808 search results for “southeast asian history” in the Staff website
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More than just blue domes and camels: new Louvre film on Uzbek artefacts
Terracotta pottery, precious ikat fabrics and the bazaars where these goods are sold: all these can be seen in a new Louvre film premiering on Friday 9 December. University lecturer Elena Paskaleva collaborated on the film Uzbekistan a timeless journey in Central Asia about Uzbek artefacts.
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No venom resistance in snake-eating birds: ‘They just don’t need it’
To eat or get eaten. It describes the evolutionary race of snakes versus the mammals and birds that prey on these snakes. Muzaffar Ali Khan devoted his PhD to investigating the molecular mechanisms play of the evolutionary arms race, and has his promotion 16 February. What makes mammals and birds successful…
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Protests in China: Politicians afraid of not the population but colleagues
That it was students who started the protests in China against its zero Covid policy makes things more dangerous for politicians. China expert Frank Pieke explains the role of students in China, what makes the protests unique and what might happen next.
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Hunting of European straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago
Finds uncovered in the east of Germany show that Neanderthals stored and preserved vast amounts of meat and/or temporarily aggregated in larger groups to exploit the spoils
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Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network Created
Last week, the 'Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network' was created, based on the network event 'Leiden Anthropology of and in Asia' on 8 December 2021. During this event, it became clear that next to events oriented towards peer-level academic interaction, there is an urgent need for a better institutional…
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In memoriam: Carla Risseeuw, Professor emerita of CADS (1947 - 2024)
It is with great sadness that we share the news that on Friday, May 3rd 2024, Carla Risseeuw, Professor emerita of CADS, passed away. Carla Irene Risseeuw retired as Professor of Intercultural Gender Studies from CADS in 2009 after a long and productive career.
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The journey taken by our discarded clothes
We take our worn, torn and unwanted clothes to the clothing bank, assuming they will get a second chance. But what exactly happens with all those textiles?
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Celebrating 30 Years of IIAS
Festival
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Colonial Korean Print Shops through Computer Vision
Lecture
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Not only full professors: the entire examining committee can now wear academic dress
Permission was recently given for all members of the examining committee and co-supervisors at PhD ceremonies to wear academic dress, even if they’re not full professors. How historic is this change?
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Archaeology students play important role in visit indigenous Ka’apor people
As part of Mariana Françozo’s BRASILAE project, a group of representatives of the Ka’apor people was invited to visit Leiden. The Ka’apor, an indigenous people from Brazil, are some of the present-day relatives of the Tupi-speaking peoples who used to live in the northeastern region of Brazil, claimed…
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Who Became a Politician: A Portrait of Modern Japan
Lecture
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The BuddhistRoad Project: Research Agenda and Recent Results
Lecture
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Herstory and the female gaze: event on International Women's Day
Debate
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Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund (D//F) for John Boy
With a grant from the Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund D//F, John Boy and members of the d12n research cluster will explore new ways critical technologists try to align their work with digital technology with the political goal of defending the public interest.
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Nominees bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2021
The nominees for the IRO thesis prize 2021 and for the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg prize 2021. Who wrote the best Political Science bachelor’s theses?
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship
In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel John Versluys. So succesfully, in fact, that he was awarded the Cum Laude honors. Just a short time later he was awarded a grant and a fellowship to further…
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Ratna Saptari retires: anthropologist dedicated herself with heart and soul to Indonesian workers' and human rights
Ratna Saptari is since 2007 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. She has always been involved with issues of human rights and Indonesian workers' rights. This August she retired. But she won't sit still. She continues her voluntary work and wants to…
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Islamic TV in Indonesia: piety or commodity?
In Indonesia, some Muslim preachers are TV stars with massive followings. Syahril Siddik studied how they operate and how their viewers react. On 9 November, he successfully defended his dissertation in Islamic Studies.
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International Studies students receive their diploma
On 1 September 2023, 280 students received their Bachelor Diploma of International Studies. The students were awarded their diplomas in the historic Pieterskerk in Leiden: the UNESCO world heritage site, where the university was originally founded in 1575. A large audience of about 700 people consisting…
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‘Every year new highs for PRINS consultancy programme'
The World Food Programme, Philips, the European Space Agency. An overwhelming list of organisations that Sarita Koendjbiharie, as founder of the PRINS consultancy programme of International Studies, has managed to recruit. ‘We keep reaching new highs and insights together with our students and organ…
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Concubines vs. Khatuns: Sexual Slavery and Marriage Policy in the Turco-Mongol Middle East
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- SSEALS - 2024
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Decolonizing Area Studies. An Open Conversation
Roundtable conversation
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Workshop: Caste and Diplomacy
Conference
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Asia-Europe Cooperation on Inclusive Digital Societies
Webinar
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Revolutionary Historiography: How Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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The CHP in local government: Democratic enclaves within authoritarian neoliberalism?
Lecture, Annual Roundtable on Contemporary Research Trends in Turkish Studies 2022
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VVIK Lecture: Local Biographies in Jain Literary Production
Lecture, VVIK
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The Samarkand Cotton Mill that Very Nearly Was
Lecture
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Roundtable: International Relations and the Idea of Merit
Conference, Roundtable
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Book Discussion 'Ethics or the right thing?' by Sylvia Tidey
Debate, Book Discussion
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Special Guest Lecture: Colonialism, Citizenship and the challenges for Decolonial work in the Netherlands
Guest Lecture | SSEALS
- COGLOSS seminars 2022-2023
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Birds of God - The journey of the birds of paradise
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Conservation and study of the Pahari collection of drawings and paintings
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Book Presentation: Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Public Support for Citizenship Expansion in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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The China Pavilion (chīnīkhāna) of Ulugh Beg in Samarqand
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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To Register or Not to Register? Legal Identity and Birth Registration of Migrant Children in Morocco
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Introducing: Lewis Wade
Lewis Wade has been a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for History since 1 September 2023. Below he introduces himself.
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Executive Board President Annetje Ottow on fighting racism: ‘It’s the responsibility of all of us’
‘We may have taken steps together, but there is still much to do in the fight against racism and discrimination’, says Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University’s Executive Board. ‘We have to be aware of this and continue to focus on this difficult, uncomfortable and often confronting topic.’