4,211 search results for “de world van takes en cultural” in the Public website
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Marina den HoudijkerBestuursbureau
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Johanna Berkheij-DolFaculty of Humanities
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Ruhama Yilma AbebeFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Michael McCabe IIIFaculteit Archeologie
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Jason LaffoonFaculteit Archeologie
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Inaugural lecture prof.dr. J.J. van Haersolte-van Hof
Inaugural lecture
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Why do we always have room for pudding?
In De Kookshow, Universiteit Van Nederland explores the scientific world behind food. Ever wondered which senses influence how tasty you find something? And why do you always have room for pudding after a meal? Leiden historian Kim Beerden is among the scholars providing answers.
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories
Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history, will give an online lecture about forgotten stories from the Second World War. Via Open Jewish Homes, moving stories can be heard online of Jewish alumni.…
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture
On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.
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Meet postdoc Ana Zora Maspoli: ‘I came to Leiden to find a new way to look at the dilemma of Romanisation’
Looking for a different approach in the ongoing discussions on the ethereal matter of Romanisation, Ana Zora Maspoli joined Miguel John Versluys’ research group as a postdoc guest researcher. While she has been active in our Faculty since February 2022, you may not have met her yet due to the Covid-19…
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The importance of an interdisciplinary approach to open information provision in palliative care
What if seriously ill patients do not want to hear their diagnosis? Does a clinician always need to provide a patient with all available information? Communication researcher Liesbeth van Vliet, medical anthropologist Annemarie Samuels and research intern Fiona Brosig will put these questions on open…
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Procederende belangenorganisaties in de polder
PhD defence
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Green Friday in de Hortus
Green Friday
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Arthur Docters van Leeuwen Annual Lecture
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium: Magnetic Carbon
Lecture
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The Assemblage of Social Death: Digital Vigilantism and Cancel Culture in China
Lecture, China Seminar
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the paramount importance of the truth – and why we shouldn’t always take images at face value
Hak, lawyer, international imagery law lecturer, and adjunct associate professor, talks about his PhD research on the use of images in international criminal prosecutions. He was a public prosecutor in Canada for over 30 years and dealt primarily with the prosecution of homicides and other major cri…
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Leiden University during the Second World War
Event
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Sebastian Fajardo BernalScience
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Knowledge gap due to exodus of Dutch MPs
With the exodus of departing parliamentarians, which seems to have gained momentum this summer, the loss of experience in parliament after the upcoming general election in the Netherlands will be considerable. A cause for concern according to Wim van De Camp, former CDA MP, and Wim Voermans, Professor…
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Graduation ceremony bachelor and master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.
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Book Launch: Cultural Confluence in Organizational change: a Portuguese venture in Angola
Lecture, Book Launch
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
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What makes peace sustainable?
‘Realising we have shared ancestors and that our past is dynamic makes us more accepting of others.’ Sada Mire is an archaeologist at Leiden University and a former refugee – she fled from the civil war in Somalia. At the HagueTalks night during the Just Peace Festival, she will share her thoughts on…
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Ik zie, ik zie, wat jij niet ziet! Over het belang van perspectieven binnen de (neuro)wetenschap
Inaugural lecture
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: Niki van Stein
Lecture
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Exhibition at the KOG: 'Plastic Justice – A creative take on plastic and law'
From 3 to 13 December you can see the exhibition Plastic Justice at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. Esther Kentin, coördinator of the Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic, saw the exhibition at the Plastic Health Summit and initiated a collaboration with the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.
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A different take on differences between men’s and women’s brains
There is greater variety in the size of men’s brains than of women’s. This could help explain why some psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and autism are more prevalent in boys. Leiden brain researcher Lara Wierenga has published an article about this in the international journal Cerebral Cortex.
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Public Administration students take a close look at societal issues in Multi-Level Governance
During the course BBO II: Multi-Level Governance, students learn to make the link between theory and society by completing a challenging practical assignment.
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Construction Day: Time to come and take a look in the University’s new Spui Building
You might be wondering what the reconstruction of the former V&D store at Spui in The Hague looks like now. If so, you can come and find out for yourself. On Saturday 8 June 2024, from 10.00 – 13.00 hrs., the building site of the new Campus The Hague Leiden University Building will be open to the pu…
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LU: Declutter, disconnect, dismantle! Reflections on degrowth and cultural politics
Lecture
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Iron Age canoeing
In 2005 Leiden's municipal archaeologists excavated a 2,700-year-old canoe dug out from a tree trunk. Researchers from Material Culture Studies are now building a reproduction of this vessel using replicas of Iron Age tools. The researchers are hoping to gain a better understanding of the building p…
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Archaeological Science article on experimental archaeology among most downloaded
The research article ‘Anatomy of a notch. An in-depth experimental investigation and interpretation of combat traces on Bronze Age swords’ is one of the most downloaded articles on the Journal of Archaeological Science website. This journal is one of the best for impact factor in the field. The article,…
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Maiden voyage of prehistoric dug out canoe replica
After 30 days of work, the experimental reconstruction of the iron age canoe of Vlaardingen Vergulde Hand is finished! Its maiden voyage will take place on Friday the 16th of February when it will be paddled for the first time by schoolchildren from Vlaardingen.
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Putting life into Neolithic houses with an NWO subsidy: ‘We will bring detail in our image of past domestic activities’
Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn received an NWO Archeologie Telt grant to investigate domestic craft and subsistence activities of late Neolithic peoples in the coastal area of the Netherlands
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Minecraft in Morocco: virtual building blocks bring the past to life
Getting young people excited about history is quite possible without books. Researchers from Leiden travelled to Morocco to work with schoolchildren on reconstructing cultural heritage in the popular video game Minecraft. The result: one virtual 14th-century city gate – and 20 teens with a greater appreciation…
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Nienke van der Marel on astrochemistry
Lecture, Kaiser Lente Lezing
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Leiden Tolkien Talks: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Anticipation of “The War of the Rohirrim”
Lecture
- IBL Spotlight - Han de Winde and IBL Analytical Facility
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“De” outside the cleft: An evidential operator in the C domain
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Book presentation 'In This Fragile World', edited by Annachiara Raia
Lecture
- In Praise of Solidarity - World Refugee Day 2024
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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International Translation Day 2024
Lecture, Discussion
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Melanoom, van biologische inzichten naar klinische innovaties
Inaugural lecture
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ASCL Seminar: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Rwanda: A Feminist Analysis
Lecture
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University Workshop: Ecocritical Perspectives in East Asian Art and Culture
Workshop
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The ambiguity of the post-verbal modal morpheme DE in Sichuanese
Lecture, CHiLL series
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The future of experiencing the past
The Faculty of Archaeology experiments with innovating their teaching methods, using 3D scans and visualisation technology to enable active learning. 'It makes archaeological material more accessible. Especially when it comes to fragile materials, it allows nearly anybody to analyse them.'