3,471 search results for “area in the spotlight” in the Public website
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Jue WangFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
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on Late Medieval Spirituality, Religious Practice and Visual Culture in the Low Countries
This project investigates how the first generation of Dutch printed books (the incunabula, 1473-1501) affected late medieval spirituality, religious practice and visual culture in the Low Countries.
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security actor: common security and defence policy and its challenges in the 2011 Libya crisis and 2014 Ukraine conflict
How can the problems in establishing a sustainable common security and defence mechanism for the EU be explained?
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political terrorism: The formation and destruction of the two-party system in the Red River Valley of Louisiana, 1865-1868
The project examines the political conflict in the Red River Valley of Louisiana between the majority-black Republican Party and the overwhelmingly white Democratic Party by studying the composition and actions of each party.
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socio-material network approach to patterns of homogeneity and diversity in the pre-colonial period
The modern-day Caribbean is a stunningly diverse but also intricately interconnected geo-cultural region, resulting partly from the islands’ shared colonial histories and an increasingly globalizing economy.
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Sulakshana de Mel in The Examiner: ‘When you look at food as a lens of your analysis, there’s so much you can read’
PhD candidate Sulakhana de Mel discusses the link between geography, trade and food in Sri Lankan newspaper The Examiner.
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The relationship between gesture, affect and rhythmic freedom in the performance of French tragic opera from Lully to Rameau
Baroque flautist Jed Wentz followed two years of dancing classes in order to develop the right feeling for the gestures required for the Baroque French opera genre ‘tragédie en musique’. In his dissertation, the links between gesture affect and rhythmic freedom in the performance of the tragédie en…
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history, repertoire and playing techniques of the Italian salterio in the eighteenth century
This research aims to fully recall these lost sound aspects of the eighteenth century and is, therefore, a study that passionately advocates the diversity of musical experience in the context of historical performance practice.
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visit by a delegation from Leiden University to Indonesia at the end of June highlighted the benefits of cooperation.
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A small ode to 412 dead
In 2011 Leiden University came into possession of the skeletons from a graveyard in Middenbeemster. But what could be done with all these bones and skulls? Well, the answer is: more than you might think. Since the excavation, it has been raining interesting scientific discoveries at the Faculty of Archaeology.…
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Urban Resilience. A case study of food waste perceptions and practices in The Hague.
How do different communities of residents in The Hague perceive and manage food waste in relation to citizenship (rights and responsibilities)?
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Roos van OostenFaculty of Archaeology
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Joanita VroomFaculty of Archaeology
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Wouter Veenendaal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Volunteer in the Hague
Are you passionate about peace, justice, and democracy, and keen to get involved in The Hague’s vibrant international community? This is your chance! The Global Transformations and Governance Challenges programme is leading Leiden University's participation in the Just Peace Festival!
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NVIC in the News
The New York Times published a long article about the DNA investigation that the FBI has done on the mummified head of Djehutinakht from Dayr al-Barsha. Our assistant director for Archaeology and Egyptology, Dr Marleen de Meyer, excavated the room in which the head was found in 2009.
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Salvador Santino RegilmeFaculty of Humanities
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the nature and properties of dark matter using the stellar kinematics in the centres of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies
Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe. Its properties cannot be explained with the known laws of physics and elementary particles.
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undisclosed trauma: A social network study on support and well-being in the context of childhood sexual abuse
Childhood sexual abuse is a common problem, with approximately one in five girls and one in 13 boys worldwide experiencing some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18. Despite its high prevalence, many individuals remain silent about these experiences, often delaying disclosure for years, with one…
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Rescue excavations in the Caribbean
Alongside the incredible devastation brought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the fall of 2017, the storms have had an extremely damaging effect on the archaeological site of Sauteurs Bay on the North coast of Grenada. This unique and important site is now left exposed and vulnerable to the elements.
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. War and Peace Studies
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Indigenous Knowledge of Medicinal, Aromatic and Cosmetic (MAC) Plants in the Utilisation of the Plural Medical System in Pirgos and Praitoria for
Promotor: Prof.dr. L.J. Slikkerveer
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Driving Men and Women to Engage in Far-Right Social Movement Activism in the Present-Day United States
In the present-day United States, to what degree(s) are far-right men and women similar and/or dissimilar in their motivating factors for engaging in far-right social movement activism?
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man’s problem? Comparing post #MeToo policy and awareness training in the Dutch and French cultural sectors
Why do sexual violence policies still fail to systematically address men and masculinities, when the need for cultural change among men has been central in public debates since #MeToo?
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Larger Than Life: The Ommerschans hoard and the role of giant swords in the European Bronze Age (1500-1100 BC)
This book aims to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding this exceptional group of larger-than-life Bronze Age blades.
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Somayah ElsayedFaculty of Science
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Arno KnobbeFaculty of Science
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Anja Schoots-SnijderICLON
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
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Laura SteenbergenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Marian HickendorffFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah WolffFaculty of Humanities
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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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Min ChoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities