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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Counting and Accountability. The Politics of Numbers in the democracy of Classical Athens
We live in a data-drenched society awash with numbers. An inhabitant of the democratic polis of Athens (5th and 4th centuries B.C.E.) increasingly found himself surrounded by numerical data. This project aims to analyze the communicative functions and the political meaning(s) ascribed to these public…
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Female Spies or 'she-Intelligencers': Towards a Gendered History of Seventeenth-Century Espionage
By analysing neglected (continental) spy centres and integrating these groups of female intelligencers into the traditional, male-orientated historical narratives, this project will proceed towards a gendered history of early modern espionage.
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Thy Name is Deer. Animal Names in Semitic Onomastics and Name- Giving Traditions: Evidence from Akkadian, Northwest Semitic, and Arabic
Hekmat Dirbas defended his thesis on 14 February 2017
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The Role of Lexico-Syntactic Features in Noun Phrase Production and Comprehension
On the 16th of December, Ruixue Wu successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Ruixue on this achievement!
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Advancing Explanatory and Tonal Dialectometry
On the 13th of February, Matthew Sung successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Matthew on this achievement!
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A double-edged sword: religious discourses and LGBTQIA+ inclusion
The role of religion in the identity construction of LGBTQIA+ folks
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Does the human brain process angry voices automatically?
Using brain imaging to discover the area in the brain that recognizes emotion.
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Ancient Charm
The aim of ANCIENT CHARM was to develop neutron-imaging techniques and the associated equipment, and help establish neutron imaging as a mainstream archaeological analytical technique. In particular, one of the goals was a new imaging technique which called neutron resonant capture imaging combined…
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Van Bergen Prizes for English Waltz and other cultural expressions
Dancing in style at the University Sport Centre, and cooking together or visiting the cinema. These two initiatives for bringing Dutch and international students together were the winners of the 2016 Van Bergen Prize. The awards were presented at the annual Diversity Symposium at Leiden University on…
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Ancient Networks
The archaeology of transregional exchange (1st millennia BCE-CE)
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Join-in courses 2024-2025
Join-in courses zijn MA-cursussen over middeleeuwse onderwerpen gegeven binnen vastgestelde MA-programma's van de zes deelnemende universiteiten van de Onderzoekschool. Op aanvraag zijn deze vakken toegankelijk voor studenten van andere (Nederlandse) universiteiten. De cursusbelasting en het aantal…
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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The Cinematic Santri: Youth culture, tradition and technology in Muslim-Indonesia
For some devout Muslims, going to the cinema or viewing certain images is provocative and problematic. Ahmad Nuril Huda investigated the development Santri (young, pious Muslims) have undergone in this field over the past ten years. The Cinematic Santri is the result of his PhD research.
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New campus square for Leiden Bio Science Park, also for culture and sports fans
A large new campus square on the Leiden Bio Science Park will be used for a range of activities for students, staff and Leiden residents, a knowledge festival, shows and sporting activities, for instance.
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their experiences: ‘The highlight of past year? New friendships and cultural exchanges.’
The academic year is drawing to a close, and summer is on the horizon. FGGA students are working hard to wrap everything up. We asked some of them to reflect on the past year and share their insights and tips for fellow students.
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Diversity Outdoors: Embodied Ethnoracial Inequalities and Outdoor Recreation in Europe
Through a comparative analysis of participation in outdoor recreation in Europe, this project seeks to investigate how social inequalities are embodied.
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Otjes & Louwerse, ‘Parliamentary questions as strategic party tools‘ (West European Politics)
How many written parliamentary questions does each party put to each minister? Political scientists Simon Otjes (University of Groningen) and Tom Louwerse (Leiden University) studied the practice in Dutch parliament and found that parties use parliamentary questions strategically as part of their ‘permanent…
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Can traditional forest management protect and conserve ironwood (ulin) stands? An option and approach in East Kalimantan
Promotores: G.A. Persoon, H.H. de Iongh
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NWO subsidy for archaeological search engine: ‘There is no physical digging involved!’
When you want to analyse big quantities of archaeological data, you run into the issue that searching through excavation reports is extremely time-consuming. If only there existed a search engine specifically focused on querying these reports… But wait, work on an archaeological search engine focused…
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Worlds shaped by words: a cross-linguistic investigation into the neural mechanisms of lexico-syntactic feature production
On the 17th of December, Jin Wang successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Jin on this achievement!
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Erasmus+ grant for project on heritage as bridge between Academy and Society
Together with four European partner universities heritage specialist Dr Monique van den Dries has been granted an Erasmus+ project (EU-CUL) by the European Commission. This project sets up a unique cooperation between educational scientists and academic heritage specialists. It will study how universities…
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Commonplace - Photographs from the Drummond-Fyvie Collection and the Ngilima Collection
Commonplace - Photographs from the Drummond-Fyvie Collection and the Ngilima Collection. By Tamsyn Adams and Sophie Feyder.
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A documentation of Sanye (Dahalo), a critically endangered Cushitic language of Kenya
This project creates a comprehensive audiovisual documentation of the Sanye language, the sociolinguistic situation, and cultural practices of the Sanye (Dahalo) community in coastal Kenya.
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Aida GholamiFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Rethinking Disability: the Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Historical Perspective
How did disability become a global concern? In this project we will identify the contribution of international agencies, governmental and non-governmental organizations and, just as importantly, disabled people themselves, to the IYDP and by showing the connections, interactions and entanglements between…
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Tarsus
After the advent of Islam in the 7th century C.E., the strategic geographical position of Tarsus (its proximity to the sea and to the mountain pass leading to inland Anatolia) made this town the de facto capital of the thughur, a historical and geographical term created by Muslim geographers qualifying…
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Marit PauwelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mariska Moreu-de JongFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Irna HofmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sissy HofmeesterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah BozuwaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tommie Lambregts
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wigke Wigke Capri Arti Sukmana Putri
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah SmithFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wiebe RuijtenbergFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Diederik HulsebosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emily Elizabeth GdulaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Roxane HeidenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Louise van Gent
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Belia Schuurman
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Janine Prins