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Elka SmithLURIS
e.s.smith@luris.nl | +31 6 4286 9371
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Performing identity and buying love: self-expression and iyashi in the dansō escorting business
Lecture
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An Introduction to Digital Humanities: Methods, Tools, & Projects in Pre/Early Modern Japan Studies
Lecture
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Leiden Translation Talk 20 April: Telops and language learning - Experiences and insights from conducting a PhD study
Lecture
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Zingen van vergankelijkheid: A symposium about Heike monogatari
Conference, (in Dutch and partly in English)
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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A+ for Leiden astronomy student who simulated chaotic interactions of black holes
Leiden astronomy Master's student Arend Moerman has received an A+ for his thesis research on the simulation of chaotic interactions of three black holes. The simulations, which he carried out together with his Leiden and Oxford colleagues, show that lighter black holes tend to slingshot each other…
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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Randstad helps students find relevant part-time jobs: ‘Bring on that smart student!’
You speak Japanese, know everything about medieval art or understand exactly what Hegel meant. And then you graduate. Many Humanities students find it hard to enter the labour market. A relevant part-time job can help. Therefore, the faculty has been working together with the employment agency Randstad…
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In Memoriam: Emma de Rijke
It is with the greatest sadness that we have learned of the unexpected passing of Emma de Rijke. Emma was a student in the MA Asian Studies, having finished the BA China Studies just before she enrolled in the MA program in February 2024.
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NWO grant for research into Het Dorp: ‘We are going to tell the lesser-known history’
It is one of the most famous moments in Dutch TV history: the twenty-three hour long marathon broadcast of Open het Dorp. But what happened to the commune for people with disabilities after that? Monika Baár and Paul van Trigt received a NWO grant of 750,000 euros to map the development of Het Dorp.
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'The mortality of Europe' debate
Debate
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Networking Drinks Japan Company Day 2024
Alumni event
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Marketing Nostalgia: Packing and Unpacking the Everyday Lives of Children in Japan
Lecture
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LDE white paper on critical materials, green energy and geopolitics
With its Green Deal The European Union has set itself much-needed ambitious climate goals. But the energy crisis and geopolitical tensions are making these difficult to achieve. Seven researchers from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities (LDE) alliance have written a white paper offering solutions.
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Can Russia be stopped?
Tensions are rising between Russia and the West. Can an invasion of Ukraine and an international war be avoided? Political scientist and Russia expert Hans Oversloot warns of the consequences if the West chooses a collision course. ‘Offer Russia a dignified exit strategy.’
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Harris or Trump? Implications for Asia (and beyond)
Lecture, Asia Academy
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Writer in residence Maxim Osipov: ‘Writing is the development of truth’
Since criticising the war in Ukraine, Russian author and cardiologist Maxim Osipov has fled Russia. Come September, he will be Leiden University’s writer in residence and teach a course on Russian literature.
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Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America
Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countries that have turned their backs on the Asian island in recent years. Why are these countries making this choice now and what does it mean for Taiwan's…
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Philosophy/Japan Studies: Befriending Things on a Field of Energies
Lecture
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Hyojin PakFaculty of Humanities
h.j.pak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lars BrummelFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
l.brummel@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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What Trump’s Return Means for Europe
Debate, Roundtable
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Pipelines, Prices, and Power: Market Governance in the Era of Oil Price Benchmarks
Lecture
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Healing the People: Popularizing and Printing Medicine in Edo Japan
Conference
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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
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Why Nixon Went, and Trump Stuck Around
Lecture, Studium Generale
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The Enlargement
Lecture, Book talk
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Archaeologist Maikel Kuijpers signs international book contract with Penguin Press
Back in 2020, Dr Maikel Kuijpers started to write for The Correspondent. His articles offered readers a unique long-term insight into the materials that shape our world, from concrete to glass and plastics. His innovative approach piqued the interest of a literary agent, and he was invited to write…
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Room for everyone at a sun-drenched EL CID
Thousands of first-year students and hundreds of mentors kicked off the EL CID on Monday morning. This year for the first time, the introduction week of Leiden University and Leiden University of Applied Sciences was also open for students of Regional Training Centre mboRijnland and the Leiden Instrument…
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'Punishment of international cartels by competition authorities needs to be better coordinated'
When an international cartel is exposed, the parties involved often face punishment by more than one authority for the same behaviour. There is very little international coordination in the actions of these authorities. Pieter Huizing claims that this can, and must, change. PhD defence on 10 March 2…
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Alumni in Indonesia: ‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’
Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to see their lecturers once again.
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Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’
A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.
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ERC Starting Grant for research on Climate citizenship
"Climate citizenship” explores how adapting environments to climate change can change the way people interact with each other and with government. It focuses on nature-based or 'green' climate infrastructure projects that make use of natural entities or dynamics. With an ERC grant, anthropologist Andrew…
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What is the future of translation software within the university?
Is there a place for machine translation engines like Google Translate within the Faculty of Humanities? Associate professor Lettie Dorst’s new educational website aims to help students and teachers find an answer to this question. ‘The use of AI tools, such as Bing and ChatGPT, shouldn’t be seen as…
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Protest against higher education cuts: ‘This government is turning its back on the world’
Over 20,000 students, lecturers, administrators, support staff and many others protested on 25 November against the plans to make billions of cuts to higher education. Students and staff from Leiden University also travelled to The Hague to voice their objections to the disastrous plans.
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Making meaningful lives | Iza Kavedžija
Lecture, Online webinar
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Word as Image: Waka Inscription on the Folding Screen at the Turn of the 17th Century in Japan
Lecture
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Priority modality, scalarity and modal concord in Chinese
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Talk by Prof. Anne Allison (Duke University)
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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The 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Working together to fulfil the promise of peace
Conference
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BOOK TALK: Offshore Attachments Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean
Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk
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Roundtable: International Relations and the Idea of Merit
Conference, Roundtable
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Some Contexts and Practices of S&T Foresight and Impact Assessment in Japan
Seminar
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Sources and Strategies in Translating the Canonical Readings of the Qur’an: A case study of Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LKV guest lecture: Yuki Kihara
Lecture
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Religious Discourse and Tribal Affiliation in Early Islamic Ifrīqiya
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Theological Speculation in Arabic: What Can We Know about Early Islamic Theology?
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series