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Designing and building a sound sculpture with 3D printed parts
In the Digital Humanities Lab, students and staff can make use of various technical facilities. PhD student Caeso tells us more about his experiences with the printer in the Maker Space.
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship
In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel John Versluys. So succesfully, in fact, that he was awarded the Cum Laude honors. Just a short time later he was awarded a grant and a fellowship to further…
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Optimizing Solvers for Real-World Expensive Black-Box Optimization with Applications in Vehicle Design
PhD defence
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In memoriam Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal (1939-2025)
On 4 December Professor Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal passed away. Van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal worked at the African Studies Centre from 1967 to 2002, when the ASC was not part of Leiden University yet. He became professor by special appointment at Leiden University on behalf of Leiden Law School in…
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti were unable to reap benefits from this. PhD candidate Anita van der Hulst researched why so few Roma and Sinti went on to higher education. PhD defence on…
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Following Fate or Falling in Love: The second marriage of the Kitchen God’s wife in the rewriting of Chinese Folk Literature in the 1950s and
Lecture, China Seminar
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Why the Netherlands should repatriate foreign terrorist fighters and their families
Dozens of Dutch nationals are being held in detention facilities in Northeast Syria or have been transferred to Iraq, risking torture or the death penalty. PhD candidate Ida Asscher believes the Netherlands should repatriate them. 'States must comply with international law, even in difficult situati…
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Remote sensing for Roman Mallorca with a Chastelain-Nobach fund
For the past 2 years, Dr Letty ten Harkel has been jointly running an excavation project of a suspected Roman villa site on the Balearic island of Mallorca with colleagues Dr Antoni Puig Palerm and Ritchie Kolvers, MA. The project was recently awarded a LUF Chastelain-Nobach fund to explore the extend…
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book
This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body.
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Anna-Alexandra Marhold in Dutch newspaper NRC: ‘The export ban on chips against China cannot be justified’
Chip war export restrictions for ASML are most likely in conflict with the Word Trade Organisation’s regulations, claims Anna-Alexandra Marhold. China will certainly contest them.
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Lecture: Maps, manuscripts, and the colonial division of the Malay world
Guest Lecture | SSEALS
- Walk-in new core curriculum course Humanities in a Digital World
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The World of Smallpox Picture Books: The Red Books for Smallpox in the Edo Period
Lecture
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Remembering and Forgetting in Two Worlds. Writing Histories of Forced Displacement and Submerged Genealogy
Lecture
- Walk-in new core curriculum course Humanities in a Digital World
- Walk-in new core curriculum course Humanities in a Digital World
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De schaduwzijde van erfgoedbescherming
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms such as ‘the cultural heritage of mankind’.
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The US on the World: The Socio-Ecological Impacts of America’s Global Ascendancy
Inaugural lecture
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Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments
Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.
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Children's rights under pressure in a changing world: Need for a new research agenda?
Conference
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Banned almost–prime minister of Thailand: ‘Politics must be moral and realistic’
Pita Limjaroenrat (45) was set to become Thailand’s next prime minister, but in 2024 the Thai Constitutional Court dissolved his progressive Move Forward Party and banned him from politics. He now reflects publicly on the policy values that brought the party to prominence.
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Science for Policy in a Changing World Insights from Leiden University’s Europe Hub
Conference
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Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders'
To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of Contemporary Dutch Literature and Culture in a Transnational Dynamic.
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Faster X-ray Computed Tomography in Real-World Dynamic Applications
PhD defence
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The Sky is Made of Lava: How lava worlds reveal their interiors through their atmospheres
PhD defence
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and Democracy: Essays on the Fiscal Social Contract in a Globalised World
PhD defence
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Emotions in the social world: Recognition, expression, and alignment across the lifespan
PhD defence
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Educated Muslim Women in a Non-Muslim World: Navigating Identities in Sendai, Japan
PhD defence
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Amy EaglestoneFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850
Conference
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Paul CliteurFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mink van IJzendoornFaculty of Archaeology
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Ruhama Yilma AbebeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Harry FokkensFaculty of Archaeology
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Merlijn van WeerdFaculty of Science
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Carolien JacobsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hoko HoriiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Reijer PasschierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva PolmanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Benthe van DelftFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sam BotanFaculty of Archaeology
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Mark KlaassenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Igor DjakovicFaculty of Archaeology
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Jonathan PriceFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Andreas KinnegingFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dita AuzinaFaculty of Archaeology
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Mies GrijnsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Erik-jan ZurcherFaculty of Humanities
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Daan 't HartFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid