3,441 search results for “talen en culturele van de world” in the Public website
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Book presentation: In Staat van Beleg - Aeneas Tacticus
Lecture, Book presentation
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Van woorden naar daden: (doen) wat werkt in suïcidepreventie
Inaugural lecture
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How Dutch Brazil was lost
The Amsterdam media played a major role in the rise and fall of Dutch Brazil, the colony held briefly by the Dutch West India Company in the 17th century. This is the conclusion reached by Professor of Maritime History Michiel van Groesen in his book ‘Amsterdam’s Atlantic’.
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Sara Polak: ‘Corona unveils great social inequality in the US’
Following China and Italy, it appears that the United States is becoming the next epicentre of the coronacrisis. Can the US handle this crisis? Is president Trump dealing with the situation correctly? We asked Leiden America expert Sara Polak.
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The forgotten history of Dutch slavery in Guyana
When we think of the history of Dutch slavery, the areas that spring to mind are primarily the Antilles and Suriname. However, until the end of the eighteenth century there were also Dutch plantation colonies in neighbouring Guyana. Bram Hoonhout’s book ‘Borderless Empire’ describes this forgotten h…
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Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of war
Paul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. The war years brought his lightning career to an abrupt end: his son was murdered and he himself was imprisoned in a concentration camp. A sad family…
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Presentations and Lectures
Members of our research team give different types of presentations and lectures.
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Pieter Slaman: German occupation lengthened mandatory education
Assistant professor and dual PhD candidate, Pieter Slaman writes in Binnenlands Bestuur about the fact that the German occupier lengthened the period of mandatory education in The Netherlands.
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Double standards in the prosecution of violent fathers
The prosecution of violent fathers is regularly abandoned, supposedly ‘in the best interests of the child’. Assistant professor Mojan Samadi responds in an interview with RTL and Investico: ‘It’s problematic if you accept this argument as a matter of course.’
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Scholarship in Antiquity on the Occasion of the Eightieth Birthday of Arie van der Kooij
Symposium
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War in the Middle East: What are the implications?
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.
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'Language is part of your identity’
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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Van Marum Colloquium/RISE Lecture: Quantum-Derived Kinetics of Photo/electrocatalysis on Metals
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium: Playing to strengths : the advantages of using boron doped diamond electrodes in electrochemical research
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium: Exploring the Interfacial Properties and Electrocatalytic Activity of Platinum-Palladium Single Crystal Alloys
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Van Marum Colloquium: Tale of Two Beamers: results from recent improvements in two molecular beam scattering instruments
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Van Marum Colloquium: Technological Developments for EC-STM Measurements: Single-molecule Reaction Measurements and Development of Electrodeposited
Lecture
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Mohammed Raiz ShaffiqueFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Christina Pasvanti GkiokaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Andrew Sorensen -
Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Nina van CapelleveenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carlotta RigottiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marie Schwed ShenkerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas FossenFaculty of Humanities
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Gavin RobinsonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Chloe GrosFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joost Broekens -
Arie-Jan KwakFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline VelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Karolina PomorskaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Herman SiemensFaculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Bruno VerbeekFaculty of Humanities
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Bart CustersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
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Views on Africa
In the media, we hear a lot of worrying news from Africa: refugees, attacks, Ebola, starvation, corruption... But Africa is much more than that: it is a continent in transition, with developments occurring at breakneck speed. African Studies scholars from different academic disciplines in Leiden conduct…
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Gijsbert Rutten new professor of Dutch Linguistics
Gijsbert Rutten has been appointed professor of Dutch Linguistics with effect from 1 July. In this position, he will focus on language change and language variation, with a particular emphasis on historical sociolinguistics.
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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.
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Van Marum Colloquium: New frontiers in modeling nanoporous materials and their applications at the crossroads of quantum mechanics, statistical
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium: Voltage-Driven Water-Dissociation Catalysis: Fundamentals to Applications Advanced Bipolar Membrane Technology
Lecture
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Can Parkinson's be stopped by unravelling protein fibres? Anne Wentink finds out with a Vidi grant from NWO
In brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, proteins clump together to form fibres. ‘Chaperone proteins’ unravel those fibres, but in the test tube biochemist Anne Wentink saw that this can also cause new problems. She is going to find out what happens inside cells to determine what a drug…
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Exploiting the Empires of Others: Vici grant for Cátia Antunes
Having mostly ignored the gains Dutch traders, investors and firms attained from serving the French, English and Iberian empires, debate in the Netherlands now demands a re-evaluation of Dutch colonial responsibilities. By recovering knowledge of these gains, this project will measure the wealth obtained…