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John Mydosh and the mystery of the Hidden Order
A 35-year-old uranium crystal will not disclose its secret: what causes a dramatic phase transition at 17.5 Kelvin? Thanks to a new artificial intelligence approach, half of the possible explanations are excluded, but the definitive answer remains to be found. 'It is very frustrating', says physicist…
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A multi-disciplinary conversation about urban transformation in Turin The case of Mirafiori Sud
This blogpost reports on one of these conversations, which Alessandro Pisano, political science student at the University of Turin, and I had with regards to the transforming neighbourhood of Mirafiori Sud.
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The transformative power of food
Creating a good life and new work values through foodwork?
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Leonard Blussé receives prestigious Fukuoka Prize in Japan
Leonard Blussé, Professor Emeritus of History of European-Asian Relations, was awarded the 13th Fukuoka Prize in Japan on 10 September.
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Neanderthals hunted straight-tusked elephants, 125,000 years ago
A Leiden and Mainz (Germany) based team studies the activities of early humans in a 125,000 years old Last Interglacial ecosystem, formerly exposed in a large open cast brown coal pit near Halle (Germany). The Last Interglacial is an important warm-temperate period, showing the full flora and fauna…
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Blog Post | An Identity Perspective on Non-great Power Public Diplomacy
The postwar Liberal International Order faces grave challenges today mostly in the form of geopolitical competitions among great powers and exclusionary identity politics unfolding across different countries.
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Ingrid Tieken spellbound by languages of The Hague
Linguist Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade retired in July, but is pressing on regardless with her languages in The Hague project. An online tour of her Hague Proverbs launched recently and Tieken also has academic publications in the pipeline.
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Faculty of Science says goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo
During the farewell reception on 29 August, the Faculty of Science will say goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo. On 1 November 2019, he will continue his career as Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Colleagues talk about his significance for ecology, about his contribution as a…
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Plastic surgeon Diederik Hofstede: ‘I like small scale'
After studying medicine in Leiden, Diederik Hofstede specialised in plastic surgery. 'I was attracted by its creativity and I enjoy working with my hands.' Cosmetic surgery is just 5% of the work.'
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Spinoza prize for Jan Zaanen
Jan Zaanen, Professor in Theoretical Physics of condensed material, has been awarded a Spinoza prize. His pioneering ideas about the collective behaviour of quantum particles and high temperature superconductivity have often given him the reputation of being something of a rebel.
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Warfare: technology and ethics - a reading list
While the United States continues to carry out drone strikes, and China conducts large-scale cyber and information operations, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers live in trenches, and NATO sends tanks to the Donbas front to force a breakthrough. Has war changed dramatically in recent decades as a result…
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Working in intensive care: ‘You can make a real difference here’
Many alumni are frontline health workers and are working day and night to treat thousands of corona patients. Intensivist Michael Frank (53) is one of them. As head of intensive care at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Dordrecht, he is steering his department through the corona crisis.
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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Public Administration celebrates its anniversary, professors reflect: '40 years young!'
Public Administration has been around for 40 years, and that deserves to be celebrated. Before the festivities begin, four figures from the Institute of Public Administration reflect on the past years, with one even looking back over the last 25 years. Speaking are: Bernard Steunenberg, Caelesta Braun,…
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Spectral Infrastructure - On Unhoused Music, (Im)Possible Realism, and the Unarchivable
Arts and culture, Symposium
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“De” outside the cleft: An evidential operator in the C domain
Lecture, CHiLL series
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LUCIP workshop: Meeting in the Middle
Conference
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Woodland Imagery in Northern Art: Book launch with Leopoldine Prosperetti (independent scholar) and referent Joost Keizer (University of Groningen)
Lecture
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Harris or Trump? Implications for Asia (and beyond)
Lecture, Asia Academy
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
The Joan van der Waals colloquium is an ongoing bi-weekly lecture series.
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The Future of faith and responsible technology & AI
Lecture
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
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A New industry in an Ancient Land: Archaeology and Tourism at the crossroads
Conference, Public event
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
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What (and Where) on Earth is Waqwaq?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2022
Arts and culture, LUCIS Middle Eastern Culture Market
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Utrecht: Unexpected allies and food activism in quarantine
This blogpost is a reflection of research assistant Marilena Poulopoulou on the food relief initiative she took part in between May and August 2020 in the city of Utrecht.
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Witches and Snowflakes: Nurturing Feminist Ethnography in Times of Crises
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Fariba Karimi
Lecture
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Queer and Trans migrations: Dynamics of illegalization, detention and deportation
Lecture, Lunch lecture by Prof. Eithne Luibhéid
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Evidence Gathering Strategies in the Investigation of Crimes against Indigenous Peoples
Conference
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Boeklancering 'Atlas van ons Brein' van Lara Wierenga
Boekpresentatie
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Gert Stulp
Lecture
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A feminist approach to the right to self-determination
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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Jan Kleijssen, Hans Franken-lecture 2023
Lecture
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Media, Race and the Infrastructures of Empire
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
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Modern Transimperial Histories: Forms, Questions, Prospects
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
- Seminar 4: The Formation of Discourse Communities in the Early Middle Ages
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Climate justice through the courts: Will courts prevent (and redress) human rights harm from climate change?
Lecture
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Counting events: Syntax and semantics of Chinese verbal classifiers
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Impact of COVID-19: Digital food collectives in Rotterdam
PhD candidate Vincent Walstra reflects on alternative social interactions and mutual aid in the city of Rotterdam during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Hybrid Symposium 'Pageantry, Ritual and Popular Media: Netherlandish Practices of Public Diplomacy in 16th- and 17th-Europe’
Conference
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Force sensing and transmission in human induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived pericytes
PhD defence
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Living Texts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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LIBC SYLVIUS Lecture
Lecture
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LCN2 Seminar: Graph homotopy, non-backtracking matrix, and X-centrality
Lecture