In the media
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An Interview with Kiri Paramore, Author of Japanese Confucianism 24 March 2016For more than 1500 years, Confucianism has played a major role in shaping Japan's history - from the formation of the first Japanese states during the...
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History and Linguistics in Leiden #19 and #28 in QS ranking 2016 22 March 2016In QS’s World University Rankings of 2016, Leiden University’s History and Linguistics programme rank #19 and #28, respectively. This makes the Histor...
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In memoriam: Professor Cees Fasseur 14 March 2016It is with great sadness that Leiden University has learned of the death of Professor Cees Fasseur (11 December 1938–13 March 2016).
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Maaike Warnaar in the news about the Iranian elections 29 February 2016On 29 February there appeared a column by Maaike Warnaar in the Volkskrant on the Iranian elections.
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Fulbright Archival Research Trip in New York (October 2015 – January 2016) 24 February 2016Joris van den Tol spent three months doing archival research in Albany in the USA. Read on how he experienced his stay.
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Launch Leiden | Islam interview series 23 February 2016Why is Arabic poetry relevant for our understanding of the Arabic-speaking world? Arabist James Montgomery explains this in the first video interview ...
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Remco Breuker: 'North Korea is not a state. It's a company' 12 February 2016How to deal with the Pyongyang regime? Is North Korea irrational? Prof. Remco Breuker proposes a new approach.
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Jan Michiel Otto talks about the rise of IS in Libya in RTL news and Radio 1 05 February 2016The West is considering military intervention in Libya to stop the rise of IS. The question is: what does IS want in Libya and what can and will the W...
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NWO reports on VIDI project Erik Kwakkel 04 February 2016
In his VIDI project “Turning Over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance” (2010-2015) Erik Kwakkel and his team studied...
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New editions of the Journal of Sonic Studies 26 January 2016How can we understand the impact and importance of sound?
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Petra Sijpesteijn 18 January 2016Arabist and papyrologist Petra Sijpesteijn has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for her research on the early Islamic ...
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Nathanja van den Heuvel on television 08 January 2016On Friday the 8th of January 2016, our PdD student Nathanja van den Heuvel made a public appearance on national television.
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Leiden Students help Create The Hague Manifesto to celebrate UN @ 70 19 November 2015
The Hague Project Peace & Justice, in cooperation with Dr. Alanna O’Malley of the Leiden University Institute for History, organized a one-day confere...
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Interview with Hafez Ismaili m'Hamdi about his course 'From Plato to Pussy Riot' 02 November 2015
In the interview by Manu Sinjan, published in Eos Memo, Hafez Ismaili m'Hamdi addresses questions about the changing role of music in society through ...
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Photo Collection Research Tutorial 15 January 2015
Maartje van den Heuvel, researcher and curator of photography at Leiden University, will be giving a tutorial next semester to master students of Film...