern dynastic states and empires, and predated nation states by…

• Fiscal Policy and the Long Shadows of History Research output

  In this paper, Kantorowicz aims to track the persistent effect of former partitioning borders on property tax rates in Poland.

• Show people, A history of the film star Research output

  Show People offers a comprehensive history of the film star from Mary Pickford to Andy Serkis, traversing more than one hundred years and drawing on examples from America, Britain, Europe, Asia and elsewhere.

• Time, History and Ritual in a K’iche’ Community Research output

  This work analyzes ritual practices and knowledge related to the Mesoamerican calendar with the aim of contributing to the understanding of the use and conceptualization of this calendar system in the contemporary K’iche’ community of Momostenango, in the Highlands of Guatemala.

• Ancient History in the Leiden University Botanical Gardens Research project

  Which plants in the Mediterranean garden were already known to the ancient Greeks and Romans, and how were they utilized?

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  Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Limin Teh University Lecturer Modern Chinese History

  Faculty of Humanities

• Re-envisioning nature: the representation of post-nuclear landscapes in contemporary art and culture Research project

  How does contemporary art and culture represent nuclear contamination in post-nuclear landscapes?

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  Jessica Roitman Strategic Advisor Research Policy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Paul Kloeg Head Datamanagement

  Leiden University Library

• History: Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present? Learn more and watch the introduction video.

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  Robert Stein Senior University Lecturer in Medieval History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Elisabeth Dieterman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Doreen Müller Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• The assembly history of the milky way nuclear star cluster Research output

  Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

• larvae in developing new drug candidates for treating anxiety, from natural sources Research project

  Can zebrafish larvae be used as a behavioural model for screening natural products as potential neurotropic drugs?

• Leiden lifestyle as inspiration for Americans News - 11 April 2017

  The much-discussed documentary 'Cobblestone Stories' by American anthropologist Mark Neupert can be seen in Leiden's Trianon cinema on 23 April. In an interview published earlier on this site Neupert explained what makes Leiden so special for him. 'The idea is to show my American students that there…

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  Anna Roseboom PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Sebastiaan Grosscurt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Niels van der Windt PhD candidate / Self Funded

  Faculty of Science

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  Steven Lauritano University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jacqueline Hylkema Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Lionel Laborie Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Learning from nature: using plant-soil feedback principles to improve growth and health of a horticultural crop Research output

  Plants and soils from natural ecosystems harbor great diversity of soil microorganisms, which could potentially contribute to the sustainability of horticulture. The knowledge about using wild plant species and soil from natural ecosystem to improve the crop health will advance the application of ecological…

• Extended Piano Techniques in Theory, History & Performance Practice Research output

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• Extended piano techniques : in theory, history and performance practice Research output

  Playing the piano with your forearm, plucking the strings, sawing through the piano: pianist Luk Vaes's doctoral dissertation covers all the techniques of play for which a piano is NOT designed. His defence ceremony will consist of three concerts and a public defence. 'Musicians were using the interior…

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  Bram Eenink External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Teaching Art History and Cultural and Art Education (MA)

• Neonicotinoids in nature: The effects on aquatic invertebrates and their role in ecosystems Research output

  This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

• Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Engineered DNA from Transgenic Biosystems in Nature Research project

  This project aims to assess the risk of spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment derived from currently used synthetic biology approaches in the field of drug discovery.

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  Bente de Leede PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alanna O'Malley Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Miko Flohr University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Peter Meel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• On the nature of the right to resist: a rights-based theory of the ius resistendi in liberal democracies Research output

  On 7 September, Francesc Claret Traid defended the thesis 'On the nature of the right to resist: a rights-based theory of the ius resistendi in liberal democracies'. The doctoral research was supervised by Afshin Ellian and Gelijn Molier.

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  Catia Antunes Professor History of Global Economic Networks

  Faculty of Humanities

• Experiments on the Modular Nature of Word and Sentence Phonology in Chinese Broca's Patients Research output

  This book investigates the effects of brain lesions in the left hemisphere, specifically Broca's area, on the production and perception of vowels, of word tones and of the linguistic use of sentence melody.

• A Priori Truth in the Natural World : A Non-referentialist Response to Benacerraf's Dilemma Research output

  The main question addressed in this thesis is how we can best conceive the contrast between a priori and empirical truths.

• Old Age in Early Medieval England, A Cultural History Research output

  How did Anglo-Saxons reflect on the experience of growing old? Was it really a golden age for the elderly, as has been suggested?