507 search results for “contemporary american politics” in the Student website
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Nasser Road, Political Posters in Uganda
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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The Processes of Conversion to Islam in Contemporary Spain: From the Betrayal of Spain to Community Insertion
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example. And then mainly in China.
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Indigenous populations’ major political impact in Latin America: (Re)shaping the nation-state in Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, and Perú
Lecture, PCNI Roundtable
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CMP Somatic Dance (mixed level)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Which MPs have Leiden roots?
Twenty-two of the 150 newly elected members of the Dutch House of Representatives studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research here. But who are they and which degrees are most popular?
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Political Symbolism and Conspiracies in Turkish State-Sponsored Historical TV Series: A Case Study of Payitaht Abdulhamid
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Pepita Hesselberth
Faculty of Humanities
p.hesselberth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2202
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Paul Cliteur
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
p.b.cliteur@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Yasco Horsman
Faculty of Humanities
y.horsman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2777
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Janet Connor
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7210
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Nidesh Lawtoo
Faculty of Humanities
n.lawtoo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2644
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Judith Pollmann
Faculty of Humanities
j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2740
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Mayke Kaag
Afrika-Studiecentrum
m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3375
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Sara Bolghiran
Faculty of Humanities
s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1693
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2196
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Herman Paul
Faculty of Humanities
h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2757
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Previous projects
You can find an overview of the projects and a list of all research trainees below.
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Memory Politics and Contentious Heritage in Anṣār Allāh/Ḥūthī Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Two-day workshop Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT)™ 2
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Uhlenbeck conference scholarship
Master
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Eduard van de Bilt and Joke Kardux say goodbye to Leiden
For more than 35 years they helped put American Studies on the map: Joke Kardux and Eduard van de Bilt. This spring, the couple retired. A farewell interview.
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Louis Sicking
Faculty of Humanities
l.h.j.sicking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2717
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Chibuike Uche
Afrika-Studiecentrum
c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3854
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Programme
The Honours College track Science, Society and Self offers education that is interactive, interdisciplinary, and playful, oriented towards the personal and professional development of students. The track consists of 30 EC in addition to your regular bachelor programme.
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What Constitutes Being Muslim in Indonesia: Islamic Expressions, Politics of Contestation and Accommodation in Bima
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Students for Palestine panel discussion in The Hague on 24 May
Students for Palestine – a group of students from Leiden and The Hague – are holding a panel discussion in the Leiden University in The Hague Wijnhaven building on Tuesday 24 May entitled ‘Silencing Palestine’.
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A quick call about Ukraine: 'Putin wants to be taken seriously'
Suddenly there they were, the Russian soldiers near the border of Ukraine. Since then, reports of tensions between Russia on the one hand and the United States and Europe on the other have dominated the news. What is going on? An interview with Russia expert André Gerrits.
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Internship: Assistant Programme Officer Global Transformations and Governance Challenges Programme
Organisation
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Six top-rated programmes at Humanities
Six programmes in the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded the designation 'top programme' by the Keuzegids. These are the bachelor’s in German Language and Culture, Greek and Latin Language and Culture, Latin American Studies, Ancient Near East Studies, Religious Studies and Russian Studies.
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POSTPONED - Gastro-Politics & Gastro-Ethics of Diversity: Negotiating Islam in an Entangled World
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Uhlenbeck scholarship research master students
Master
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
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Court as a theatre: ‘There are great similarities between drama as an art form and the legal world’
The Lucia de Berk case or the suicide of Slobodan Praljak at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: certain trials keep popping up in media. In her dissertation, Tessa de Zeeuw examines the cultural appeal of such cases and analyses artistic responses. ‘Artworks sometimes have…
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Faculty track
All faculties offer a 30 EC programme. You can deepen and broaden your knowledge by following an Honours College track either at the faculty where you are doing your bachelor or at a different faculty.
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Performative Photography (mix of photography & art performance)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Eight projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to diversity and inclusion.
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Nira Wickramasinghe wins John F. Richards Prize
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe has won the American Historical Association John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History for her book Slave in a Palanquin. Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' (Columbia University Press: New York 2020).
- Leiden Canal Pride: Join our boat!
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Call for submissions: The New Scholar (Leiden Student Journal of Humanities)
Education, Research
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The link between The Hague bonfires and different types of citizenship
For the third year in a row, the bonfires in the Duindorp and Scheveningen neighbourhoods in The Hague during New Year's Eve have been cancelled. According to Professor Henk te Velde, the fight for the bonfires represents something bigger: angry citizens.
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The Nuclear-Water Nexus
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Exhibition Maps: navigation and manipulation
Are maps objective or do they convey hidden messages that you would miss at first glance? A map is always a simplification of reality. Mapmakers reduce, distort and select. This allows the reader to be guided literally and figuratively. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Museum Volkenkunde jointly…
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Call for Applications - Classics Colloquium, 12-15 December at the University of Bologna
Education
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Visit the University of Helsinki for the Medieval-Modern Forum
Education
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The registrations for the Europaeum Summer School 2024 have opened
Education
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Historian Nadia Bouras: ‘I wanted to succeed, for my parents and myself’
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series, we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this second instalment: historian and university lecturer Nadia Bouras (1981). ‘Although I only found out later that was my mother’s dream, it was as though I…
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Win a ticket for Bernie Sanders and students – An open dialogue
On the 11th of October 2023, Senator Bernie Sanders will have an open dialogue with the students of Leiden. We have some good news! Although the event is officially sold out, we are happy to give away 50 tickets to our FGW-students! Are you a student at the Faculty of Humanities? And would you like…