News
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Studying in an ultramodern and traditional China 13 September 2016
More and more Leiden students are studying in China. Two of them talk about their summer course there. 'Now I understand better the kind of country Ch...
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Summer meeting in Leiden 07 September 2016
After a fruitful meeting in Kyoto earlier this year, this year’s second team meeting was held at Leiden University last September. On the agenda were ...
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Devin DeWeese will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in September 2016 05 September 2016
Devin DeWeese, Indiana University Bloomington, will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor between 5-17 September 2016. Professor DeWeese will deliver...
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Understanding Asia better 30 August 2016
There are numerous ways in which Asia and the West influence one another. Having a good understanding of the countries of Asia and their inhabitants i...
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Emoticons in Ancient Egypt 30 August 2016
The advent of script has never managed to eliminate the use of symbols. This is the finding of research carried out by Kyra van der Moezel on Ancient ...
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'Using few words to say a lot – that’s the art of blogging' 24 August 2016
Many Humanities scholars keep a blog of their own. This summer, we’re putting these in the spotlight. For this week’s interview, we sat down with Anne...
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“It gets a lot of positive response” 22 July 2016
Many Humanities scholars keep a blog of their own. This summer, we’re putting these in the spotlight. For this week’s interview, we sat down with dr. ...
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers 15 July 2016
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awar...
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NWO Internationalisation in the Humanities Grant for 'Text in Context' 13 July 2016
Cisca Hoogendijk received an NWO Internationalisation in the Humanities Grant for the project 'Text in Context: Recontextualising the papyri from Roma...
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Call for papers: Second Conference on Middle Period Chinese Humanities 06 July 2016
Following the success of The Middle Period Chinese Studies Conference held in 2014 at Harvard University, we welcome paper proposals for the second co...
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How North Korea forces labourers to work in Poland 05 July 2016
Leiden researchers discovered that North Korean labourers are being forced to work on a large scale in Poland. Professor of Korea Studies Remco Breuke...
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Archaeology school in Israel 01 July 2016
Many mosaic stones and potsherds have been excavated, and a Byzantine synagogue is revealing its history layer by layer. The excavations at Horvat Kur...
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How Wayang storytelling is changing 01 July 2016
Wayang is a centuries-old Javanese tradition, but this style of puppet theatre is undergoing serious change. Kathryn Emerson shows this based on the w...
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Amirardalan Emami awarded the Houtan Scholarship 2016 01 July 2016
We are proud to announce that Amirardalan Emami has been awarded the Houtan Scholarship (3500€) to help fund his PhD project “Transformation in Ancien...
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Iran expert Maaike Warnaar columnist for Leidsch Dagblad 30 June 2016
The next few weeks Iran expert Maaike Warnaar will write a weekly column in the Leidsch Dagblad. She will write about her work and about private matters.