1,649 search results for “New York Public Library Manuscript Division” in the Student website
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Publication: Engaging with Everyday Sounds by Marcel Cobussen
'Engaging With Everyday Sounds' is a rich and inspiring exploration of the role of sounds in everyday life, including their impact on human actions, emotions, and imagination. Marcel Cobussen intertwines sonic studies with philosophy, sound art, sociology and more to create an impressively lucid and…
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Unlocking the secrets of DNA repair: Sarah’s curiosity might lead to new cancer treatments
How do cells repair their damaged DNA—and what happens when that process is hindered and cancer arises? Sarah Moser has taken a closer look during her PhD, uncovering surprising insights that could help improve future cancer treatments.
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Mohit KhubchandaniFaculty of Law
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The history of the Perzian Book of Kings
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Bahar HeinisSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jiska Engelbert
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lynn ColderFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Elena BondaroukFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Maria Elisabeth TiggelaarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sander SandkuylFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Claudio Buongiorno SottorivaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lemos Dekker wins first Interdem Academy Publication Award
The article “Anticipating an unwanted future: euthanasia and dementia in the Netherlands” by Natashe Lemos Dekker is the winner of the first Interdem Academy Publication Award. Lemos Dekker is a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC project ‘Globalizing Palliative Care’ at Leiden Leiden of Cultural Anthropology…
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Energy as a weak spot: a new approach to tackle aggressive breast cancer?
Could we stop cancer cells by cutting off their energy supply? That’s what Dione Blok, a bachelor’s student in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, aimed to find out during her thesis research. She investigated a compound that affects the tumour cells’ energy metabolism. ‘Hopefully, these insights will provide…
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Jiemiao ChenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Katharina NatterSocial & Behavioural Sciences
- Public transport strike may disrupt teaching on Wednesday: check Brightspace
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Algorithms and data behind Leiden Ranking in public domain
The Leiden Ranking – Open Edition is completely transparent. The ranking compiled by the CWTS uses open data and publishes the algorithms that are used.
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Ionica SmeetsFaculty of Science
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Arjen Boin
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Speculations about extraterrestrial life peak in news articles (and in scientists quotes)
Researchers from Leiden University analysed almost 30 years of communication on astrobiology. News articles proved most speculative, especially via quotes from scientists. Especially exoplanet research is often accompanied by high expectations about extraterrestrial life, they write in PLOS One.
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Hubertus IrthFaculty of Science
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Mo GordonFaculty of Humanities
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From droplets in the freezer to the inception of a potent new antibiotic
What started as an idea during a social gathering led to an unexpected breakthrough in research on resistant bacteria. Biologists and chemists from Leiden developed a new substance that proves to be effective against bacteria resistant to antibiotics. They published their discovery in Nature Chemist…
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Markus DavidsenFaculty of Humanities
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Zeger van der WalFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Shana HeppingFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lianne VisserFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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More education facilities
Other facilities
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Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum
Conference
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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Arnoud VrolijkLeiden University Library
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Martijn StormsLeiden University Library
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Public pen test of classroom scanners in Lipsius
On Monday 28 March a ‘pen test’ will be carried out to check the security of the classroom scanners. These people counters in University buildings were temporarily switched off in December after there was growing disquiet about privacy aspects of the devices. The pen test will be carried out in the…
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Join the Essay Competition in Honor of 40 Years of Public Administration!
Education
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Criminal Justice Public Lecture: Maarten Kunst on victim rights
On 1 June 2022, Maarten Kunst, Professor of Criminology at Leiden Law School, gave a lecture on his research into the effects of the right to be heard on both the defendant and the victim. Victims have certain rights in the Dutch criminal process, including the right to be heard in criminal proceedings.…
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WOO request on security measures: additional documents now public
Organisation
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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New Executive Director Jan Pronk: ‘In the end it is all about people enjoying their work.’
In March, Jan Pronk starts as the new Executive Director at the Faculty of Archaeology. We sat down with him for an interview on his background, his drive, and his take on archaeology.
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Student Ambassador International and European Governance (Master of Public Administration)
Organisation, Social
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Nisida GjoksiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Two new programme directors to start in the new year
In early 2026, two new programme directors will begin their roles at FWN. Joost Broekens will take charge of the bachelor’s programme in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), while Sander van Kasteren will become programme director of the MSc in Life Science and Technology (LST).
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How the municipality of Amsterdam manages developments in the digital public domain.
The issue of how to deal with a development such as digitalisation in the public domain raises difficult questions for the municipality: who is responsible and when do you intervene?
- Public installation & meme battle on anti-Asian racism - 21 March
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Papyrus, roses and a sea cat: the Leiden Dioskurides
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Academics in the public debate: come discuss academic freedom at our dialogue session
Research
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Three new Leiden-Delft-Erasmus minors
Leiden-Delft-Erasmus is introducing three new minors this year: Space Missions, (Re)imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, and Living Education Lab. Marja Verstelle, Project Manager for Teaching at Leiden-Delft-Erasmus, talks about the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration for the new generation…
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Commendable visitation report Public Administration: ‘Now moving forward with the wind in our backs’
An international visitation committee has judged the research programme of the Institute of Public Administration of Leiden University as excellent. The report, which looked at the period 2014-2019, was published last week.
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From excavation to public outreach: our bachelor's students experienced the full cycle of archaeology
In May and June of 2021, Bachelor 1 and 2 students of the Faculty of Archaeology joined in the excavation at Oss. After the fieldwork itself, a second post-excavations week started in Leiden where each of them participated in small groups conducting archaeological find processing and working on creative…
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Anna Maria Puigderrajols TriadóFaculty of Law
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Renovation news PdlC
Over the next few years, the Pieter de la Court building will be refurbished. This summer, the first to be tackled is the basement. What will happen?