456 search results for “americas” in the Staff website
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Alexander GeurdsFaculty of Archaeology
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Do you buy your partner chocolates and roses? Fascination for American holidays explained
Buying chocolates as a sign of love, getting the best deals on Black Friday and putting on a spooky costume for Halloween. In recent years, these holidays and traditions have taken off in the Netherlands, even though they originated on the other side of the ocean. Why are we so excited about American…
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Van Links naar Rechts; van Rechts naar Links: De aanhoudende slingerbeweging in Latijns-Amerika
Valedictory lecture
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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique'
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lecturer Sara Polak has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate this.
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PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform
Lecture
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Academic impact
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Workshop Somatics: Moving earth – Moving body
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Introducing: Håvar Solheim
Håvar Solheim started his PhD at the Institute for History and the Centre for Study and Documentation of Latin-America, Amsterdam (CEDLA) April 1st 2011.
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Lydia van de FliertFaculty of Archaeology
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Floris KeehnenFaculty of Archaeology
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
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Travis BowmanFaculty of Humanities
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Adrien MartinetFaculty of Archaeology
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
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Manon Portos Minetti-Faculty of Humanities
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Róisín LambertFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Isla MonsalveFaculty of Humanities
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Theresa St John
Faculty of Humanities
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Modibo Cisse
Faculty of Humanities
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Liliana Morawietz Yanez
Faculty of Humanities
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Nadia Rojas
Faculty of Humanities
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Elsa Saez Jara
Faculty of Humanities
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Victor Barros Correia
Faculty of Humanities
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Nestor Marin Bravo
Faculty of Humanities
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Joaquin Fernandez Abara
Faculty of Humanities
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Cristian Saavedra Bastía
Faculty of Humanities
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Alliance Mango Kubota
African Studies Centre
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Tomás Díaz
Faculty of Humanities
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Nicole Pereira Ríos
Faculty of Humanities
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Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye
Faculty of Humanities
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Mariana Gaba
Faculty of Humanities
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Maria Naranjo Olivares
Faculty of Humanities
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Macarena Alegria Garcia
Faculty of Humanities
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Felipe Cousiño
Faculty of Humanities
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Carla Cisternas GuaschFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea Bravo Lee
Faculty of Humanities
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Juliët TinebraFaculty of Humanities
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Gabriel Veppo de Lima
Faculty of Humanities
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Mamadou Togola
Faculty of Humanities
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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet have a known provenance. PhD candidate Marie Kolbenstetter and Assistant Professor Dennis Braekmans were awarded a Corrie Bakels Grant to explore thus…
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Introducing: Randal Sheppard
Randal Sheppard recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in International Relations. He introduces himself.
- Leiden University Global Fund to open first seed funding call on 1 September
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Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts
Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. This grant is for collection-based research. Jason Laffoon is using his grant for research into the origins of Central American turquoise, while Dr Marike…
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students
Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming researchers will receive funding from the PhDs in Humanities programme. With the funding, NWO wants to boost the recruitment and advancement of young talent in…
- Apply for a PhD scholarship for a candidate with a migration background (Mosaic 2.0)
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Video series: The value of collaboration with Indonesia
Researchers from Leiden and Indonesia work together on a range of projects on topics such as disappearing languages and cultures, the role of Islam, circular economy, biodiversity and medicine. They also work on projects to improve legal education and make Dutch sources and Indonesian heritage accessible…
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice
What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in China? Leiden University shows in three short films what joint projects are like.
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Workshop on the emotional aspects of border control and migration
On 7 and 8 October, a two-day workshop will be hosted by the Van Vollenhoven Institute in collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Border Criminologies network and the Social Citizenship & Migration assisted area. The theme of the workshop will be ‘Border policing, boundary creation and emotion…
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‘Liberal American foreign policy was always entangled with illiberal interests’
American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues university lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe. He has been awarded a Vidi grant to research and rewrite this popular narrative.
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Introducing: Edmund Amann
Professor Edmund Amann will be the new Professor of Brazilian Studies. A short introduction.