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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers
From molecular ping-pong to cassava in the Amazon, and from extraterrestrial life to special antibodies. Twenty-five researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant from the NWO. A grant of up to 250,000 euros will give them the opportunity to further elaborate their own ideas over…
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Josephus Scaliger: famous scholar and grouch
Josephus Justus Scaliger was one of the most famous scholars of his time and yet today his name is likely to be met with blank looks. His correspondence shows that this Leiden professor was also irritable to say the least. Kasper van Ommen will defend his PhD thesis on Scaliger’s legacy on 2 July. Find…
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visit by a delegation from Leiden University to Indonesia at the end of June highlighted the benefits of cooperation.
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Bart Custers on tech companies involved in criminal activities
Governments are increasingly cracking down on tech companies like X, Telegram and Clearview that flout the law, with a fine, ban or criminal prosecution. In practice, however, this has little effect. A tougher stance is needed, argues Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw – Center…
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Ties DamsFaculty of Law
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Jan KolenFaculty of Archaeology
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Andrew SorensenFaculty of Archaeology
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Vincent NiochetFaculty of Archaeology
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Gert Jan GeertjesFaculty of Law
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Kees WaaldijkFaculty of Law
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The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh
The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice word. If you see the connections between things, you immediately see the logic behind the processes.’ Her career has taken her…
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Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age - International Conference
Conference
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Japan's Iron Lady? Sanae Takaichi and the New Japanese Government
Debate
- SSEALS - 2025
- Medieval Book Scripts (5 ECTS)
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From Disappearance to the End Game: Reflecting on the Politics of Decolonization in Hong Kong
Lecture, China Seminar
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Masterclass ''Unconventional Textual Sources''
Lecture, COGLOSS Masterclass
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A Global South Divided: Rising Powers in International Environmental Politics
Lecture, China Seminar
- Masterclass Heraldry (3 ECTS)
- Visual Culture (5 ECTS - FULL)
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From Cordoba to Damascus: Reconstructing the final lost chapter of the Arabic Orosius
Middle East Studies Lecture
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A new typology of national research assessment systems: Continuity and change in 13 countries
Seminar
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Language Policy in Africa - the why and how of a new journal
Lecture, This Time for Africa!
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A New History of Fishes: Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880)
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Bernhard Hommel
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Amy EaglestoneSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Eleven Vidi grants for Leiden
NWO has awarded eleven Leiden researchers a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. The research subjects range from Cicero and muscle dystrophy to the archaeology of bogs.
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The story behind the war victims
Herta Mohr was a promising Egyptologist who died in Bergen-Belsen. Lawyer Amandus Wolfsbergen died in Auschwitz, without knowing that the his work would continue to be a respected authority for many years. Thanks to research by PhD candidate Adriënne Baars, some more personal information has been added…
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Traces of 3 October: 450 years of the Relief of Leiden
This year Leiden will be celebrating the 450th Relief of Leiden. Leiden master’s students are researching this history as part of the ‘Traces of 3 October’ project.
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Veni awards for seventeen young Leiden researches
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to seventeen researchers who recently obtained their PhD. This award offers promising young scientists the opportunity to develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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Spinoza Prize for historian Judith Pollman
Judith Pollmann, Professor of Early Modern Dutch History, has been awarded the Spinoza Prize. ‘An unbelievable honour.’
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Justice for Syria is possible, but only if political will exists
Atrocities have been the order of the day in Syria since war broke out in 2011, but the perpetrators are rarely tried. According to PhD candidate Elizabeth Van Schaack, the international community could bring justice in Syria, but only if there is political will. PhD defence on 29 April 2020.
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Book Africanist Stephen Ellis posthumously published
The African Studies Centre Leiden presented the last book by its renowned colleague Prof. Stephen Ellis (1953-2015), This Present Darkness: A history of Nigerian organised crime, on 9 June. The book was published posthumously. Former colleagues and friends paid tribute to Ellis, who was regarded as…
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Leiden cholera epidemics mapped out, literally
Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. Today’s corona epidemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden University Libraries, to scour the library for maps about these past epidemics.
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NIMAR exhibition: Morocco through Dutch eyes
Leiden historian Herman Obdeijn has created an exhibition for NIMAR about the centuries-old bond between the two countries. The exhibition opens on 1 March at the Université Mohammed V in Rabat. ‘The Moroccans changed from distant allies to close neighbours.’
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis
The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came up at Leiden University’s 448th Dies Natalis. A panel discussion including Leiden’s mayor Lenferink, music and two honorary doctorates completed the special…
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
- Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2025: History of Emotions (5 ECTS)
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Lustrum: 75 years English Language and Culture programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Why Humanities? Frans-Willem Korsten about Literature & Law
Lecture
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ASCL Seminar: The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Africa's New Era of Austerity
Lecture
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Philosophy Workshop Metaethics 'New Perspectives on the Now What Question for Moral Error Theory'
Conference
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Book Launch for Dr. Kate Brackney's 'Surreal Geographies: A New History of Holocaust Consciousness'
Lecture, Book Roundtable
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Towards the Establishment of a New International Humanitarian Law Compliance Mechanism
PhD defence
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[NEW DATE AND ROOM] Women, gig work, & Techno-Fixes in the Gulf Platform Economy
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Probing Cosmic Monsters: Confronting Hydrodynamic Simulations with New Observations of High-density Environments
PhD defence