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In 2022 hebben medewerkers en studenten van de Universiteit Leiden veel mooie prijzen gewonnen en belangrijke onderzoekssubsidies binnengehaald.

The Abbey Library of Saint Gall and the Chair for Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg organize their third Summer School Medieval Writing Culture (V to XV century), which will be held from 16 till 20 May 2022. Deadline for applications: 3 March 2022.

The Chair of Medieval Latin (University of Zurich) invites applications for two PhD positions in the field of Medieval Latin. The positions are funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) as part of the project “Il mondo antico visto dalle glosse medievali”. Deadline: 31 December 2022.

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What kinds of pan-European connections linked communities across early medieval Europe, and what social infrastructures allowed these networks to function beyond political, cultural and geographic boundaries?

The chair of Ancient and Medieval History at Radboud University Nijmegen is organizing a new lecture series. In the RAM-lectures, a great variety of scholars in the fields of Antiquity and the Middle Ages will discuss their research. Students, PhD’s and staff are most welcome to attend. The lectures…

Jan Dumolyn, Professor of History at Ghent Universty gives the Inaugural lecture at the University of Namur. 12 March 2025

Sinds de Verenigde Naties in 2000 Resolutie 1325 heeft aangenomen over vrouwen, vrede en veiligheid, komt er langzaam maar zeker meer erkenning voor het gegeven dat vrouwen een belangrijke en beslissende rol zouden moeten hebben als het gaat om het voorkomen en oplossen van conflicten. Neem deel aan…

Cool Little Kids is een onderzoeksproject ter preventie van angstproblemen bij verlegen en teruggetrokken kinderen van 3-6 jaar die extreem verlegen of angstig zijn.

In het voorjaarssemester biedt het NIMAR universitaire en hbo-studenten twee engelstalige tracks van 30 EC. Bij beide tracks ligt de focus op het bevorderen van taal- en linguïstische vaardigheden, maar de tracks bieden ook een diepgaande kennismaking met de Marokkaanse cultuur en samenleving.

For questions and suggestions regarding the series, please contact prof. dr. Olaf van Vliet or dr. Max van Lent

Kennis van moslimsamenlevingen is onmisbaar om in een geglobaliseerde wereld te kunnen functioneren en om onze eigen Nederlandse maatschappij goed te begrijpen. In Leiden verdiepen onderzoekers zich in de talen, cultuur, religie, rechtssystemen en geschiedenis van moslimsamenlevingen en zetten daarmee…

Op 10 november 2021 verdedigde Carmel van Niekerk-Jacobs het proefschrift 'Realising the right to reproduce with assistance in South Africa'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr. T. Liefaard.

Het intern gerenoveerde P.J. Vethgebouw is in de zomer van 2017 feestelijk geopend en in gebruik genomen door de Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen. Dit is het eerste afgeronde deelproject in de ontwikkeling van een vernieuwde Humanities Campus. Met grote zorgvuldigheid is het monument omgevormd tot een…

Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Prof.dr. K. Belabas (Universite Bordeaux I)

It researches (the possibilities for) the development of a set of principles and best practices for insolvency office holders by comparing multilateral treaties and soft law recommendations and national legislation within Europe.

How and to what extent the historic house (re-)constructs identity through image-making in China.

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Security is key to survival for any living organism: life is full of perils and threats, both physically, environmentally, and societally. Security challenges such as terrorism, natural disasters, and cybercrime rank among the most pressing issues of our time, affecting the security and safety of millions…

When a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, it is torn apart by strong tidal forces in a tidal disruption event (TDE).

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the most abundant class of organic compounds in space. The PAH field evolves from the constant interaction between experimentalists, theorists, modellers and observers. While laboratory research and quantum chemical calculations together set up the molecular…

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

Jan van den Berg heeft zij proefschrift op 8 november 2018 verdedigd.

This thesis describes biochemical investigations of glucocerebrosidase (GBA), the lysosomal β- glucosidase that is deficient in Gaucher disease (GD).

Promotores: H.A. Udo De Haes, P.M. Brakefield

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

Promotores: J. Zaanen, A. Parnachev

The work presented in this thesis is based on ALMA surveys of protoplanetary disks in three star-forming regions: Lupus, OMC-2, and NGC 2024.

This thesis is about the study of hydrocarbons via infrared spectroscopy.

Despite the fact that gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are one of the most studied nanoparticles, there is still a necessity for new approaches allowing for effective protective coating to enable wider use of GNPs in biomedical applications.

In meta-analysis, heterogeneity often exists between studies. In such cases, it is essential to investigate the sources of heterogeneity and understand the relationship between effect size and study characteristics (i.e., moderators).

The stratum corneum is the outermost skin layer and consists of dead cells embedded in a lipid matrix.

Scattering of light in the presence of nano-structured materials, i.e. with features in the order of the wavelength of the light or smaller, reveals details of how light interacts with matter at the nanoscale.

Freshwater and brackish water ecosystems are arguably the most vulnerable ecosystems on earth, due to concentrated human developments in and around them. The Pontocaspian (PC) region located at the border of Europe and Asia contains a variety of brackish water ecosystems and unique inhabitants, known…

Promotor: K. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H. Hoekstra

Growth hormone profiles are pulsatile and highly variable between individuals, limiting the implementation of mathemathical models to quantify an individual's secretion.

Curved single crystals provide variable, but well-defined surface structures.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Co-promotor: B. de Smit

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Aarts, Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek

Promotores: Prof.dr. S.J. Edixhoven, Prof.dr. E. Ullmo (University Paris-Sud)

An Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) is a highly luminous region at the center of a galaxy, powered by the accretion into a supermassive black hole and emitting energy from radio waves to gamma rays, often outshining the host galaxy.

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink