1,685 search results for “indonesia and japanese language and culture” in the Staff website
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Adjudication of war crimes: Keeping sight of cultural sensitivities
Courts that adjudicate war crimes or other crimes against humanity are increasingly taking regional norms and cultural values into consideration. PhD candidate Seun Bakare examined whether this could also be an asset in cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Ian ShenFaculty of Science
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KWF funding for research on culturally sensitive palliative care
The research project 'when patients don't want to know everything: guide and training for culturally sensitive information in palliative care' investigates how healthcare providers can offer inclusive palliative care.
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Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago
Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much further. A study by archaeologists at Leiden University on the use of fire shows that 400,000 years ago knowledge and skills must already have been exchanged…
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Neutrino: Documentary & Q&A with the directors
Studium Generale
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Science in the language of children’s books: Honours College students take up the challenge
How do you explain loss, social inequality or mental health to children without losing sight of the gravity of the subject? The new Honours course From Research to Children’s Book, taught by Annelies van Bentum, challenges students to make complex academic themes accessible through the medium of children’s…
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Levina de Wolf
Faculty of Humanities
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Politics of Dry Feet: The Political Economy of Flood Risk Management in Indonesia
PhD defence
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multi-scale EE-MRIO to support sustainable development policies in Indonesia
PhD defence
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'Negara Hukum': The Essence of the 1999-2002 Constitutional Reform in Indonesia
PhD defence
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Karen SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Opera Viva: Ah, l'Amor
Arts and culture, Opera lecture
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Infinite love in a finite life: why, according to philosopher Errol Boon, we promise each other ‘eternal’ love
In love, we like to use great words. We promise to love each other ‘forever’ and praise the beloved as nothing less than ‘the one’ . Meanwhile, we know very well that we don’t live eternally and that we may find our ‘true love’ one day on the opposite side of the divorce table. So why do we continue…
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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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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Elizabeth Rodriguez EstradaFaculty of Archaeology
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Marijke KlokkeFaculty of Humanities
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Agency in Careers: The Work-lIfe Experiences of Women Employed by Japanese and South Korean Firms
PhD defence
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What a year: our most-read articles of 2025
The Russian threat to Europe, pro-Palestine protests, the passing of psychologist Andrea Evers and speculations on extraterrestrial life. These were among our most popular articles of the year.
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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Masoud KianiFaculty of Humanities
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Sixth Conference of the European Network for Teaching Arabic (ENTA-6): Teaching Arabic Across Contexts
Conference
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Mirjam Oomens: ‘Healthcare professionals should be cautious about survival prognoses’
Mirjam Oomens was working on her PhD research on language in the consulting room when she was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. Four years later, she has made it her mission to encourage doctors and other healthcare professionals to make fewer statements about life expectancy. 'Such a conviction can…
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Marianne van Dijken
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Marinus van IJzendoorn
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Erasmus+ grant for 13 exchange projects
Thirteen Leiden University exchange projects have been awarded an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grant. The total award of around 450,000 euros will enable 103 students and staff to go on an exchange.
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
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Meet the members of the Cultural Anthropology OLC 2021-2022
Benjamín Maldonado, Orestes Kyrgiakis, Roos Capel and Iskra Cvitković are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). The board advises the Executive Board and the Faculty Board about educational matters, such as the determination of the Course and Examination Regulations and the evaluation…
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Language Professionals on the Move: the Language Sector and Migrant Agency in Early Modern Europe
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
- International Mother Language Day 2024
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not to metaphor? How producers, products, and publics use figurative language in science communication
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Adrian PerkasaGelieerde instellingen
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Katriani Puspita Ayu
Faculty of Humanities
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Windu Yusuf
Faculty of Humanities
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David Binns
Faculty of Humanities
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Wenjing QiuFaculty of Humanities
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Donation of personal archive and collection of Leiden Sinologist Robert van Gulik
The family of the famous diplomat, sinologist and writer Robert van Gulik has donated his personal archive and part of his collection to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The collection and archive provide insight into the life and work of Robert van Gulik, who became known to the general public for…
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Vietnam on Dutch maps
In 2023, it will be fifty years since Vietnam and the Netherlands established diplomatic relations. This will be commemorated in both countries. At the beginning of November, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. On that occasion Leiden University Libraries will launch…
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Students from all around the world discover The Hague
A day at the beach, games, a visit to an embassy and a pub crawl. The activities at HOPweek help new students get to know not just The Hague but each other too.
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Wouter van BeekAfrican Studies Centre
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Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
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‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages
Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.
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Meet Dr. Rebekka Grossmann, LJSA Member
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Grossmann worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She first did her PhD and then she joined the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History and the Jacob Robinson Institute for the History of Individual and Collective…
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A better understanding of democracy across cultures and contexts
A new collaborative monograph of democratic theory, The Sciences of the Democracies, was released by UCL Press on August 7. The book, in the style of a democratic manifesto, is written by a large number of co-authors in a bold attempt to expand and deepen how democracy is studied and understood. Among…
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Ratna Saptari retires: anthropologist dedicated herself with heart and soul to Indonesian workers' and human rights
Ratna Saptari is since 2007 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. She has always been involved with issues of human rights and Indonesian workers' rights. This August she retired. But she won't sit still. She continues her voluntary work and wants to…
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Video series: Why Latin America matters
Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challenges, Latin America can indeed show the way forward inspiring for positive change. Working together with Latin American institutions, our researchers…