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- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
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Boardgames and graphic animations: creative ways to present academic information
For an assignment for the course Medical Anthropology, students were asked to choose a theme related to the Covid-19 pandemic, find information and present their work in a creative way. The results are impressive.
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture
On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.
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Worlds to Discover: Ajami Manuscripts of West Africa
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Green Friday in de Hortus
Green Friday
- In Praise of Solidarity - World Refugee Day 2024
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Nienke van der Marel on astrochemistry
Lecture, Kaiser Lente Lezing
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Why do we always have room for pudding?
In De Kookshow, Universiteit Van Nederland explores the scientific world behind food. Ever wondered which senses influence how tasty you find something? And why do you always have room for pudding after a meal? Leiden historian Kim Beerden is among the scholars providing answers.
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The Safaitic scripts: Palaeography of an ancient nomadic writing culture
PhD defence
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Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing
Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…
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Debate: Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar
Debate
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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Lecture: International Cooperation Against All Odds: The Ultrasocial World
Lecture
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People used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago
Cut marks on the bones of bears show that people in North-West Europe used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago.
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Bahar Simsek: ‘Research does not need to be holistic’
How does audio-visual material shape the identity of people when those people do not own their own land and are being oppressed? Bahar Simsek delved into the effect of film on the Kurdish identity. She will obtain her PhD on 4 May.
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.
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The Assemblage of Social Death: Digital Vigilantism and Cancel Culture in China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Het wonen (als bouwen) ontstond pas zeer laat in de menselijke geschiedenis
Lecture
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Binge- eating disorder in the Arabic world and the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Book presentation 'In This Fragile World', edited by Annachiara Raia
Lecture
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A World Ablaze: Making Sense of Wars Today
Lecture
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Optimal population turnover for cultural evolution depend on network size, density and learnability
Lecture
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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Throwback to the Archaeology End of Year Event 2023
Another year's end draws near. And what a year it has been! On December 12th staff and students of the Faculty of Archaeology came together to celebrate and reminisce. Professor Joanita Vroom got us in a festive mood by telling tales of Byzantine banquets, while a chef served historical dishes to sa…
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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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Bombastic publications encouraged millions of Dutch people to emigrate
After the Second World War almost three million people emigrated from the Netherlands to countries such as Canada and Australia. The government information was anything but objective, Professor by Special Appointment of Dutch Studies/Dutch Literature Ton van Kalmthout concludes in his inaugural lect…
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Night Spaces: Migration Culture and Integration in Europe (NITE) 3rd International Conference
Conference
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Connecting to the network of Digital Cultural Heritage (Linked Open Data)
Lunchbyte
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LU: Declutter, disconnect, dismantle! Reflections on degrowth and cultural politics
Lecture
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.
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Nadine Akkerman’s Spycraft reviewed in several publications
Nadine Akkerman's book Spycraft, which she co-wrote with historian of science Pete Langman, has garnered top publications, with reviews featured in The Telegraph, Literary Review, The Spectator, History Today, and the Times Literary Supplement.
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Book Launch: Cultural Confluence in Organizational change: a Portuguese venture in Angola
Lecture, Book Launch
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The Leiden 'Humanities in a Digital World' Symposium
Symposium
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“De” outside the cleft: An evidential operator in the C domain
Lecture, CHiLL series
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The ambiguity of the post-verbal modal morpheme DE in Sichuanese
Lecture, CHiLL series
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I’m afraid it’s rather bad news | Debate in De Balie + livestream
Debate
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The Arctic Crossroads: Climate, Culture & Diplomacy in the High North
Lecture
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Exploring Open-World Visual Understanding with Deep Learning
PhD defence
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Exploring Strange New Worlds with High-Dispersion Spectroscopy
PhD defence
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University Workshop: Ecocritical Perspectives in East Asian Art and Culture
Workshop
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Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums
In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted art.
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International Translation Day 2024
Lecture, Discussion
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Film night: 'Une femme est une femme' (1961) with passion talk by Sylvie de Leeuwe
Lecture + film screening
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Trading Responsibility: Navigating national burdens in a globalized world
PhD defence
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Environmental Humanities LU: Species literacy and the cultural portrayal of animal biodiversity
Lecture
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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology book launch
Online book launch
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Doing Family before the State. Recognition of de facto families in Dutch migration law practice
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Opening of the Herta Mohr Building: brand new and also recycled location for Humanities
Light, open and green: a description that fits the new, renovated location of the Faculty of Humanities. The official opening of the Herta Mohr Building took place on 8 October, and it has many remarkable features: for example, recycled ‘mushroom columns’, a pedestrian bridge to the University Library…