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7th NINO Annual Meeting 2026
Annual Meeting
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Sensing Darjeeling: Experiential Ethnographies Across Time
Workshop
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LUCIP Colloquium "Humans as Heaven: Innaecheon 人乃天, and the Resilient Spirit of Korean Democracy and the Korean Wave"
Lecture
- Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation
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CPP Colloquium "Global Justice Beyond North vs South"
Lecture
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against
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‘A doctor! You?’ Three women on their PhD and career
Rietje Knaap’s (83) PhD was a real feat of endurance, but she persisted. ‘You’re married so you don’t need a pension, do you?’ What are the experiences of Knaap and women who followed in her footsteps? In the run-up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, three generations of female doctors look back…
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Connecting Crafting Communities
PhD defence
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‘Verkiezingen 2025: Herstel van de stabiele democratie of verder met chaos'
Debate
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From the Solo to the Madura Strait
PhD defence
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OIKOS Crash Course in Greek Palaeography 2026
Course
- Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2025: History of Emotions (5 ECTS)
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Lustrum: 75 years English Language and Culture programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
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LINE Mini-symposium on Happiness & Enthusiasm
Lecture
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’
A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also attended the signing of a twinning agreement between the cities of Leiden and Nagasaki and the opening of a bridge to Dejima, once literally the bridge between…
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Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire on Rwanda and PTSD
Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire led the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994, but was unable to prevent a genocide from unfolding before his very eyes. Eight hundred thousand people lost their lives. In his Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November, this retired Lieutenant-General from Canada speaks…
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
- Medieval Studies' Day (1 ECTS)
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No one is a censor: How Chinese book editors consider potential consequences of their decisions
Lecture, LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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Racism versus Socialism in Cuba
Lecture, Discussion
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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LCCP Colloquium "We, Who, Where to? On Jean-Luc Nancy and Transplantation as a Model for Rethinking History Relationally"
Lecture
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Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts
Conference
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
- Archival Sources (5 ECTS)
- Masterclass Heraldry (3 ECTS)
- Archival Sources (5 ECTS)
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Iftar in the squares. The public celebration of Ramadan in medium-sized Spanish cities
Lecture, Seminar
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Normalizing Racism Through Denial: Online Discursive Strategies Against Kurds in Turkey
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Whose Language Is It, Anyway? Mapping Arabic in Modern Hebrew Literature
Middle East Studies Lecture
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The Shii Law of War Booty: What Imamis and Zaydis Say about the Division of the Khums
Middle East Studies Lecture
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The Content Outsider: Israel's Role in Regional Ordering
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Religion and Secularism in Turkish television drama
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Blade Runner 2025?
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Dutch Research Council pilot programme funding for seven researchers
Seven researchers from Leiden University have made a successful application to the Open Competition SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) XS, a Dutch Research Council pilot programme.
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These are the nominees for the 2022 Faculty Teaching Prize!
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students, and a jury – comprising students and lecturers – decides who will receive the prize. The prize will be awarded during the official opening of the academic year on 7 September. Meet this year’s…
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Alumni stand for European Parliament
Fourteen of the candidates for the European parliamentary elections on 23 May studied at Leiden University. We ask four of them about their motivation and ambitions. In this article: Conny van Stralen, who studied German, and Maurice Hoogeveen, who studied history.
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Statement on Academic Freedom – The Rectors of the Dutch Universities (2025)
Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecological restoration would be severely limited; just like ethical reflection on artificial intelligence, justice, trauma, parenting, faith and hope. All these…
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Leiden University presents Scaliger medal to the Europaeum academic community
The Europaeum academic community was awarded the Scaliger medal on 23 September in recognition of its promotion of academic values. Andrew Graham, trustee to the Europaeum and founder and honorary advisor to the Scholars Programme, was presented with the medal by President of the Executive Board Annetje…
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Executive Board visits African Studies Centre: ‘We work from African perspectives’
From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during a recent visit by the Executive Board, staff from the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Library presented their research, teaching and acquisition…
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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'No, I don't find my work creepy'
Archaeologist Hayley Mickleburgh has already appeared in the Dutch papers a few times already due to her unusual work: the study of decomposing bodies. She studied at Leiden University, where she is now a researcher.
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CFP MA Masterclass Feminist Theory with Lynne Huffer
CFP: Two-day PhD/ Research MA masterclass Feminist Theory with and around the work of Prof. dr. Lynne Huffer organised by the OZSW in cooperation with NOG
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ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon visits Leiden University
Storm clouds are gathering for the European grants for ‘excellent’ research. Researchers therefore need to explain how important these grants are. This is what Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council (ERC), had to say during a visit to Leiden University on Thursday 24 Apr…
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Scholar at Risk Lety Elvir Lazo: ‘My university intimidated me too’
The proceeds of the Leiden University Science Run on 28 September will go to Scholars at Risk, a section of the UAF that assists refugee scholars. One such scholar is Leiden PhD candidate Lety Elvir Lazo from Honduras.
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Content key factor in choosing a master’s programme
Last Friday was Master’s Open Day time once again. Students from home and abroad descended on Leiden and The Hague to find out more about our master’s programmes. Alongside the presentations, the information fairs gave them a good opportunity to ask any questions.
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14 Veni grants awarded to Leiden researchers
Fourteen promising researchers from Leiden University have been given the opportunity to realise their research plans for the coming years thanks to a Veni grant from the NWO. This year, these subsidies have been granted to studies of the influence of noise on the great tit, the conditions necessary…