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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Criminal Justice Public Lecture: Maarten Kunst on victim rights
On 1 June 2022, Maarten Kunst, Professor of Criminology at Leiden Law School, gave a lecture on his research into the effects of the right to be heard on both the defendant and the victim. Victims have certain rights in the Dutch criminal process, including the right to be heard in criminal proceedings.…
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Experience Day Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology On Campus
Study information, Experience Day
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through South-South Interaction: Rethinking Creativity, Authenticity, Cultural Mediation and Consumer Agency along China-Africa Fashion Value Chains
Lecture, China Seminar
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Species Literacy: The perception and cultural portrayal of animals
PhD defence
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On Campus Master Experience Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Study information
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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Culturally responsive teaching in Dutch multicultural secondary schools
PhD defence
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Graduation ceremony bachelor's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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“Book Diplomacy” in the Cultural Cold War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Conference
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Tailoring X-ray tomography techniques for cultural heritage research
PhD defence
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Katharina Riebel
Science
k.riebel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5149
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
c.v.zaepffel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2050
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OCW-survey on codetermination in higher education
The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) has started a survey to identify the success factors of a strong codetermination culture within higher education institutes. All members of a codetermination council in higher education can participate in this survey until 2 April.
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Aleydis Nissen on K-pop popularity in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030, an effort to reduce the country’s reliance on oil, may open up new opportunities for Korea. Spearheading the way is Hallyu — the Korean wave, led by K-pop and dramas as a soft power to open new business opportunities in the Middle East, especially…
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From a rapper to an elegy: students of Italian make videos for a wide audience
A course that concludes with a video pitch, instead of a paper or examination: Italian Language and Culture students each recorded their own knowledge clip, speaking to a wide audience about Italian cultural expressions. We asked Goran Bouaziz, Cameron-May Bosch and Katja Timmer what they thought of…
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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.
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
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Jasper's day
On January 1st Jasper Knoester started as our new dean. How is he doing? What exactly does he do? And what does his day look like? In each newsletter Jasper gives a peek into his life as dean.
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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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Annetje Ottow: 'Stand as a candidate for a co-participation body!'
Organisation
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UR vacancies to represent PhDs and postdocs!
Organisation
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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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Historian Frank van Vree is the new Cleveringa Professor
Frank van Vree, Emeritus Professor of War, Conflict and Memory Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), is the new Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University this year.
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Feedback on draft Strategic Agenda of the Faculty Strategic Plan
In March, the Faculty Strategic Plan (FSP) Steering Committee invited several forums, groups, students and members of staff to give their feedback on the draft of the Strategic Agenda. This feedback has been collected in several different ways, during meetings, via online feedback forms, or in direct…
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Diversify ARCHaeology Fund: Call for Applications for 2024-2025
Facility
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Diversify ARCHaeology (DARCH) Fund: Call for Applications for 2023-2024
Organisation
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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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Worlds to Discover: Ajami Manuscripts of West Africa
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
- In Praise of Solidarity - World Refugee Day 2024
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The Safaitic scripts: Palaeography of an ancient nomadic writing culture
PhD defence
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Debate: Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar
Debate
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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.
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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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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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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A World Ablaze: Making Sense of Wars Today
Lecture
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The Assemblage of Social Death: Digital Vigilantism and Cancel Culture in China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Optimal population turnover for cultural evolution depend on network size, density and learnability
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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Night Spaces: Migration Culture and Integration in Europe (NITE) 3rd International Conference
Conference
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LU: Declutter, disconnect, dismantle! Reflections on degrowth and cultural politics
Lecture
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Connecting to the network of Digital Cultural Heritage (Linked Open Data)
Lunchbyte
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The Leiden 'Humanities in a Digital World' Symposium
Symposium
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Book Launch: Cultural Confluence in Organizational change: a Portuguese venture in Angola
Lecture, Book Launch
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Humanities Campus Think Tank: learning from the work environment in the Arsenaal
Ten participants and two observers from the Faculty Council and the University Council attended the third and final meeting of the Humanities Campus Think Tank.
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Exploring Open-World Visual Understanding with Deep Learning
PhD defence