739 search results for “twentieth centre political comparative history” in the Staff website
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…
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Book Launch: Capitalism in Contemporary Iran
Lecture
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Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference
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Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Poland for a book they co-edited. How has this affected them? ‘This is an attempt to wear us down.’
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Colonial Korean Print Shops through Computer Vision
Lecture
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The First Great War of the Middle Ages: Sasanians, Byzantines, and the Rise of Islam, 602-642
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Herstory and the female gaze: event on International Women's Day
Debate
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Concubines vs. Khatuns: Sexual Slavery and Marriage Policy in the Turco-Mongol Middle East
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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These are the nominees for the 2022 Faculty Teaching Prize!
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students, and a jury – comprising students and lecturers – decides who will receive the prize. The prize will be awarded during the official opening of the academic year on 7 September. Meet this year’s…
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Earliest Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections in Leiden Now Available in Open Access
Several of the most important manuscript collections in the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Special Collections, comprising 443 extremely rare and often unique volumes, have been made available in Open Access via Digital Collections. The available manuscript collections include the private collections…
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…
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Book Launch 'Freedom on the Offensive'
Lecture, Book Launch
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Unknown Past: Leila Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Caribbeans and the National Assistance Act, 1948-1962
Lecture, research seminar
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Structures of Power: US Infrastructure Building in the Circum-Caribbean During the Bad Neighbor Era
Lecture, RIAS-Sciences Po Seminar Series on Modern North American History
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
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Religious Discourse and Tribal Affiliation in Early Islamic Ifrīqiya
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Getting Done With Snouck
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The Camel’s Hobble: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Practical Intellect
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Ñii Ñu’u - Sacred Skin
Film screening and Q&A
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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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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Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955-1968
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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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: What Use are Networks Anyway?
Lecture
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A New industry in an Ancient Land: Archaeology and Tourism at the crossroads
Conference, Public event
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Manuscript and Early Book Destruction
Conference
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2021
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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SAILS event: Showcasing AI Research @ Humanities
Conference, Mini symposium
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Conference Museums, Collections and Society
Conference
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023