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Student maps Chinese language variation 06 June 2012
When Daan van Esch, master’s student in Chinese Studies, travelled through China last summer, he noticed that he often did not understand what the inh...
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How cuteness dominates Japanese culture 30 May 2012
Modern Japanese culture can best be described in one word: cute. Hello Kitty, the most important symbol of cuteness, can be found in all layers of soc...
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400 years of ties celebrated with new Dutch-Turkish dictionary 17 April 2012
The new Dutch-Turkish dictionary has been completed, just in time for the celebration of 400 years of Dutch-Turkish ties. It would not have been possi...
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Istanbul trip: brief but memorable 17 April 2012
‘This trip gives you the chance to experience at first hand what you learn about in your study programme,’ says Lars Moll, third-year student of Middl...
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Inaugural lecture Nira Wickramasinghe: South Asian political imaginaries 26 March 2012
How can historical archive sources by non-elite groups help us understand modern-day politics in South Asia? This is one of the main themes of Prof. N...
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China: custom anthropological solution for a world power 14 March 2012
Global versus local, democracy versus dictatorship, tradition versus modernisation: such contrasts make it difficult for anthropologists. They look in...
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First Skandapurāṇa Project fieldwork trip 31 January 2012
The Skandapurāṇa Project considers fieldwork to be essential to the study of purāṇic religious topography and the understanding of the socio-political...
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‘The disaster in Japan may turn out to be a turning point’ 25 January 2012
‘There is no such thing as a timeless Japanese soul,’ says newly appointed Professor in Modern Japan Studies Katarzyna Cwiertka. The first month of he...
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The king is dead. Long live the king? 19 December 2011
Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea, is dead. His youngest son Kim Jong Eun is expected to be his successor. Remco Breuker, Leiden Professor of Korea S...
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Launch Conference Asian Modernities and Traditions 08 September 2011
Leiden University's Asian Modernities and Traditions research area will be presented on 9 September, in the form a conference. The keynote speaker is ...
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‘In Asia you are first and foremost Chinese or Indian’ 06 September 2011
‘There is often a strong emphasis on the differences with Asia when actually there are so many similarities on all sorts of levels. Parents in Asia de...
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Tibetan unravels myth about founder of religion 27 May 2011
Kalsang Gurung is the first Tibetan to obtain his PhD in Leiden. He carried out research into the accounts of Shenrab Miwo, the founder of the Bön rel...
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President Shandong University (China) visits Leiden University 17 May 2011
On Friday 13 May, President Xu Xianming of Shandong University (SDU) visited Leiden. Leiden University and Shandong University have a long-lasting par...
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President Yamagata University (Japan) visits Leiden 17 May 2011
President Akio Yuki and his delegation were welcomed to Leiden by Vice-Rector Prof. Rietje van Dam-Mieras, Prof. Ivo Smits, Prof. Kasia Cwiertka and D...
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How does the brain of Japanese speakers choose pronunciation? 10 May 2011
The way in which written language is processed in the brain is a hot topic in cognitive research. Cognitive psychologist Rinus Verdonschot studied a J...