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Lara Weiss: ‘Egypt is not just pyramids and mummies’ 16 December 2019
Egyptologist Lara Weiss is curator at The National Museum of Antiquities and has been leading the VIDI research project 'Walking Dead' since 2017. The...
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Cuneiform reveals shared birthplace 05 December 2019
Assyriologists in Leiden have been conducting research into ancient clay tablets from the Middle East for 100 years already. What exactly do these cla...
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Persian poetry knows no frontiers 28 November 2019
The Persian language and its poetry are intertwined with the history of Central Asia. Although some mediaeval poets were later claimed by an individua...
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Four top courses for Humanities 27 November 2019
Four bachelor courses are rewarded as Top courses.
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A look at the communication strategies of a Chinese state-owned media outlet 21 November 2019
How does the Chinese government communicate with its citizens? Yuxi Nie obtained her PhD with her thesis on communication strategies of the Chinese st...
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Berthe Jansen receives Early Career Award for research into ancient Tibet 06 November 2019
Berthe Jansen receives an Early Career Award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for her research on Buddhism and law in an...
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KNAW Early Career Awards for three Leiden researchers 05 November 2019
Three young researchers from Leiden have received an Early Career Award from KNAW for their innovative research. The award consists of the sum of 15,0...
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Coco van Beveren and Frits Brouwer win the LUCSoR thesis price 2019 07 October 2019
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religiewetenschap (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two thesis prices each...
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‘An inclusive university begins with which books you choose’ 24 September 2019
Sociologist Aya Ezawa is the new Diversity Officer at Leiden University. What is the University doing well and what could it do better? ‘It’s taken mu...
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How radical Islam gained a foothold in Indonesia 16 September 2019
In recent decades, a more radical Islam has been on the rise in Indonesia, but the government now promotes a moderate form of Islam. In his inaugural ...
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Geert Jan van Gelder 11 September 2019
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Emeritus Geert Jan van Gelder to Leiden. He is the second Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cul...
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Leonard Blussé receives prestigious Fukuoka Prize in Japan 11 September 2019
Leonard Blussé, Professor Emeritus of History of European-Asian Relations, was awarded the 13th Fukuoka Prize in Japan on 10 September.
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Theological pamphlets reveal passionate religious debate 09 September 2019
They might not have had Twitter, but they did have brochures (pamphlets), the Roman Catholics and ‘modern’ Protestants between 1840 and 1870. In these...
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Knighthood for Professor Henk Schulte Nordholt 09 September 2019
Professor Henk Schulte Nordholt was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion on Friday 6 September 2019 for his services to the study of Ind...
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Exhibition puts ‘forgotten’ part of the Silk Road in the spotlight 04 September 2019
The story of the iconic Silk Road is often told from the Chinese perspective. An exhibition at Oude UB focuses on the inhabitants and monuments of his...