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ASCL Seminar: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Rwanda: A Feminist Analysis
Lecture
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From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age [COGLOSS x GLOBALISE]
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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Meet our new colleague Letty ten Harkel: ‘I am interested in what happens when different cultures come together’
In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she has built up an impressive track record in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Read the interview about her background and research…
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Africa and Palestine
Lecture
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
p.j.harvey@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Agnieszka KazimierczukAfrika-Studiecentrum
a.h.kazimierczuk@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wouter van BeekAfrika-Studiecentrum
w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6641
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
e.m.cezne@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2025
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Paul KloegUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
p.kloeg@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1094
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Wim van den DoelCollege van Bestuur
h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2922
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Babak RezaeedaryakenariFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
v.k.chang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2151
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times
Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and archaeologically less known. Professor Peter Akkermans was interviewed about his groundbreaking research in this area, known as the Black Desert.
- This Time for Africa! series
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Leiden Africa Platform Annual Meeting
Conference
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Lipsius Building
Northern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 001 of the Mathias de Vrieshof. Southern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 004 of the PN van Eyckhof.
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Eduard van de Bilt and Joke Kardux say goodbye to Leiden
For more than 35 years they helped put American Studies on the map: Joke Kardux and Eduard van de Bilt. This spring, the couple retired. A farewell interview.
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Five Comenius Teaching grants for Leiden lecturers
Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a €100,000 Comenius Teaching grant within the Senior Fellows programme. A further two lecturers have been awarded a €50,000 grant within the Teaching Fellows programme. The grants will enable the lecturers and their project teams to realise an…
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Da‘wa as Development: Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in Africa
Lecture
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Strecker (Associate Professor, UCD), has been published by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Increased attention for indigenous studies through JEDI fund
A grant from the JEDI Fund allowed university lecturer Jessie Morgan-Owens to design a lecture series on indigenous studies. ‘We filled a gap in the knowledge.’
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Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa
Conference
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Carolien JacobsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.i.m.jacobs@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277517
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
v.h.meyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2281
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Cecilia-Louise von IlsemannFaculty of Humanities
c.l.von.ilsemann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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Leiden University Global Fund grants 14 project proposals
On 9 December, a lottery to conclude the first call of the Leiden University Global Fund (LUGF) Seed Fund has granted 14 project proposals €15.000. These projects will be working to enhance the relationship between Leiden University and her partners in Africa, Latin America, North East and South East…
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Rethinking the Scramble for Africa: Dutch Entrepreneurs in West Central Africa (1850s-1910s)
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
- Project group
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Postdoc Dita Auzina investigates relationship between appearance of monumentality and disruptive environmental events
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dita Auzina, originally from Latvia, works as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds. ‘I have joined the project as a landscape archaeologist, but I also run my own fieldwork in Nicaragua.’
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculteit Archeologie
a.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
c.l.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6903
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Ann BrysbaertFaculteit Archeologie
a.n.brysbaert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5328
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Florian SchneiderFaculty of Humanities
f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2544
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Jennifer SweridaFaculteit Archeologie
j.l.swerida@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2599
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North Sea Noise in the Anthropocene
PhD defence
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Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa
Lecture
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From Cremation Ground to Temple Niche: The Evolution of the Fierce Goddess in Medieval India
VVIK Lecture
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Prudent Resistance: Hezbollah's Endurance in a Hostile World
Middle East Studies Lecture