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Focus on extended essays: Leiden University’s Academic Challenge
For most school students, writing their extended essay (or profielwerkstuk) is the first time they really come into contact with what it means to do research. But where do you start? This is a question that is nonetheless relevant in contexts where the extended essay is written in English, such as bilingual…
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Decolonising the history of Africa was a difficult process
With the aid of the General History of Africa (GHA) series of books, PhD candidate Larissa Schulte Nordholt researched what it meant to decolonise the history of Africa. This proved to be a tricky process, which was hampered by politics and lack of funding. PhD defence on 1 December.
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Rafal Matuszewski awarded grant for workshop on adolescence and sexual maturity in historical and cross-cultural perspectives
When are you (sexually) mature? A KNAW grant will enable associate professor Rafal Matuszewski to organise an interdisciplinary workshop on this question.
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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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Fernanda Korovsky MouraFaculty of Humanities
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Jacobijn GusseklooFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Khodadad RezakhaniFaculty of Humanities
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Johanneke PortieljeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jeanin van HooftFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Maaike van der PlasFaculty of Humanities
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Julia Kemendi
Faculty of Humanities
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Rosa van der MastFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Alien van der VlietSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ida HobmaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ellis AizenbergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sanne RotmeijerFaculty of Humanities
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Rolf BremmerFaculty of Humanities
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Wim TiggesStudent and Educational Affairs (SEA)
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Mathijs PetersFaculty of Humanities
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Paul HoftijzerFaculty of Humanities
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Margaret GoldSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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Arnoud VrolijkLeiden University Library
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Caroline Fernandes CaromanoFaculty of Humanities
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Gabriel InzaurraldeFaculty of Humanities
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Femke TomasFaculty of Archaeology
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Gabriel Spautz VieiraFaculty of Archaeology
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Arnout van ReeFaculty of Humanities
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Emil WolffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sebastian DiessnerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Abdallah Abu Ayyash
Faculty of Humanities
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Rashed Nazrabi
Faculty of Humanities
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Nina Witteman
Faculty of Humanities
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Thea Vliet VlielandFaculteit Geneeskunde
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‘Heritage is never neutral. It is always interpreted’
As of 1 September 2019, Prof. Pieter ter Keurs will assume the position of Scientific Director at the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development as well as that of Professor of Museums, Collections and Society at the Faculties of Humanities and Archaeology at Leiden University.…
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Podcast on latest developments in press freedom
The Press Freedom Monitor is set to be presented during this year’s World Press Freedom Day celebrations on 3 May. To mark this occasion, the interactive media museum Beeld & Geluid in The Hague will publish a three-part podcast series.
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Mark Leiser appointed International Research Fellow
Dr Mark Leiser, Assistant Professor in Law and Digital technologies at eLaw, has been appointed an International Research fellow at the Coordinated Research Center in Information Society and Law of the University of Milan in Italy. The aim of the Center is to conduct research on issues related to the…
- Faculty Roundtable: Societies, Emotions, and Receptions in (Modern) Literatures
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Honours College Science, Society and Self Information Session
Study information
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Conference unravels the mystery of collecting, preserving and displaying
Why and how do people collect things? Why does a museum display one object and not another? These questions are at the heart of the interdisciplinary research programme Museums, Collections and Society. The programme is holding a conference for scholars and the general public on 5 and 6 July.
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Mustafa Colak
Faculty of Humanities
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Kitty ZijlmansFaculty of Humanities
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Dunja WackersFaculty of Science
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How can academics be supported in the face of threats on social media?
'Academics who share their knowledge with the outside world on social media are often insulted or even threatened. Especially female academics and academics of colour seem to regularly be the victim of sexist and racist comments.' This is what Ineke Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature…
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Professor Pieter ter Keurs: 'People collect to function'
Professor Pieter ter Keurs has spent his entire career studying collecting. Now, he is retiring. ‘I hope the focus on collections will carry on.’
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Unique collaboration between knowledge institutions and municipality of Leiden
The city of Leiden has a unique combination of knowledge institutions. To ensure this knowledge flourishes and the city gains the maximum benefit from it, the Leiden City of Knowledge partnership was launched five years ago. A new partnership agreement will be signed on 11 November.
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MCS Scholarship for collection-oriented research: 'There can be a whole story behind something unimportant'
Would you like to do collection-oriented research, but do not have sufficient resources? Every year, the Museums, Collections and Society (MCS) research group makes several research scholarships available for this purpose. Researchers Elizabeth den Hartog and Marika Keblusek previously received an MCS…