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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW 23 April 2019
Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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'I get to continue my academic career': archaeologist who fled Damascus for Leiden 09 April 2019
Ghazwan Yaghi was a leading archaeologist and researcher in Damascus but had to flee in 2014 because of the war. An NWO 'Refugees in Science' grant ha...
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Dutch involvement in labour exploitation in North Korea, China and Pakistan 02 April 2019
Clothes by big Western brands that are on sale in Dutch shops are sometimes made by North Korean workers. The Dutch state is co-financer of a motorway...
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Leiden Islam Academy launches online course ‘Islam in de klas’ for teachers 20 March 2019
‘Islam in de klas’ is a new course targeting primary school teachers to go online on 18 March by the Leiden Islam Academy (LIA). The online course aim...
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Meet our spring fellow: Christian Müller 01 March 2019
LUCIS is happy to welcome Christian Müller to Leiden from mid-April to mid-May.
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Marina Calculli on the recent developments of the UN mission in South Lebanon 13 February 2019
Once 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 2019
On 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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The Skandapurāṇa Volume IV published 01 February 2019
Skandapurāṇa IV presents a critical edition of Adhyāyas 70-95 from the Skandapurāṇa , with an introduction and annotated English synopsis.
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Being an Indonesian PhD in Leiden: what is that like? 24 January 2019
Wija Wijayanto and Arum Perwitasari both were Indonesian PhD students at Leiden University, funded by the Leiden-DIKTI Graduate Scholarship Programme....
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Call for Papers: "The Ties that Bind" 23 January 2019
From 3-6 December 2019 the conference “The Ties that Bind”: Mechanisms and Structures of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire will take place...
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This August: summer school Philology & Manuscripts from the Muslim World 16 January 2019
In August 2019, LUCIS will again organise a summer school on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world. Are you interested in handwritten materi...
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KU Leuven joins NISIS partnership 19 December 2018
We are very pleased to announce that KU Leuven joins the partnership of the Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies (NISIS). KU Leuven ...
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Just published: The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt 05 December 2018
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Rachel van den Berg: ‘My signature is above Willem-Alexander’s’ 04 December 2018
My name is Rachel van den Berg, and I’m 24 years old. Last year I received my master’s degree in Korean Studies, and I’m currently working as Logistic...
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NISIS moves to Utrecht University 04 December 2018
At 1 January 2019 NISIS will move from Leiden University to Utrecht University. Dutch research schools have to change host universities after a certai...