This pioneering project will answer this question by examining migrants through the eyes of the courts between 1600 and 1900. It aims to reveal patterns of continuity and change in: 1. Treatment of migrants by criminal courts; 2. Violence and conflicts between migrants and native born.

African oral literatures, new media and technologies: challenges for research and documentation

Kiemproject: Hoe kunnen metaforen bijdragen aan betere maatschappelijke betrokkenheid bij quantumwetenschap en -technologie, en welke factoren beïnvloeden de acceptatie of weerstand tegen metaforen bij zowel experts als leken?

Hoe bestudeer je de gecompliceerde verhouding die de religieuze minderheden in het Midden-Oosten door de tijd heen gehad hebben met de islamitische meerderheden? Welke rol speelt taal? Hoe reflecteren deze processen van in- en uitsluiting zich in de manier waarop mensen zich kleden?

Claire Weeda, Robert Stein, and Louis Sicking have published a collection of essays in honour of Em. Prof. dr. Peter Hoppenbrouwers - also the former Scientific Director of the Research School of Medieval Studies. The contributions can be consulted freely online.

On 8 July, the symposium 'The digital reconstruction of the crucifixion of the Lindau master (ca. 1425)' will take place at the auditorium of Museum Catharijnecovent, from where it will also be broadcasted online.

On Thursday, 21 April, at 15.00 CEST Derek Kennet and Fernando Casamayor-Molina will give a guest lecture at Radboud University (Senaatzaal, Comeniuslaan 2, Nijmegen). This lecture will be held live though it is also possible to join online via zoom. To register, please email: peter.brown@ru.nl.

Het Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centrum voor BOLD Cities maakt gebruik van multidisciplinair big data-onderzoek om oplossingen te vinden voor stedelijke problemen. 'BOLD' staat voor 'Big, Open and Linked Data'. Data science is een van de belangrijkste disciplines van het Center.

Institute for Security and Global Affairs en Dual PhD Centre organiseren op 23 april gezamenlijk een online lezing van Cleveringa hoogleraar generaal Roméo Dallaire over

The Turnaround, Rescue and Insolvency Research Team presents in its most recent newsletter of June 2017 an update on its currrent research and developments. The Newsletter reports on the international and multidisciplinary perspective the TRI Leiden Research Team applies in studying and promoting efficient…

Climate change, depletion of natural resources, loss of natural and cultural landscapes, and many other (ecological) sustainability challenges urge us to (re)evaluate human interaction with the natural world. This renewed environmental consciousness has invigorated not only scientists working on effects…

In June 2024, the University of Groningen organizes a summer school, titled "Things that Matter". The Summer School explores challenges in digitizing source materials, questioning distinctions between physical and digital copies. It delves into the impact of virtual collections and criteria for digitization,…

The "Cognitive Turn" and the Middle Ages - There is an increasing interest in the cognitive sciences and how knowledge from this area influences literary studies, history, art history, and studies in material culture. This meeting seeks to discuss the possibilities, but also the limitations of incorporating…

Radboud University is looking for a PhD researcher who will investigate the afterlife of medieval thought in early modern Europe through the study of concrete instances of intellectual transfer, for instance the appropriation of specific medieval authors or early modern revaluations of specific themes…

Prof. em. Wim Blockmans (Leiden University) has given an interview to ‘De Nieuwe Wereld’ (in Dutch). He talks about his latest book 'Medezeggenschap. Politieke participatie in Europa vóór 1800'. Take also a look at the YouTube channel of this Dutch philosophy collective as other videos feature medievalists…

Read all about the experiences of our students who followed one of the Academic Language Center's (online) courses in the past semester.

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Big celebration upcoming weekend: MIRD's 20th anniversary is on the cards. Four alumni from different periods tell what this unique two-year master's in International Relations and Diplomacy has brought them.

Met trots kunnen wij meedelen dat het boek ‘Turnaround Management and Bankruptcy’ gepubliceerd is. De editors van dit boek zijn Prof. dr. mr. J.A.A. Adriaanse en Prof. dr. J.I. van der Rest. Beide zijn werkzaam bij de afdeling Bedrijfswetenschappen van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid.

From 5 to 15 April 2024, a course on graffiti in Italy between the seventh and sixteenth centuries will take place at the Dutch Royal Institute in Rome (KNIR). Applicants are encouraged to apply before February 4, 2024.

Professor Barend Mons has been appointed Chair of the Commission High Level Expert Group

Leiden Law School heeft recent een Memorandum of Understanding getekend met UC Berkeley Extension/UC Berkeley School of Law.

