2,842 search results for “de world van takes en culture” in the Staff website
-
Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
-
Was Suriname expensive or not? ‘The economic situation has never been properly assessed’
His Surinamese neighbours in Amsterdam gave Russia expert and economic historian Isaac Scarborough an idea: a re-evaluation of the Surinamese economy in the twentieth century. An NWO XS grant will enable him to make a start on this.
-
Building Future Heritage
Conference
-
How Google, Facebook and other digital platforms are influencing the work of journalists
Digital journalism is transforming the way in which information and communication technologies are used by media workers. With this change journalist practices, norms and values are also being reshaped. This is the conclusion of Tomás Dodds PhD research.
-
Bart Barendregt receives Vici grant for research on Artificial Intelligence in Muslim Southeast Asia
Bart Barendregt receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros from the NWO for his research project 'One between the Zeros, an Anthropology of Artificial Intelligence in Islam'.
-
Worlds shaped by words: A cross-linguistic investigation into the neural mechanisms of lexico-syntactic feature production
PhD defence
-
Disorienting Empire
Conference, Workshop
-
Logging in tropical forests has a major social impact on local people
Exploring logging's real impact: Insights from Anthropologist Tessa Minter in the Solomon Islands.
-
China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’
Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.
-
PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
-
After sixty years, German alumni are back in Leiden: ‘I presided over the meeting with a revolver’
They first entered the Academy Building fifty to sixty years ago. On 28 March, they were back for an afternoon: the members of the Dr Pfiffikus debating society of the German Studies programme. Former chair Hans van der Veen looks back on his student days.
-
Paneldiscussie: Een Rijkdom aan Talen
Debate, Paneldiscussie
-
Meet Dr. Lital Abazon LJSA Member
Prior to arriving to Leiden, Dr. Abazon completed her Ph.D. at Yale University's Department of Comparative Literature, where she also taught courses ranging from Introduction to Zionism to World Cinema.
-
Martijn van EtteFaculty of Humanities
-
Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
-
Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
-
Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
-
Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
-
Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
-
Chloe GrosFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Christina Pasvanti GkiokaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Mohammed Raiz ShaffiqueFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Sayeh MohammadiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Gavin RobinsonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Song TanFaculty of Humanities
-
Carlotta RigottiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Philippe van GruisenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Marie Schwed ShenkerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Nina van CapelleveenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
-
Herman SiemensFaculty of Humanities
-
Rutger HoekstraFaculty of Science
-
Bart CustersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Bruno VerbeekFaculty of Humanities
-
Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
-
Thomas FossenFaculty of Humanities
-
Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
-
Arie-Jan KwakFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Jacqueline VelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Jaap Corthals
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
-
Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
-
Edmund AmannFaculty of Humanities
-
Karolina PomorskaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Szilvia BiroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
-
Simone van der HofFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Martin BergerFaculty of Archaeology
-
Kees WaaldijkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Wil RoebroeksFaculty of Archaeology
-
Joost BroekensFaculty of Science
-
Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…