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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories
Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history, will give an online lecture about forgotten stories from the Second World War. Via Open Jewish Homes, moving stories can be heard online of Jewish alumni.…
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Leiden University partner in research on handwriting and image recognition
The Leiden Centre of Data Science and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science are part of a consortium that will carry out research on making illustrated and handwritten archives digitally accessible. The project is funded by NWO.
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture
On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.
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Van Marum Mini Symposium
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Dreaming of a start-up? These students are taking the plunge: ‘Just do it and see where it goes’
Many students dream of running their own business. But where to start? The Master Honours Challenge ‘Entrepreneurship’ helps students figure things out. ‘Now I can actually go for it.’
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Carmen Van den Bergh on her nomination for the LUS Teaching Prize: ‘It’s an encouragement to further develop passion for literature and education’
Assistant professor Carmen Van den Bergh has been nominated for the Leiden University Teaching Prize. ‘I combine literature education with social relevance and personal experience.’
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Import in the Stone Age? How object biographies shed new light on the Neolithic
On April 22, Lasse van den Dikkenberg defended his dissertation: Living with Flint. For this, he examined flint finds from the Rhine-Meuse Delta. These finds belong to the Vlaardingen culture, which existed here from 3400-2500 BC. His research revealed that import played a larger role in the Neolithic…
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LUCIP Colloquium "Gender and Emotion in Chinese Thought and Cultures"
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Opera Viva: Ah, l'Amor
Arts and culture, Opera lecture
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Meet postdoc Ana Zora Maspoli: ‘I came to Leiden to find a new way to look at the dilemma of Romanisation’
Looking for a different approach in the ongoing discussions on the ethereal matter of Romanisation, Ana Zora Maspoli joined Miguel John Versluys’ research group as a postdoc guest researcher. While she has been active in our Faculty since February 2022, you may not have met her yet due to the Covid-19…
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Why do we always have room for pudding?
In De Kookshow, Universiteit Van Nederland explores the scientific world behind food. Ever wondered which senses influence how tasty you find something? And why do you always have room for pudding after a meal? Leiden historian Kim Beerden is among the scholars providing answers.
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Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing
Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…
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Hanna Swaab
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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The importance of an interdisciplinary approach to open information provision in palliative care
What if seriously ill patients do not want to hear their diagnosis? Does a clinician always need to provide a patient with all available information? Communication researcher Liesbeth van Vliet, medical anthropologist Annemarie Samuels and research intern Fiona Brosig will put these questions on open…
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Frank ChouraquiFaculty of Humanities
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Book presentation: 'Opheffers' - Wim van den Doel
Book presentation
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Van Marum Mini Symposium
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
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Ahmad Nuril HudaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Siyun WuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
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Brigitte TheeuwesICLON
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Benjamin StormeFaculty of Humanities
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Zulfadhli NasutionFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zifan MengFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Swargajyoti GohainFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
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Miyuki KerkhofHonours Academy
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Xinyu DongFaculty of Humanities
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Qinxin HeFaculty of Humanities
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
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Amit KurienFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Andreas KrogullFaculty of Humanities
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Marion ElenbaasFaculty of Humanities
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U.S. Cultural Diplomacy from the End of the Cold War to Trump 2.0
Lecture, Book Launch
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the paramount importance of the truth – and why we shouldn’t always take images at face value
Hak, lawyer, international imagery law lecturer, and adjunct associate professor, talks about his PhD research on the use of images in international criminal prosecutions. He was a public prosecutor in Canada for over 30 years and dealt primarily with the prosecution of homicides and other major cri…
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Knowledge gap due to exodus of Dutch MPs
With the exodus of departing parliamentarians, which seems to have gained momentum this summer, the loss of experience in parliament after the upcoming general election in the Netherlands will be considerable. A cause for concern according to Wim van De Camp, former CDA MP, and Wim Voermans, Professor…
- IBL Spotlight - Han de Winde and IBL Analytical Facility
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.
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What makes peace sustainable?
‘Realising we have shared ancestors and that our past is dynamic makes us more accepting of others.’ Sada Mire is an archaeologist at Leiden University and a former refugee – she fled from the civil war in Somalia. At the HagueTalks night during the Just Peace Festival, she will share her thoughts on…
- OSCoffee: Contributions of open science to research culture – A scoping review
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Decolonisation in art: 'That darkness says: up to here and no further'
It was not light, but its absence that caught Stephanie Noach's attention a few years ago. With her research on darkness in art, she aims to show how darkness can question and sometimes even undermine colonial imagery.