This multidisciplinary minor provides students with knowledge on how and why humans became the way they are. The minor focuses on the evolution of the species Homo sapiens from other hominin lineages and animal ancestors, and on the various factors shaping this process. Not only is human evolution of…

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…

Elif Naz Kayran en Anna-Lena Nadler hebben 'the European Political Science Review (EPSR) Prize for early career scholars' ontvangen.

"To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, and so on: Dealing with charters in the early Middle Ages." Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Philippe Depreux (University of Hamburg): Tuesday 9 May 2023, 15.00-16.30

The Utrecht-based VIDI project Lettercraft in Early Medieval Europe, AD 481-751 is working on a new database of Merovingian epistolary communication. We are looking for enthusiastic (R)MA students who would like to join us this Fall as research apprentices for the first phase of data entry and analysis.…

Berthe Jansen ontvangt een Early Career Award van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) voor haar onderzoek naar boeddhisme en de wet in het oude Tibet. Ze krijgt de prijs, een bedrag van 15.000 euro en een kunstwerk, voor het vernieuwende onderzoek.

The volume Vernacular Books and Their Readers in the Early Age of Print (c. 1450–1600), edited by Anna Dlabačová (Leiden University), Andrea van Leerdam (Utrecht University), and John Thompson (Queen’s University, Belfast), explores approaches to study vernacular books and reading practices across Europe…

On 25 and 26 October 2024, the first biennial symposium Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries, is scheduled to take place at Leiden University.

Dit is een praktische handleiding gericht op promovendi, Research Master studenten en early-career researchers uit alle vakgebieden. De instructies in de gids zijn bedoeld als inspiratie voor jonge onderzoekers en als hulp om Open Science te beoefenen door hun onderzoek zo open als mogelijk te delen…

This conference explores how reading experiences were shaped both by producers and users of vernacular books. By adopting an international and interdisciplinary perspective (combining book history, literary history, art history, religious studies, and history of knowledge) it aims to contribute to the…

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…

Alisa van de Haar is een van de drie geesteswetenschappers die dit jaar een KNAW Early Career Award wint. De universitair docent Oudere Franse Letterkunde krijgt de prijs voor haar innovatieve onderzoek naar meertaligheid en migratie. ‘Het zou mooi zijn om hiermee een project met studenten op te zet…

On January 8 and 9, a conference will take place at Leiden University, titled: "The Plurality of Early Modern Media: 21st-Century Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities". This conference marks the 25 years anniversary of the Intersections series (published by Brill) and reflects…

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.

In June, the international conference "Practices of Copying and Imitation in Early Modern Architecture (1400-1700)" will take place at Ghent University. This conference seeks to direct attention to verifiable practices and material documentation of copying and imitation in the workshop and on the building…

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…

This thesis explores the theoretical and observational properties of distant massive galaxies that harbour active black holes in their centres and shine brightly at radio wavelengths.

Waarom zijn transnationale en interculturele agenten zoals Henrich Carloff en Willem Leyel belangrijk voor de studie van de vroegmoderne expansie?

The aim of this workshop is to open up the discussion of textual communities in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, by offering a platform for PhD students from all over the world and from various disciplines to present their own research and discuss it with others. Deadline: April 23.

MINESCAPES invites PhD students from various disciplines to apply for participation in their 2024 summer school, taking place from May 31 to June 10, 2024. The Summer School will bring together students and scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to study mining landscapes…

Een lijst met wetenschappelijke publicaties samengesteld door het team van het TRIXY Expertisecentrum.

The applications of studying the early development of insects range from agriculture to material science.

The name ‘Jambi flora’ refers to fossil plants found as part of a rock formation from the Early Permian (296 million years old), located in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Een nieuwe database maakt eeuwenoude kronieken digitaal doorzoekbaar. Hoogleraar Judith Pollmann vertelt er meer over in diverse dagbladen.

Hoe zorgen vroegmoderne staten voor effectief bestuur in moeilijke omstandigheden? In EMStaD JEMEN staat een land centraal dat vanwege zijn geografische, religieuze en sociale complexiteit tegenwoordig wordt beschouwd als een failed state: Jemen.

Onderzoekers aangesloten bij het Leiden Leadership Centre zijn actieve leden van het PUPOL netwerk. PUPOL is een internationaal academisch netwerk voor publiek en politiek leiderschap. Dit netwerk stimuleert de uitwisseling van ideeën en bevordert gezamenlijk onderzoek tussen wetenschappers gericht…

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

What would be the environmental performance of the Carbon4PUR technology at industrial scale in the future?

The aims of the project are to: further clarify 'inhibition by safety'; explore and describe all possible sagety factors, with a special focus on the primary human safety source: social connectedness; reviewing prolonged stress responses without stressors.

The zebrafish is a promising vertebrate model organism in early drug discovery and development.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: J.W. van Holten

The formation and evolution of galaxies is fundamentally driven by the formation of new stars out of cold gas.

This thesis presents pioneering work on the panchromatic emission of some of the most luminous galaxies in the early Universe: star forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

The main aim of my Ph.D. thesis is to further explore the value of using early developing zebrafish larvae (up to 5 dpf) as a model to study anxiety-like behaviour and their pharmacological modulation with drugs.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck

The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.

Classical statistical methods, such as p-values, are difficult for researchers to apply correctly. They for example do not allow drawing conclusions from a study early, or for extending a study with extra research groups that want to make their data available later.

Het Instituut voor Strafrecht & Criminologie houdt zich bezig met onderzoek en onderwijs op respectievelijk het gebied van het straf(proces)recht en de criminologie.

In this thesis new methodologies are developed for the detection and systematic study of radio sources in the early universe. This allows us to gain a deeper understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies, the activity of supermassive black holes, and the final phase transition of our universe:…

There is accumulating evidence for an increase in severe global drought events. In particular, Europe experienced several severe droughts in 2003, 2015, and 2018 (unprecedented in the past 2,110 years). Such droughts have caused serious and far-reaching impacts on terrestrial ecosystems.

Uniting an international consortium of scholars, the Skandapurāṇa Project comprises a team of researchers working in fields across the Humanities. We are creating a critical edition of a foundational work of purāṇic literature and, in doing so, tracing the dynamics of a textual tradition to better understand…

During the summer, we organize a summer school for researchers who want to learn about communicating science to diverse audiences. The summer school is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and other early career researchers. The Summer School is open for all disciplines in science, including social sciences,…

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