1,146 search results for “south east area” in the Student website
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Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion?
Political scientist Kevin Köhler (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This prestigious grant enables him to set up a research group in the coming five years. Köhler and his team will examine how elite conflict affects processes of regime change…
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Healthcare and the Dutch East India Company: Two centuries of arrogance and challenges
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research reveals that although healthcare in Asia was well organised, the VOC faced persistent problems for two centuries.
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Inspiring stories and ‘gezelligheid’ at the reunion and career day of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Staff members, alumni, and students were greeted by a warm spring day to follow the various programmes during the reunion and career day of BA South and Southeast Asian Studies. From alumni panels and yoga session to informal activities such as board games.
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden archaeologists play a role in repatriating Central and South American heritage
On 3 September 2025, more than 30 archaeological objects were returned to Peru, Panama and Costa Rica. The objects come from a private collection belonging to the descendants of physician and amateur archaeologist Dr Hans Feriz. In her will, his daughter stipulated that the objects collected by her…
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Ahmet Serdar GünaydinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Igor BoogFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jonathan OuelletFaculty of Archaeology
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Salvador Santino Regilme in East Asia Forum: 'The Philippines confronts Duterte’s authoritarian legacy at The Hague'
In a newly published article in East Asia Forum (Australian National University), Salvador Santino Regilme, reflects on the global significance of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest and trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
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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.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Paul KloegLeiden University Libraries
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Looking back on the Area Fair: Have you made your area and language choice yet?
As the deadline for choosing a region of study dwells on International Studies Students, on October 28th, the yearly Area Fair was held. Students could walk around the Schouwburgstraat building as presentations, stands filled with snacks from the area, and workshops were being offered.
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Asia Academy #17: South Korea's Political Rollercoaster
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Cisca HoogendijkFaculty of Humanities
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
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Bruno BraakFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sanjukta PoddarFaculty of Humanities
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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Michela PiccinFaculty of Humanities
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Victor KlinkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Dutch East Indies tax system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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Patchwork of police checks across Schengen area
The Schengen countries officially abolished border controls, but checks actually still exist. Maartje van der Woude has written a book about these veiled border controls: ‘The danger is that Schengen will have lots of borders, just not visible ones.’
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Ilan PeledFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolas Blarel
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mohamed MuseFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sam BotanFaculty of Archaeology
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Marike van AerdeFaculty of Archaeology
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Annas RabbaniFaculty of Science
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Wim van den DoelAdministration and Central Services
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Erik OdegardFaculty of Humanities
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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.
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?
- Do Communities Build Monuments or Do Monuments Build Communities?
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculty of Archaeology
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Natalia DonnerFaculty of Humanities
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Eduardo Alves VieiraFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Nisida GjoksiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Bleda DüringFaculty of Archaeology
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Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Pouwel van SchootenFaculty of Humanities