#Leiden University

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Stelae of Pergerger

Pergerger was "chief of the chiselers". He was the chief sculptor or "chiseler" at an artists workshop for the Temple of Ptah in Memphis. He has House of Ptah chiselled on his upper arms and chest to show his strong links to the god Ptah.

Exhibition at the National Museum of Australia. The exhibition is from the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities and Leiden University.

[marlinspirkhall]

My first thought was: "it seems to me the ability to make microscopic models might relate in some way to potential cancer treatments (like nanobots)"

And lo and behold:

“Researchers hope that microswimmers can be developed that can perform complex behaviors that can be used in a number of practical applications, including drug treatments.”

oh dang, it's gonna take them even longer to get home in that

[Image description a news screenshot reading "Physicists make tiny model of Star Trek's USS Voyager that's smaller than a human hair"]

[luegootravez]

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Pieter de la Court: 'Fortunate are they who seek neither to be slaves nor tyrants'

[garyartista]

Laying in Leiden

After a cold and wet week in Haarlem we traversed the town’s bridges as we navigated south, getting a bit lost for a few minutes when we were uncertain about interpreting our new navigation software. The day had turned partly sunny, a rarity to date. We found our way into the municipal harbor in the historical city of Leiden, welcomed by the friendly and helpful harbormaster and his assistant.…

[southeastasianarchaeology]

[Job] Postdoctoral researcher on literary and material cultures of Southeast Asia

Postdoc opportunity at Leiden University looking at Indian puranas in Southeast Asia. Deadline for application is 15 April 2023.

Postdoc opportunity at Leiden University looking at Indian puranas in Southeast Asia. Deadline for application is 15 April 2023. The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to focus on the influence of the Purāṇas on the literary and material cultures of Southeast Asia for the ERC Advanced Grant project “PURANA – Mythical Discourse…

[skycrorg]

Astrofísico comprueba existencia de demonios en el espacio que rompen la fuerza de gravedad en la Vía Láctea

Un doctorante en astrofísica de la Universidad de Leiden sorprende estudiando los dem...

Las estrellas más rápidas de la Vía Láctea se precipitan a más de mil kilómetros por segundo. El candidato a doctor Fraser Evans realizó una investigación sobre estas escurridizas estrellas de hipervelocidad y descubrió que tienen mucho que enseñarnos sobre los agujeros negros y las supernovas, por ejemplo. Impresión artística de una estrella de hipervelocidad. Crédito: ESA Las estrellas de…

[student-gotta-go-blog]

Day 8/100 of productivity

It's Friday, almost weekend! And it is going to be a busy one. I worked this morning and spent my afternoon getting groceries for my birthday coming up, doing all my laundry, cleaning my desk, and ending my evening with some vocabulary reviewing.

I went into the city for some of my personal groceries, aka rice cakes for rice cake soup (떡국). It was very cloudy, but the temperature was good.

[kaylor]

i need to sit mr nolan down because apparently no one has before and tell him that dutch and german are two completely different languages

[postcard-from-the-past]

Dutch Royalties visiting the University of Leiden in 1933

Dutch vintage postcard

[jolterino-blog]

Fall in leiden

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[shofwankarim2]

Jejak Malam Pertama Bung Hatta di Belanda

Prof Dr Suryadi Sunuri Terima Buku Shofwan dan Riki, 1/8/3023 besama Prof Dr Minako Sakai UNSW Canberra (Dok) Menapaktilasi Malam-malam Pertama Bung Hatta di Belanda — Selasa, 27/12/2022 19:40 WIB Tehuis Voor Indische Studenten (Wisma Mahasiswa Hindia), Prins Mauritsplein 23 ‘s-Gravenhage/Den Haag, tempat Bung Hatta menginap selama minggu pertama beliau baru tiba di Belanda. OLEH Suryadi…

[mindblowingscience]

Leiden Ph.D. candidate Jo-Anne Verschoor discovered that nearly 20% of the bacterial strains she studied could degrade plastic, though they needed some encouragement to do so. "Bacteria are just like people," says Verschoor. Her research was published in the journal Communications Biology. Some of the world's smallest organisms could play a significant role in solving the problem of plastic pollution. Increasingly, it is being discovered how certain bacteria can break down plastic into small particles, which can then be recycled. Moreover, Verschoor's research reveals that many more bacteria than previously thought can degrade certain types of plastics. The 27-year-old Leiden microbiologist was able to use a large collection of Streptomyces bacteria, which were already available at the university as scientists use them in the search for new antibiotics.

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[yvanspijk]

how did you get into linguistics? is this your full time job?

Hi! It all started in secondary school. I stumbled upon an etymological dictionary of Dutch (my native language) in the school library. I was instantly fascinated by the connections between the languages we were learning. (English, French and German were mandatory subjects, and Latin was an optional subject in my curriculum.) It all started to make sense. :)

Initially I was planning on studying Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University, but my teachers persuaded me to pursue a future that would actually get me an income. I went to Nijmegen University to do a major in Latin and Ancient Greek, because there's a shortage of people who can teach those subjects. However, after a year I switched to Italian at Utrecht University, with a minor in Portuguese and secondary subjects in linguistics. As the gravitational pull of linguistics became stronger than ever, I decided to do my master's in linguistics.

After graduating in 2015, I taught linguistics and Italian at Utrecht University for two years. Then I became an editor at a publishing house.

In 2023, I decided to become a self-employed linguist and teacher. I now write about linguistics for magazines, give talks on historical linguistics, teach Dutch courses to immigrants, and in February my first book on historical linguistics, called Die goeie ouwe taal ('That good ol' language'), will be published by Ambo|Anthos - a dream come true!

What I do here and on my other social media platforms started as a hobby at the time when I still worked as an editor. I'm very lucky that people want to support me on Patreon for making these graphics and videos.

All of these these things combined are my full-time job now. :)

[jamesfitzjamesdotcom]

i just want to say that following your blog and progress with your fitzfuture has literally inspired me to pursue my masters and hopefully my doctorate in maritime history, when it used to seem like a pipe dream. i am so excited for every book you have in the works and i just want you to know that you’re ridiculously cool man. congrats on your fitzertation!!!!!

Owwww, I got teary-eyed reading your message. It is incredible to hear that my work has inspired you to pursue a Master's, too! 🥹👏 Thank you for your kind words!

My academic journey has been bumpy, to say the least. I first did an MA in Art History 10 years ago at Leiden University, which ended horribly. After I had submitted the final version of my thesis, the second reader said that she thought my research question was wrong and that my entire thesis was not MA-worthy. My supervisor, who obviously had approved my research question and had approved my work in progress, said he agreed with his colleague. Furthermore, he said that he didn't think that I belonged at a university and would be better off at a lower level of education. If this had happened today, I would have filed a complaint with every possible committee. But back then, I was afraid. I was so hurt and angry that I left that university and went to the University of Amsterdam instead. If I had to pay tuition fees again to rewrite my thesis, I might as well follow some courses, too. About three-quarters through the MA I suffered from overexhaustion because I had two jobs besides my studies. I quit the MA, thinking that I would never study again. When I handed in my dissertation yesterday, I was feeling the hurt and trauma of how things went 10 years ago. This is just to say to anybody who needs to hear it: sometimes you take a detour, but eventually you'll arrive exactly where you're meant to be. ❤️