1,072 search results for “south africa” in the Staff website
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Victor Barros CorreiaFaculty of Humanities
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Mamadou Togola
Faculty of Humanities
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Modibo Cisse
Faculty of Humanities
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Understanding coercive nuclear reversal dynamics
PhD defence
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Opening exhibition Kieran Smith
Arts and culture
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Rock art and wellbeing
Lecture, Workshop
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey, that’s interesting!’
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Special operations in an era of escalating great power competition: ‘There is no shortage of challenges’
On Tuesday 20 September, David Kilcullen, one of the world’s leading experts on modern warfare, visited Campus The Hague of Leiden University to discuss future developments in special operations and the escalating competition between great powers.
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Call for papers: Who is Asian? Definitions, Representations, and Marginalizations
Conference, Call for papers
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Aleydis Nissen on K-pop popularity in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030, an effort to reduce the country’s reliance on oil, may open up new opportunities for Korea. Spearheading the way is Hallyu — the Korean wave, led by K-pop and dramas as a soft power to open new business opportunities in the Middle East, especially…
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Policy and vision
Leiden University strengthens the impact of its research through strategic collaborations and innovative themes. Here you will find more information about our vision on internationalisation and partnerships, as well as answers to questions such as: How do I benefit from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus alliance?…
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Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam
Lecture
- Toogdag: The Concept of Justice in a War Era: The Cases of Gaza, South-Sudan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Political scientist teaches VWO pupils: ‘some knew more than I did at that age’
It is a full classroom: more than 30 pupils from 5 and 6 vwo are present to listen to political scientist Leila Demarest's lecture. She gives a brief introduction on the topic she is about to discuss: democracy in the global North and South. At first, the group seems a bit quiet, but when she asks questions…
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ASCL Seminar: Urban Transitions in the Global South - Harnessing opportunities and expanding possibilities
Lecture
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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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Samatar Botan investigates ancient Aksum with a Mosaic 2.0 grant
In July 2022 our alumnus Samatar Botan received the news that he had received the NWO Mosaic 2.0 grant. This grant enables him to start a PhD research at our Faculty on the ancient Aksumite Empire, a topic that is close to his heart. We speak with him about his ambitions and drive. ‘I want to know more…
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Rik van GijnFaculty of Humanities
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Israel-Palestine
Just Peace Festival
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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Public Speaking Competition for Students of Dutch Studies
Arts and culture, Competition
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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Eight projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to diversity and inclusion.
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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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Who’s still afraid of CRT? Equity research in education as resistance
Keynote & Q&A
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Careers: The Work-lIfe Experiences of Women Employed by Japanese and South Korean Firms
PhD defence
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The power of citizen science
From monitoring pollution to tracking rainfall, citizen science comes in different shapes and sizes. But at its heart, it’s about the relationships between citizens, policymakers and researchers.
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In memoriam: Carla Risseeuw, Professor emerita of CADS (1947 - 2024)
It is with great sadness that we share the news that on Friday, May 3rd 2024, Carla Risseeuw, Professor emerita of CADS, passed away. Carla Irene Risseeuw retired as Professor of Intercultural Gender Studies from CADS in 2009 after a long and productive career.
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Book Launch: After Savagery. Gaza, Genocide and the Illusion of Western Civilization
Book Launch
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Lola Verhoeven
Faculty of Humanities
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John Sunday OjoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Annas RabbaniFaculty of Science
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Windu Yusuf
Faculty of Humanities
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Marijke KlokkeFaculty of Humanities
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Nobuyuki SuzukiFaculty of Humanities
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Tanja Hendriks awarded Veni
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced that Tanja Hendriks, along with 17 Leiden University researchers, will receive a Veni grant, embedded at the ASCL. With this grant, Hendriks will be able to develop the research project 'Taking a Risk on Disasters: speculative humanitarianism amidst a changing…
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Aleydis Nissen in The Diplomat on BTS and mandatory military service
K-pop band BTS joining the Korean military is a compulsory obligation, one with increased meaning as tension builds on the Korean Peninsula and around the world, postdoc Aleydis Nissen writes in an article in The Diplomat.
- Migration and Remittances Major Projects: Wrapping Up and Ramping Up
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From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world
Conference
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Matthew Canfield and Danielle Chevalier receive NWO Grants
Matthew Canfield (Assistant Professor, Van Vollenhoven Institute) and Danielle Chevalier (Assistant Professor Law & Society, Van Vollenhoven Institute) both received XS Grants from the NWO Open Competition SSH for their respective research projects. These grants are a maximum of €50,000 and enable…
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Podcast tips for Pentecost
Are you looking for some listening material for the upcoming long weekend? Staff members and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have been creating various podcasts over the last few months. A selection is shown here:
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Stephen Ellis Debate on the role of African philosophy in peace and security
Debate
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In the Making #2: Etienne Kallos, Searching for a Diasporic Time Image
Lecture
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?
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CRG Seminar: The Economic Community of West African States at fifty: Edward Blyden and the road towards a people centered regional body
Lecture
- COGLOSS seminars 2024-2025
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entanglement of online and offline networks in times of conflict in Africa
Conference, 2-day Workshop
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Fanny Wonu Veys: ‘I want to introduce students to the art history of Oceania’
Fanny Wonu Veys was appointed Professor of Art and Material Culture of Oceania on 1 August. Time for an introduction.
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Book Talk: The Psychic Lives of Statues
Lecture, Book Talk
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Manufactured drought? An environmental history of water scarcity in Colonial Kenya, 1895-1952
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar