Young Academy Leiden
Newsletter - June 2026 |
Even though summer is approaching quickly there is still one interesting event upcoming in the spring of time! ⌛ Also in this newsletter: looking back at the Time Talks 🕔 an event about VENI Pre-proposals organised by APNet |
As part of our ongoing Seasons of Interdisciplinarity, the Young Academy Leiden is proud to present: the Spring of Time. Join us for thought, talk and walk in the theme of time: what is time, and how do we experience and relate to it? Time is a timeless topic, for instance in NWO's the battle for time. - 26 June 2026, 14:00-17:30 in The Hague. Deep Time Walk: a guided outdoor walk that translates the 4.6-billion- year history of our planet into a 4.6 km walk. More info and sign-up (limited spots) here
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On May 20, YAL and Studium Generale organized the public event Time Talks: Temporality Across Disciplines, where several YAL members shared their insights. Lieke Smits talked about the cyclical, linear and contemplative temporalities of the Middle Ages, Arjan Louwen discussed the way archeologists measure the passage of time with old and new methods, and Marcel van Daalen ended with the timescale and future of the universe. The audience was asked to reflect on their view of time: is it a line, a circle, a spiral or something entirely different?
This event was part of YAL’s Season of Interdisciplinarity: Spring of Time – see above for the final event in this season! |
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APNet VENI Pre-Proposal Lunch Meeting
When: June 17, 2026, from 12:00 to 13:00 Struggling with your NWO Veni Pre-proposal? Stop worrying about being perfect, and start by avoiding the most common dealbreakers! Join APNet for an exclusive 1-hour session: "How NOT to Write a Veni Pre-Proposal."
Learn from past failures to secure your future success! The session includes a 20-minute live Q&A for your burning questions.
Click here for more information and registration
Any questions? - please send an email to k.rajamani@utwente.nl
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Leiden University Libraries Centre for Digital Scholarship’s Summer Training Week  Have you been wondering how to share your research data? What happens with copyright when you publish a paper in open access? If and how to upload your work as a preprint? Or how to get started with network analysis? You can find out about all of these things during our Summer Training Week! The fourth edition of the Leiden University Libraries Centre for Digital Scholarship’s Summer Training Week will take place from June 8 to 12, 2026. Sessions and workshops on topics involving research data, scholarly publishing, copyright, and digital data are open to all. A detailed programme overview and a link to the registration form are now available on the event page. For questions on the CDS Summer Training Week, contact cds@library.leidenuniv.nl
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“Waarom je niet alle verontwaardiging moet temperen”
 After seeing a sticker proposing a new name for the Cleveringaplaats Lieke Smits talks about indignation in her new column (in Dutch). Sharing your indignation can lead to a feeling of righteousness, but sometimes we should temper the outrage. However she argues that indignation can be transformed into curiosity, which led her to read Cleveringa's lecture. |
"Everyone is a little autistic... or not?" Rachel Plak on Autism Myths
In a new video for University of the Netherlands, YAL member Rachel Plak and Michelle, a woman with autism, refute three common myths surrounding autism. Watch the video to learn whether everyone really is a little autistic and about other prevalent myths surrounding autism. |
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