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- The Anthropocene is a prospective epoch/series, not a geological event
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With kind regards: October 2022
Lecture
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10th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity - The Tell-Tale Art: Divination and Oracular Practice from All Angles
Lecture, Symposium
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Thirza is the new student member of the IB: 'I want to hear the opinions of less outspoken students'
Since 1 September, fourth-year student Thirza van 't Rood has been the new student member of the Institute Board at Cultural Anthropology. Her first task is to organise the elections for the programme committee. Her mission for the coming year is also to collect the opinions of less outspoken students.…
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Jonathan Hak on the paramount importance of the truth – and why we shouldn’t always take images at face value
Hak, lawyer, international imagery law lecturer, and adjunct associate professor, talks about his PhD research on the use of images in international criminal prosecutions. He was a public prosecutor in Canada for over 30 years and dealt primarily with the prosecution of homicides and other major cri…
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’
Henk Hoekstra and Alessandra Silvestri work on the astronomy and theoretical physics in the Euclid mission. These Dutch researchers are part of the mission.
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Black hole one year later: proof of a persistent shadow
The brightness peak of the ring around M87's supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This is shown by new images released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium.
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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Too late for your lecture? That’s a thing of the past with the new Kwartiertje pass
Being on time for a lecture can be hard for students. To make life easier, you can now request for a ‘Kwartiertje’ pass.
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Iverson: ‘Jus Post Bellum: The Rediscovery, Foundations, and Future of the Law of Transforming War into Peace’
Jus post bellum, the body of laws and norms governing the transition from armed conflict to peace, has emerged as a crucial issue for international law scholars, governments, and all concerned with building a just and sustainable peace. The Jus Post Bellum Project, funded by the NWO and hosted by the…
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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Leiden master's student in Labour Law is ‘student intern of the week’ in Dutch magazine Mr.
Eva Lammers is currently studying for a master's degree in labour law at Leiden University and expects to graduate in autumn 2023. Lammers did her internship at law firm JPR in Deventer and was thrown in at the deep end from the start. 'Assignments aren’t arranged for you, you've got to arrange them…
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Networks of the future
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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From “The Sea Bastards” to “Solidarity Beyond Ocean”: Japanese Dockworkers and the Politics of Scale in the Bandung Moment
Lecture
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With kind regards: 22 November 2022
Lecture
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Developing a Proof of Concept on the digital documentation of Theban Tomb 45 (Luxor, Egypt): some recent results
Lecture
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Double Lecture: Illustrated Books and Manuscripts in Early Modern Japan
Lecture
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Towards a Muslim Futurist Movement: On the Power of Imagining, Space Building, and Community
Lecture, LUCIS Meets | Masterclass
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Streaming Piety: Religion in Turkish Television Drama
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Opening of the academic year
University ceremony
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Results of the university elections
Elections
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Week of the International Student
Arts and culture
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Visual Construction of the Dutch: From the Perspective of the “Tōjin”
Lecture
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Celebration of the Georgian Language Day
Conference
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Academia@WorkplacePride: Opening of the academic year
Arts and culture
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Celebration 50 years of the University Council
Conference
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Start of the Student Support Groups
Student well-being
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Opening of the Academic Year at the Faculty of Science
Lecture
- The Psychic Life of the Welfare State
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Migration policy of the European Union: what lies ahead?
Lecture, Seminar
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State of the European Union 2022: what is to come?
Lecture, Seminar
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe with Observational Cosmology
Lecture
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LGBTIQ rights in Europe: the role of the European Parliament
Lecture, Seminar
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Opening of the Academic Year at the Faculty of Science
Lecture, Opening of the Academic Year
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EU' responses to the challenges of the platform economy
Lecture, Seminar
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
Lecture
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Presentation of the new United Nations Library platform (Online)
Virtual presentation
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
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Collecting Latin America: Actors, Networks, and Approaches in the 20th century
Conference, Symposium
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Photo exhibition 'People of Leiden'
Arts and culture, Fototentoonstelling
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Book talk 'Aspiring in Later Life: Movements across Time, Space, and Generations'
Lecture, Online webinar
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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Opening of the Academic Year Faculty of Archaeology
Social
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The role of the UN in the conflict in Ukraine
Lecture, Seminar
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Humanities researchers publish a new journal issue inspired by times of crisis
The ninth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference has been published. This time the theme is ‘Reinventing Boundaries in Times of Crisis.’
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archaeology can inform critiques of the inevitability of hierarchy, dispossession, and disconnection of the human from the nonhuman
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Mamadou Hébié represents Latvia and the African Union in landmark use of force and climate change cases
Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, served last week as legal counsel in the world’s first advisory proceedings concerning climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), on the one hand, and…
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Painting Winter Landscapes with techniques of the Old Masters
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Birds of God - The journey of the birds of paradise
Environmental Humanities LU Talk