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Social media
Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.
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Maria VoltsichinaFaculty of Humanities
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Ester van der Voet appointed professor of Sustainable Resource Use
The energy transition is already a huge challenge for society, but sustainable use of resources is even more complicated. Yet it is at least as urgent. Ester van der Voet has been working on it for decades, for example within the United Nations. Since February, she is a professor at the Centre for Environmental…
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Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group
Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Group for the best scholarly publication in the field of Italy Studies in Dutch or Flemish academia.
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Tensions between China and Taiwan: what's behind it?
For a while, it was uncertain whether prominent American politician Nancy Pelosi would travel to Taiwan. But last Tuesday, she did visit – much to the displeasure of China. Asia expert Casper Wits explains why China reacted so strongly and what the consequences of the visit may be.
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Fossil Urbanism: Global Forces, Local Contexts, and Urban Environmental History
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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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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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
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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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Workshop on Sign Language Histories
Workshop
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Lauren Antonides wins Roggeveen thesis prize
Alumna Lauren Antonides has won the Roggeveen Prize for her thesis on the regional identity of Zeelandic Flanders. She will receive a sum of 1,000 euros.
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Marit PostmaFaculty of Science
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship
If a forged Vermeer or Rembrandt is discovered, it is world news. Yet tracing fakes has long been a low priority in art history. University lecturer Anna Tummers will receive an ERC grant of almost two million euros to change that.
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Brian ShaevFaculty of Humanities
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Tracing Plant Histories
PhD defence
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Yemen’s history of slavery and its lasting impact on social and racial hierarchies
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
- Centre for the History of European Integration Seminar Series
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Chibuike UcheAfrican Studies Centre
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Ellen van ReulerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830
For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…
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Wim van den Doel wins 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize
Professor of Contemporary History Wim van den Doel has won the 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize. Van den Doel receives the prize for his book 'Snouck: Het volkomen geleerdenleven van Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje'.
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Lydia Boer wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesis
History student Lydia Boer has won the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt incentive prize. She receives the prize for her bachelor’s thesis The marriage between Johan de Witt and Wendela Bicker: a political affair?
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History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Grassroots Alliances in Natural Resource Governance: Shaping Territories of Life
Inaugural lecture
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Babs van Eijk
Faculty of Humanities
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Julius van der Poel
Faculty of Humanities
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Santiago García Sosa
Faculty of Humanities
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Lotte van Hasselt
Faculty of Humanities
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Karen van AstenFaculty of Humanities
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Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe
Faculty of Humanities
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Menno SchilthuizenFaculty of Science
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Johan RooryckFaculty of Humanities
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Aafke Oldenbeuving
Faculty of Science
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Ivan Olarte RodriguezFaculty of Science
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Roberta TamponiFaculty of Science
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Robin van der Laag
Faculty of Science
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Wei LiuFaculty of Science
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Jacob de NobelFaculty of Science
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Zhengtian Ai
Faculty of Science
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Diederick VermettenFaculty of Science
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Transnational Conversations: Heritage, Memory, Climate, and Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean, Europe, and Beyond
Conference
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Nitrogen experts suggest switching from deposition to emission policy
In an essay Professors Jan Willem Erisman (Leiden University), Chris Backes (Utrecht University) and Wim de Vries (Wageningen University) suggest amending nitrogen policy in the Netherlands. They call for a shift from a deposition to an emissions policy, with sectors responsible for reducing their own…
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Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’
After a detour via the ANWB in Munich, alumna Manon Schouten works as a history teacher at two schools. ‘It's so rewarding to see the material resonate with students.’