2,886 search results for “de world van talen en culture” in the Staff website
-
Thijs VosSocial & Behavioural Sciences
-
Lecture: Inside Gang Governance: How and Why Gangs Rule the Streets of Rio de Janeiro
Lecture
-
Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
-
Unpacking the rich tapestry of Chinese culture: the interplay between parental socialization and children's social functioning
PhD defence
-
Prudent Resistance: Hezbollah's Endurance in a Hostile World
Middle East Studies Lecture
-
Valedictory lecture prof.dr. J.J. van Hilten
Valedictory lecture
-
Inaugural lecture prof.dr. I.B. van Vulpen
Inaugural lecture
-
Valedictory lecture prof.dr. J.M.A. van Gerven
Valedictory lecture
-
Valedictory lecture prof.dr. J.P.R. van Merkesteyn
Valedictory lecture
-
Valedictory lecture by Professor G. Heerma van Voss
Valedictory lecture
-
Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: ‘Trump is not an isolationist’
The White House has recently released its national security strategy. University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in The Conversation what we can learn from the document.
-
Vincent Chang on East Asia Forum: ‘China globalises its pantheon of national heroes and martyrs’
In an article for East Asia Forum, University Lecturer Vincent Chang sheds light on China’s ambition to globalise its pantheon of national heroes.
-
Andrew Gawthorpe on France24 about Trump’s attack on Somalis
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains on France 24 how alleged fraud in Minnesota is being used by Trump as an argument to target Somalis.
-
Andrew Gawthorpe on BBC about Donald Trump’s plan to exclude South Africa from the G20: ‘Unlikely’
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe commented on the BBC regarding Donald Trump’s plans to exclude South Africa from the G20.
-
Intigam Mamedov on The Conversation: ‘Trump’s sympathies might be with Kyiv’
Postdoc Intigam Mamedov comments in The Conversation on the recent peace talks between Russia and the USA regarding the war in Ukraine.
-
Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: ‘US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing’
In an article for The Conversation, University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe comments on the recent elections in the United States and what they mean for President Donald Trump’s position.
-
Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
-
Book presentation: In Staat van Beleg - Aeneas Tacticus
Lecture, Book presentation
-
Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
-
Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
-
Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
-
Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
-
Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
-
Masoud KianiFaculty of Humanities
-
Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
-
Religious Studies students combat loneliness: ‘Simply acknowledging the complexity helps’
Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness in the city.
-
European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
-
Remembering Olivier Nieuwenhuyse with a festschrift: ‘He would have loved this book’
On November 16 a festschrift in honor of Dr Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was presented in a moving event at the Faculty of Archaeology. Professor Bleda Düring, a personal friend of Nieuwenhuyse, was one of the initiators. ‘If he had been here, he would have loved this book.’
-
Month of Tutankhamun: Egypt's most legendary pharaoh
November marks exactly 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. To celebrate this special discovery, the Faculty of Humanities, together with various parties, is organising the 'Month of Tutankhamun': a month full of activities around Egypt's most legendary pharaoh.
-
Award Ceremony of the Betto Deelman Prize – Sophie van Rijn
Laureates’ Ceremony
-
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…
-
Uncorking Language
Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat
-
Een onzekere wereld - van complottheorieën naar alarmsignalen in ons brein
Lecture
-
Salvador Santino in various media outlets on tensions between USA and Venezuela: ‘Pressure helps Trump claim results’
Associate professor Salvador Santino Regilme spoke in various media outlets about the tensions between the United States and Venezuela.
-
Nationalism by Eric Storm in several Spanish newspapers
Associate professor Eric Storm’s book on nationalism has been reviewed in two Spanish newspapers. Three newspaper published interviews with Storm.
-
Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
-
Alexander GeurdsFaculty of Archaeology
-
Ukraine, Gaza, climate and migration: Geopolitics increasingly on the municipality’s plate
From cities that sometimes deviate from national foreign policy to the direct influence of geopolitics on local developments, PhD candidate Pieter Jeroense, director of VNG International, examined seventy years of the internationalisation of Dutch municipalities and observed notable trends.
-
Leiden researchers call for new guidelines for AI-generated images in journalism
Generative AI presents journalists with new options for image use but also raises ethical questions.
-
To World Poetry and Back: Avant-garde Classicist Poetry in the Sinophone Cyberspace
Lecture, China Seminar
-
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.
-
Diah AngendariSocial & Behavioural Sciences
-
Zulfadhli NasutionSocial & Behavioural Sciences
-
Michael HerzfeldSocial & Behavioural Sciences
-
Keerthi Sridharan VaidehiFaculty of Humanities
-
Tirza CramwinckelFaculty of Law
-
Petr Koluch
Faculty of Humanities
-
Hannah Busch
Faculty of Humanities
-
Tony FosterFaculty of Humanities
-
Diederik PomstraFaculty of Archaeology