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Jeroen Touwen new Vice-Dean of Humanities
Jeroen Touwen has been appointed Vice-Dean and portfolio holder for bachelor’s programmes at the Faculty of Humanities with effect from 1 January 2020. Over the coming three years he will contribute to faculty policy and will steer the BA programmes from his position in the Faculty Board.
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Student consultancy programme PRINS of great value to employers
The university’s largest consultancy programme, International Studies’ PRINS, has been connecting international employers with humanities students for six years. Founder Sarita Koendjbiharie: ‘Students of International Studies offer the holistic view that complex social issues need.’
- ERC Starting Grant for research on Climate citizenship
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Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’
In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…
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A unique perspective on (pre)historical migration using linguistics
Migration is not only reflected in DNA, but also in language. By tracing changes in language, we learn more about the lifestyle of the people that speak it. University lecturer Tijmen Pronk (40) conducts linguistic research into (pre)historical migration.
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How a region's contradictions shaped Boris Kowalski's career
Sometimes student life merges rather smoothly into a working adult life. This is the case for Boris Kowalski. At International Studies, he chose Russian as his language and Eurasia as his region of specialisation, he obtained his Master’s degree at Oxford in Russian and Eurasian studies, ended up in…
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A quick call on the war in Ukraine: 'Putin has made a diplomatic end almost impossible'
The war in Ukraine is entering a new phase with the announcement of a partial Russian military mobilisation and the intention to annex four Ukrainian regions. Why is Putin making these decisions just now and what consequences will they have for the course of the war? We talk to professor and Russia…
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between ISGA and Fukushima University
Memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between ISGA and Fukushima University during visit in Japan
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A warm welcome for international students
International bachelor’s and master’s students started the OWL on Monday morning. During this introduction week they get to know their new university, city and each other.
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Temple culture in Ptolemaic Egypt alive and kicking
Egyptian temple culture was thought to be declining in the Ptolemaic era, after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Nothing could be further from the truth, says Egyptologist Carina van den Hoven. Temple culture was very much alive and kicking. PhD defence 16 February.
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Report of the Conference: “China, the Netherlands and Europe”, 9th of February
How do Chinese view the Netherlands, and what do they experience here? These and other matters were discussed February 9th at the conference: “China, the Netherlands and Europe” which took place in Leiden. The conference, organized by the LeidenAsiaCentre, also marked the opening of the Leiden Asia…
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In lockdown during fieldwork abroad
Imagine: you are at the end of your fieldwork in Peru and ready to go home when all flights get canceled because of Covid-19. It happened to master student Visual Ethnography Mark Lindenberg. By now, four months later than scheduled, he is back in the Netherlands. How does he look back? And what was…
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The best route to the job market
Students, lecturers and careers officers who attended a conference on preparing for the job market advise encouraging students to explore their career opportunities as soon as possible. What works?
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Master's Open Day: from initial orientation to final choice
Bachelor's students from all different disciplines came to the Master's Open Day to explore the options for their next programme. Some of them visited several different programmes and still have all their options open, while others wanted answers to very specific questions before making their final…
- Book Presentation: Building the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation
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Karahantepe: A New Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Live Event: China’s Digital Future
Debate
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Who did all the work? The hidden labour of colonial science
Conference, Workshop
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Space for academic debate: discussing academic boycotts and ethics committees
Lecture
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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We need to talk about methods. The methodological potential of Area Studies within the Humanities
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
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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Memories of Cinema-Going in Postwar Japan: An Ethno-history
Lecture
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Revolutionary Parents: Intimate Cultural Memories of the Arab Left
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Social Context Matters: Researching Crime Across Countries, Across Cultures
KITLV&VVI Research Talk
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Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference
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Can we overcome Orientalism with Multiculturalism? A Methodological Reflection on Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Lecture
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LUCIR 2024 Annual Lecture: Courts in Conflict: Developments and Challenges in Human Rights Litigation in Armed Conflict
Lecture
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LUCIR/Grotius Centre roundtable: Preventing ‘repeat mistakes’ in war
Lecture
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Terrorism and Foreign Fighters: Lecture by Dr. Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi
Lecture
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eLaw Summer School: 'Regulating AI and data in an age of EU digital reforms', 24-28 June, Leiden (Registration now open!)
Course, Summer School
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2024 - 2025
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Decentring the Archaeology of West Asia – Reconsidering Early Trade Networks and Social Complexities
Inaugural lecture
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Van aarde tot wind. Archaïsmen in de Anatolische talen.
Inaugural lecture
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Meet Arts, Media and Society in Madrid
Conference, Meet us in your country
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Death and the Digital Realm
Conference
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
- Urban Health Programme
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Algorithm Design for Mixed-Integer Black-Box Optimization Problems with Uncertainty
PhD defence
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SRS seminar series: The use of neuropsychological information and virtual reality within forensic psychiatry
Seminar series
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In the Making - afternoon sessions on research in the arts
Lecture, Conversation
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SRS seminar series: Deep history of violence and security
Seminar series
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Launch of Marco Bronckers’ Liber Amicorum
Conference, Book launch
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