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Events (archive)

Events (archive)

We believe in our duty to share knowledge through weekly seminars, regularly workshops and other events. on this page you'll find events organized in the past. If you're interested in upcoming events visit the Events page. Our weekly seminars at DIFFER cover a wide range of topics and are open to everybody. Please, read more on our dedicated Seminars page. You can find specific information for external visitors and subscribe to our seminar mailinglist on this page.

Online Seminar: Scholarship in Colonial Times: life and work of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje

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The end of the nineteenth century marked a golden age of Dutch science, which resulted in Nobel Prizes for Van ’t Hoff, Lorentz, Zeeman, Van der Waals and Kamerlingh Onnes. Equally famous at this time was the Dutch Orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, the father of the modern study of islam.
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Celebration Richard van de Sanden: registration closed

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DIFFER will be hosting an online event on November 26th 2020 to honor our former director Richard van de Sanden. Registration is open till Thursday November 26th, 1 pm.Program15.45 – 16.00: Technical walk-in16.00 – 17.00: Talkshow, hosted by Monique Ooms
Guests: Richard van de Sanden, Wim van Saarloos, Roel van de Krol and Clarisse Bourdelle
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FuseNet PhD Event

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On 23 and 24 November 2020 the FuseNet Association will hold their online PhD event. There are still some spots in the breakout sessions and every participant gets a chance to promote their research via the profile booklet, so join up! Registration closes Wednesday 18 November.
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Online Seminar: Exploring the most Extreme Conditions of Matter with ultra-bright X-rays

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[please note the different starting time]Normally, what surrounds us are gases, liquids, or solids. But elsewhere in the universe, 99% of the observable matter exists under extreme conditions that lead to more exotic states of matter that lead to the formation of plasmas and warm dense matter. Specifically, near the center of Jupiter, hydrogen becomes liquid or even solid - a process
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Online seminar: Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy probing Dynamic Processes in Batteries

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An important element in the reduction of CO2 is the change of vehicles with internal combustion engines to electric battery powered vehicles. The as such produced renewable energy can be used for individual mobility as well as for a temporary intermediate storage of excess energy.
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