In the media
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Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy: ‘The Instagram influencer should also be preserved as a historical source’ 08 June 2020Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy, assistant professor of African History and International Studies, has received a Comenius Teaching Fellow grant of 50,0...
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André Gerrits: ‘Coronavirus is speeding up social developments' 05 June 2020All the world leaders have had to choose an approach during the global Covid-19 crisis. But which approach is the most effective? André Gerrits, Profe...
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Alice Twemlow on trash, deep time and the Scottish Enlightenment geologist, James Hutton 02 June 2020Alice Twemlow has recently been interviewed for Design Exhibition Scotland.
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Alumna Aileen Ye on the Blue Nile project 07 April 2020Aileen Ye graduated from the BA International Studies in 2019 and is a board member of the Leiden University Green Office (LUGO). She also works on Bl...
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Marina Terkourafi in Forbes on the impact of language on perceptions on belonging 23 March 2020What makes for a good team? In a series of articles on teams, Forbes referred to the work of Marina Terkourafi, professor of Sociolinguistics at Leide...
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Lively debate after panel on current events in Iran 06 February 2020Over 170 people took part in the panel on current events in Iran organized by LUCIS. A bustling crowd of Dutch-Iranians, students, University staff, a...
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Visit ambassadors to the University Library Special Collections 18 December 2019Special visit of seven ambassadors of the Arabic-speaking world to the University Library
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019 06 December 2019The fourth edition of the Middle Eastern Culture market was a great success with more than 2000 visitors over the weekend. Attendees participated in t...
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'Invisible agents' by Nadine Akkerman most discussed book at Hay Festival 21 June 2019University Lecturer Nadine Akkerman concluded her book tour for her book 'Invisible Agents' in England at the Hay Festival. At the festival, attended ...
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33 sayings highlight multilingual The Hague 25 March 2019Since March 5th, the road between Holland Spoor Station and the old city centre of The Hague (also called the “Loper Oude Centrum”) features 33 saying...
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Marina Calculli on the recent developments of the UN mission in South Lebanon 13 February 2019Once it was considered the Switzerland of the Middle East, but today Lebanon is a country deeply affected by the economic crisis, political stalemate ...
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Yearly lecture on papyrology announced 06 February 2019On Tuesday March 26, 2019 the yearly public lecture on papyrology will be held (in Dutch) by Prof. dr. Peter van Minnen (University of Cincinnati), en...
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Subtle sounds open things in the mind 06 December 2018Distance / Fiction is a sound installation that deals with the ways listening is entwined with processes and techniques of sound mediation.
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Bachelor Religious Studies top program according to 'Keuzegids Universiteiten 2019' 23 November 2018The bachelor program Religious Studies has, besides also Linguistics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, been awarded by the 'Keuzevakkengids Universite...
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Adriaan van der Weel about E-READ in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 18 October 2018Researchers from more than 30 countries have been discussing the changes in reading through digitization in the European research network E-READ. Adri...