Een brug slaan tussen wetenschappers en publiek is het doel van de March for Science NL. Organisator Zsuzsika Sjoerds doet het woord in de nationale media en Daphne Tona vlogt en blogt als 'local representative' en enthousiasmeert daarmee het Leidsch Dagblad. Bekijk de bijdragen van twee Leidse wetenschappers…

From 25-27 March, second-year students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) took part in the programme's annual visit to Geneva, Switzerland. Students participated in institutional visits focusing on a wide range mandates in the field of International Relations and Dip…

Ecoloog Rosaleen March van het Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden doet onderzoek naar functionele biodiversiteit: een maatstaf om waarde toe te kennen aan ecosystemen. Na haar eerdere Marie Curie co-financiering, ontvangt ze nu een volledige Marie Curie fellowship. March: ‘We moeten weten wat de…

It is time for the fifth lecture in the series Manuscript Mondays. We shall have two speakers. Jesse Keskiaho (University of Helsinki, Finland) will start with a talk about the soul. In the second talk Evina Steinova will tell us more about the medieval encyclopaedia. The talks will be followed by a…

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On the occasion of the appearance of the monograph "Varieties of the Self.Peter Abelard and the Mental Architecture of the Paraclete" written by Babette Hellemans and published at Brill in 2023, a workshop will be organized concerning rules of observance as ‘texts of life’ in ascetic communities. The…

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…

Hier vindt u eerdere rapporten, publicaties en bronnen van het Decolonising Collective. Klik op de links om de documenten te downloaden.

eLaw onderzoekt de rol van het recht in de informatiemaatschappij: hoe kan het recht bijdragen aan een goede werking van informatie- en communicatietechnologie, en het gebruik ervan door burgers, bedrijven en overheden?

We found that, next to the effectiveness of the intervention, it’s also very likely that the intervention is cost-effective compared to attention only.

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In the Schouwburgstraat, LUGO is currently redesigning the back-garden in order to increase biodiversity and make it a more beautiful space. Throughout October 2023 until March 2024, we will be making changes to the garden with our team of volunteers.

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De wetenschap staat onder druk. ‘Alternatieve feiten’ krijgen steeds vaker het gewicht van waarheid. Wetenschappers laten op 22 april hun stem horen op het Museumplein in Amsterdam. Psycholoog Zsuzsika Sjoerds is mede-organisator van deze March for Science NL en vertelt waarom kennis van waarde is.…

Does the presence of Ring-necked parakeets negatively influence feeding and feeding behaviour of native bird species on artificial bird feeders and if so, what are possible solutions?

A critical look at the impact assessment modelling of metals in Life Cycle Impact Assessment and improvement options.

Religion, Philosophy, and the Pre-modern World

Submit your paper, session or business proposal for the International Medieval Meeting in Lleida until 31 March 2023.

The deadline for abstract submissions for the Conference on Frisian Humantities has been extended: you can submit your research abstract until 15 March 2022.

Princeton University has announced that planning for its annual Medieval Studies Graduate Conference is underway. The conference will be held on March 6, 2021 (via Zoom) with the following theme: “Reclaiming Losses: Recovery, Reconquest, and Restoration in the Middle Ages.”

In April, Al-Babtain visiting professor Maribel Fierro will teach four masterclasses at Leiden University on "Culture and society in the medieval Islamic west: The process of Islamization". These masterclasses will take place online and are open to all students. Registration deadline: 28 March 2021.

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.

'Foundations 1' takes place on 1-3 March. Do you want to learn more about different types of sources and methods for source analysis in the Dominican convent in Huissen? Register now by sending an email to ozsmed@hum.leidenuniv.nl!

The basic program comprises a total of twelve courses organized by the Research School, that have been purpose-developed for training and support of PhD students and Research MA students who specialize in Medieval Studies (history, art history, and literary history, in particular).

The University of Göttingen is pleased to announce its annual international digital palaeography summer school. The summer school is intended as an intensive training programme for graduate students, in both traditional Latin palaeography and codicology, and in the latest digital technologies applicable…

Lodi Nauta (RUG) organizes a workshop, titled "Humanist and Scholastic Roots of Early Modern Philosophy (1400-1700)" at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. It will take place from 19 until 24 April 2022 and it is open to maximum 15 students in philosophy or intellectual history at (R)MA or PhD-level.…

The Department of Humanities of the University of Pavia will host the Third European Symposium in Celtic Studies from 7 to 9 September 2022. Papers are invited on any aspect of Celtic Studies, including language, literature, history, archaeology and culture from any period. Deadline for submission:…

The XIIth Annual Conference of LECTIO in 2023 will examine the foundation and first centuries of the University of Louvain as a unique crossroads of the transfer of texts, ideas, and images between Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Renaissance. It serves as a stepping stone for the celebrations of 600 years…

The ERC project Early Medieval English in Nineteenth-Century Europe (EMERGENCE), led by Thijs Porck (Leiden University) is hiring 1 postdoctoral researcher and 2 PhD's. Details on the individual projects can be found below. Deadline for applications: 1 March 2024.

The Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University invites paper proposals on late antique and medieval Syriac iconography and visual culture for a virtual conference to be held on September 17–18, 2021. Abstracts should be between 300–500 words and should be submitted to acady@princeton.edu…

As part of the lecture series 'Religion Matters', Sven Gins (RUG) will speak about moving statues and other ingenuous devices in late medieval France. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 13, 17:00-18:00.

The University of Groningen is organizing a summer school on the topic of Medieval “Lived Religion” this summer. In this interdisciplinary summer school Masters and PhD students will be challenged by leading specialists dealing with textual and material sources of medieval religious cultures. They will…

On May 23 and 24, a masterclass is organized at Utrecht University on the theme of 'Reform'. Participating students will be rewarded 1 ECTS for preparation and presentation at the workshop, with the possibility of gaining another 2 ECTS to research and write a paper afterwards – for a total of 3 ECTS…

Utrecht University is looking for two researchers (1 PhD candidate and 1 Postdoc) to form the team of the VIDI project Lettercraft and Epistolary Performance in Early Medieval Europe, 476–751 CE, granted to dr. Robert Flierman and running from 2023-2027. As a PhD candidate, you will conduct a case study…

The NWO-funded research project ‘The Multilingual Dynamics of the Literary Culture of Medieval Flanders, c. 1200- c. 1500’ invites proposals for informal papers for a series of six e-workshops on the topic of ‘Multilingual Literary Cultures in the Middle Ages’. The e-workshops will take place in April…

Utrecht University is looking for two researchers (1 PhD candidate and 1 Postdoc) to form the team of the VIDI project Lettercraft and Epistolary Performance in Early Medieval Europe, 476–751 CE, granted to dr. Robert Flierman and running from 2023-2027. As a postdoc, you will work together with the…

Onderstaand een overzicht van alle vakken die door de afdeling Economie worden verzorgd.

New master specialisation: Economics and Governance

CREEA is a FP7 project on compiling and refining environmental and economic accounts. The project runs from April 2011 to March 2014.

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We worden bedreigd door een ernstige ziekte en ons lot ligt in handen van de wetenschap. Zsuzsika Sjoerds in Het Parool: 'wetenschap is heel wat anders dan het geven van een mening.' De Leidse psycholoog was destijds medeorganisator van de March for Science op het Museumplein in Amsterdam.

Natuurkundigen Carlo Beenakker en Jan Aarts zijn verkozen als 'Fellow' van de American Physical Society. Beenakker: 'Mensen erkennen jouw bijdrage, dat is gewoon heel leuk om te horen.'

ILS organizes a new lunch seminar series where all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and nice way what researchers from other research programs and institutes are working on. During a seminar two or three speakers will present their research.…

Last month, on March 19th, Leiden Law School hosted the first Law, AI & Digitalisation Meetup, a collaborative initiative organised by the departments of Public Law, Civil Law, eLaw, and Business Studies. The afternoon event featured engaging pitch sessions, informative poster presentations, and networking…

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

The first biennial symposium Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2024. This event aims to facilitate the exchange of recent research, ongoing projects, and key discussions within the realm of environmental history among scholars from…