In the media
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Nira Wickramasinghe on the protests in Sri Lanka 19 July 2022
Sri Lanka is experiencing unprecedented economic and political crises. Months of protests came to a head earlier this month when protesters occupied P...
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Henk te Velde on ABC Nightlife about Queen Wilhelmina 19 May 2022
82 years ago Queen Wilhelmina fled to England. Henk te Velde tells about her on the Australian radio show 'Nightlife'.
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Brexit’s second anniversary - a reading list 27 January 2022
On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. New regulations, agreed upon by both parties took effect on 1 January 2021....
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Aart Hendriks not ruling out compulsory vaccination 01 December 2021
Now the number of people with COVID-19 is increasing and we are faced with stricter measures once again, the question arises whether compulsory vaccin...
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Leiden research into corona waste ends up in New York Times 18 November 2021
Face masks and plastic gloves are supposed to protect us from corona, but they are becoming an increasing problem for the environment. In a special se...
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Podcast: Urban Life in Catalonia in the 14th Century with Jeff Fynn-Paul 06 September 2021
Most of us know that Venice, Genoa, and Florence were major Mediterranean powers during the Renaissance. But did you know that in terms of trade and s...
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Florian Schneider on BBC News about Chinese nationalists and the Olympics 03 August 2021
Chinese athletes must perform this Olympics. Anything less than a gold is being seen as athletes being unpatriotic by furious nationalists online. Flo...
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Koen de Ceuster on the NKNews Podcast about North Korean art 12 March 2021
Koen de Ceuster, university lecturer for Korea Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, was interviewed on the NKNews Podcast abo...
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Rogier Creemers in Schweizer Monat about China's social credit system 12 March 2021
Rogier Creemers, assistent professor in Modern Chinese Studies, wrote an article about China's social credit system in the Schweizer Monat. In the art...
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Workshop on collaborative learning by Jan Sleutels 14 January 2021
During the digital education seminar 'Reflections on 2020 and new perspectives for 2021', we will discuss our achievements in online & blended educati...
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Leiden Classics: Einstein & Friends 25 September 2015
Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhib...