In the media
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As with Nixon: will the security services bring Trump down? 24 July 2018The American security services brought down American President Nixon, not the media as people generally believe. Andrew Gawthorpe, researcher on diplo...
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New book Invisible Agents by Nadine Akkerman in the media 16 July 2018Nadine Akkerman released her new book Invisible Agents in July 2018. View the reviews on BBC History and Telegraph UK. Keith Simpson added it to his s...
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Eugenio Cusumano on Euronews about EU's migration dilemma 09 July 2018A tv crew from Euronews came to Leiden to interview Eugenio Cusumano about his work on migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean. Eugenio is an ...
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Letting go of perfection. PhD candidate creates opera about the rebel composer Monteverdi 19 June 2018As part of his PhD research at the Leiden University, Johannes Boer wrote an opera about the turbulent year in the life of the Italian composer Claudi...
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Interview with Elske Tinbergen in the Mare 19 June 2018On June 13 cellist Elske Tinbergen received her PhD. Her doctorate was on the history of her own instrument.
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Tirana Spring School lectures online! 09 May 2018Thanks to the Department of Ethnology of the Albanian research institute for Cultural Antropology and Art Studies (IAKSA) the lectures given during th...
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Just published: Festschrift in honour of Sven P. Vleeming 09 May 2018Just published:
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Jue Wang on China and 'trade wars' 10 April 2018Tensions ran high last week after China published a list on Wednesday of $50 billion in American products that would be hit by tariffs; a direct respo...
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Koen de Ceuster about North Korea's Winter Olympics propaganda 13 March 2018With the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang being over, it can undoubtedly be said that a lot transpired between the both Koreas: the visit of Kim Jo...
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Religious Studies does well in QS Rankings by Subject 08 March 2018Leiden’s Religious Studies ranks 40th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Former Leiden Colleague Sven Vleeming honored with ‘Festschrift’ 21 February 2018On February 2nd, 2018, Professor Sven P. Vleeming of Trier University was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ to celebrate his retirement last summer. The ...
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Nira Wickramasinghe about confronting Sri Lanka's past 09 February 2018Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of modern South Asian studies at Leiden University, spoke to Al Jazeera about Sri Lanka's turbulent past: "There wasn't...
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Blog of conference proceedings Connecting in Times of Duress 30 November 2017Mirjam de Bruijn's VICI project Connecting in Times of Duress held its final conference in N'Djamena, Chad, from 23 to 29 October.
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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BNR De Wereld: How dangerous is North Korea? 27 October 2017What is the relationship between America and North Korea? How big are the chances that a war will break out? How important are the personalities of Tr...