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Education in Ancient Egypt: 'Everyone Used the Same Text'
For hundreds of years, children in Ancient Egypt learned to read using The Satire of the Trades, a text in which a father gives advice to his son through descriptions of different professions. PhD candidate Judith Jurjens investigated how this worked in practice.
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Professor bids farewell with roadshow in Indonesia: 'One big celebration of recognition'
Whereas most outgoing professors are offered a congress, Nico Kaptein's former students and PhD students took a bigger approach. They treated him not only to a farewell congress, but also to a two-week tour of Indonesia, filled with lectures, and trips.
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Humanities Lab: broaden your horizon and grow
Are you a motivated student wanting to grow outside of your own bachelor’s programme? Then, look no further than the Humanities Lab honours programme: a challenging opportunity to broaden your horizon and grow.
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Research on climate change and sustainable livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
Anthropologist Erik de Maaker has received a grant from the Himalayan Universities Consortium worth USD 37.000, along with researchers from Yunnan Minzu University (Kunming, China), Sikkim University (India), the Royal University of Bhutan (Thimpu, Bhutan). The grant, to be used in 2018/2019, is meant…
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Podcast tips for Pentecost
Are you looking for some listening material for the upcoming long weekend? Staff members and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have been creating various podcasts over the last few months. A selection is shown here:
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Leiden Science Run
Festival
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André GerritsFaculty of Humanities
a.w.m.gerrits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2949
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Modernity and the Darkness at the Heart of the Enlightenment: Racism
Lecture
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Book Panel: 'Age of Rogues Rebels, Revolutionaries and Racketeers at the Frontiers of Empires'
Debate, Book Panel
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LTA lunch lecture: Designing individualized learning - the case of Digital Humanities
Lecture
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Mosquera Valderrama awarded a Jean Monnet Chair: 'Raise awareness of EU Standard of Tax Good Governance'
Last November, it was announced that the European Commission has awarded a Jean Monnet Chair to Professor of Tax Law Irma Mosquera Valderrama. She will use the grant to shape the EUTAXGOV project over the next three years.
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet?
Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer coordinated an international research project on the impacts of cotton. ‘The purchases of consumers in Europe can contribute to water scarcity in China…
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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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 Poetry? A Sufi Response
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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The EU and Africa – joint visions for the future or falling back on the past?
Lecture, Seminar
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Two new women professors at Psychology Institute
Ellen de Bruijn and Berna Güroğlu, both of the Psychology Institute, have been proposed for professorships by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Güroğlu: ‘I feel honoured that the University has approved the appointment.’ De Bruijn: ‘It’s great, and really motivating, that Leiden University…
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Corona policy at the University: a continuous puzzle
With the new academic year just around the corner, many more students and lecturers will soon be coming to the University. What are we doing to keep our campus safe? We spoke to Martijn Ridderbos, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board, about the new Campus Protocol, which enters into force on 31 August.…
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Staying healthy with big data
By analysing the metabolism using big data techniques, we can identify health risks at an earlier stage. Thomas Hankemeier, professor of Analytical Biosciences at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, explains how that works.
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Discover the world at the Leiden Law Summer Schools in The Hague
The Grotius Centre has been running summer schools for many years now. The International Criminal Law Summer School will run for the 15th time this summer, and new schools are being added to the curriculum each year. Dr. Robert Heinsch, Associate Professor of International Law & Director Kalshoven-Gieskes…
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What (and Where) on Earth is Waqwaq?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Religious Discourse and Tribal Affiliation in Early Islamic Ifrīqiya
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Translating Jurjani: Why read an eleventh-century text about Arabic poetics?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Zionism: An Emotional State
Lecture, Public Lecture
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With kind regards: May 2022
Lecture
- Leiden City World Walks
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LDE NL Space Campus Summer School
Course, Summer School
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Environmental Humanities LU: Species literacy and the cultural portrayal of animal biodiversity
Lecture
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
l.n.m.tissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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Laurie CosmoFaculty of Humanities
l.k.cosmo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2249
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Meike de BoerFaculty of Humanities
m.m.de.boer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Jaqueline Caniguan CaniguanFaculty of Humanities
j.m.caniguan.caniguan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125
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Gerard van WestenScience
gerard@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3511
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
c.b.van.t.veer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nicolas TurnerFaculty of Humanities
n.d.turner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anne van RongenScience
a.van.rongen@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jackie AshkinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.a.ashkin@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gabriela SchäferScience
g.schafer@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Romy DijklandScience
r.c.dijkland@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kauthar ParkerScience
k.parker@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leiden Team Wins Second Place at the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court
Four master's students from Leiden University participated in this year’s edition of the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court, hosted by Antwerp University. Following the verbal rounds held between 21 and 22 March, the team went through to the finals, achieving second place overall.
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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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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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Roundtable on the Future of Yemeni Studies
Conference, Roundtable
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Writing Global History
Conference, Research Colloquium
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With kind regards: September 2022
Lecture
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Back to Rabat
The airspace had almost closed last year as Leiden students and staff rushed to leave the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR). How is this Leiden institute in Rabat doing over a year later? ‘Luckily we’d done a crisis exercise a few months before. Everyone managed leave the country in time.’
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'I get to continue my academic career': archaeologist who fled Damascus for Leiden
Ghazwan Yaghi was a leading archaeologist and researcher in Damascus but had to flee in 2014 because of the war. An NWO 'Refugees in Science' grant has enabled him to pick up where he left off in his academic career. 'I've found myself again in this project.'