The Synergy Award aims to connect PhD students with academic and non-academic professionals to explore the practical dimensions of their research. Four candidates will be invited to pitch their compelling impact ideas to a jury at Synergy 2021. Each pitch will also be broadcast to a live audience during…

This Panel at the Historians of Netherlandish Art Conference (Amsterdam, 2-5 June 2021) aims to explore how early modern individuals and groups branded themselves through their heraldic presentation on contemporary social media and materials. Although this call for papers focuses on the period 1500-1800,…

‘Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures’ is a European Commission-funded MSCA Doctoral Network that will support 13 PhD researchers undertaking projects on late medieval and early modern books. These PhD researchers will be spread across the following institutions: University of Galway (3 positions),…

Op 29 januari 2019 verdedigt Robbert J. van Eijk zijn Ph.D-proefschrift, waarin hij de online advertenties onderzoekt die u lijken te volgen.

On 28 September, the Medieval Murder Maps website will be shared publicly for the first time. The makers have used fourteenth-century coroners' rolls to map the homicides in three medieval towns: London, York, and Oxford. These digital maps are interactive and come with podcasts of interesting cases,…

By virtue of the legacy of prof. Maartje Draak, which is administered by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Celtic Studies section of Utrecht University is able to organise the Maartje Draak Seminars in which international Celticists visit Utrecht for intensive workshops and sem…

The ultimate aim of this project (initiated by the European Law Institute) is to design a framework that will enable the further development of coherent and functional rules for business rescue in Europe.

Learning a programming language is challenging. Even one of the first –but crucial– concepts to learn, variables, is hard to grasp. Variables can represent different roles and functions within a code and need to be named appropriately to support code comprehension and debugging.

Kijk regelmatig op deze pagina voor meer informatie over het vergroten van de biodiversiteit aan de Universiteit Leiden.

Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, B. Sinsin, Co-Promotor: H.H. de Iongh

What holds people together and what makes them willing to fit within larger political structures? Our project examines this question in the practices of dynastic rulership in Eurasia ca. 1300-1800.

We are very excited to announce our Sustainability Series for 2023-2024. Each month an interactive workshop will be organised that discusses a specific theme of sustainability. Interested about sustainability? Do not hesitate to sign up to our events !

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.

LUC The Hague biedt een driejarige bacheloropleiding aan in Liberal Arts & Sciences. Deze brede en uitdagende bacheloropleiding wordt volledig in het Engels gegeven, en heeft als centraal thema ‘Global Challenges’: grote uitdagingen waar de wereld en mensheid voor staat.

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Je volgt een basispakket met informaticavakken, economievakken en speciale integratievakken.

My colleagues and I have been devastated to learn that our good colleague and friend Stefan Landsberger (born 1955) passed away unexpectedly, on 26 September 2024. Stefan had been a fixture of China Studies in the Netherlands, where he had been Associate Professor of contemporary Chinese History and…

Hoe positioneerde onze academische gemeenschap zich ten opzichte van een systeem dat mensen van hun vrijheid beroofde? Welke rol heeft de universiteit als onderwijsinstelling ingenomen ten opzichte van kolonialisme en het slavernijsysteem? Hoe kunnen wij het beste omgaan met onze bijzondere collecti…

Er worden veel goede afstudeerscripties geschreven door de studenten die hun Leidse geschiedenisopleiding ermee afronden. Alleen de allerbeste scripties worden voorgedragen voor de Fruinprijs: de jaarlijkse prijs voor de beste onderzoeksmaster-, master- of Europaeumscriptie van de Opleiding Geschied…

The space between the stars isn't simply a void; it also contains substances such as methanol and carbon dioxide. So far, chemical theories have been unable to explain how these substances originate under circumstances that should make it impossible. Fedor Goumans has been awarded a Veni subsidy to…

Sinds september 2010 werken Geerten Waling en Anne Heyer in het NWO project ‘The Promise of Organization’.

What is leadership? Can it be taught, and if so, how? The International Leiden Leadership Programme (ILLP) helps students find their own style, say ILLP graduate Marko Simovski and his former coach Annah Neve in an interview: 'It’s about you, discovering you.'

De podcastserie ‘Introduction to Security Studies’ laat je kennis maken met de bacheloropleiding Security Studies aan de Universiteit Leiden in Den Haag en het leven als student in Den Haag.

Data Science seminar at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Abstract submission is now open for the international conference of the ELS Academy, in Amsterdam on September 1 and 2. For the 2022 International ELS Conference, we invite all involved in legal research using qualitative and/or quantitative methods to submit abstracts, that may focus on ongoing or…

In lieu of the Medieval Studies Day 2021, the Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies has organised the following alternative event online: TOTENTANZ, Reflection Online, December 17, 16.00-17.30. Totentanz is an animation opera produced by the Dutch stage director Wim Trompert, based on Bernt…

Since 2013, Leiden University has offered MOOCs in cooperation with Coursera. Over 80,000 students have enrolled in our MOOCs on European Law (Prof. dr Stefaan van den Bogaert) and on Terrorism & Counterterrorism (Prof. dr. Edwin Bakker).

Nanotechnologie heeft de afgelopen jaren verschillende industriële sectoren veroverd. Hoewel velen zich er misschien niet van bewust zijn, zijn nanomaterialen verweven in veel van de producten die we dagelijks gebruiken. En de landbouwsector is als volgende aan de beurt. Leidse milieuwetenschappers…