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How a UN mission in Cambodia became a 'success' by taking sides17 October 2023The peacekeeping operation in Cambodia (1991-1993) by the United Nations is generally regarded as an important and rare peacekeeping success. Research...
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Expanding space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa17 October 2023The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) aims to shift the focus of global health to be more about justice, fairness, and inclusion....
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‘Leiden and the university can learn a lot from each other’03 October 2023We always need to find a new way to tell the story of 3 October, believes Ariadne Schmidt. The professor by special appointment of History of Urban Cu...
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Florian Herrendorf wins Fruinprijs 202315 September 2023Florian Herrendorf has won the Fruin Prize 2023. His thesis was chosen out of 11 nominees as the best master's thesis in history studies.
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Carla Cisternas Guasch receives research grant of the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation12 September 2023Carla Cisternas Guasch, PhD candidate at the Leiden Institute for History, is one of the winners of the 2023 call of the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foun...
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‘India in the World’: An Interaction with Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda12 September 2023Rahul Gandhi, former president of the Indian National Congress, was on the Hague Campus on 10 September. Gandhi was accompanied by his advisor, Sam Pi...
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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers05 September 2023Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their resear...
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Dario Fazzi becomes professor by special appointment: ‘We live in an era of tremendous ecological challenges’30 August 2023Historian Dario Fazzi is the new professor by special appointment at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), a strategic partner of the F...
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As old as the road to Rome: 'Fake news was already to be found in ancient times'21 August 2023Fake news a new phenomenon? Not according to Rens Tacoma and Indira Huliselan. In an NWO project, the associate professor and PhD student will delve i...
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers03 August 2023Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards off...
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Influencers, X and WhatsApp: social media and the coup in Niger02 August 2023A number of European countries have started evacuating their citizens and there is a threat of military intervention by neighbouring countries: the si...
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Book presentation 'Coping with Versnel'26 July 2023At a festive book presentation on the 21st of July in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities Leiden professor emeritus Henk Versnel received a copy ...
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Photo impression of conference on the Good Friday Agreement06 July 2023On 25 May, Schouwburgstraat hosted an conference on the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. This event brought together a panel of speakers...
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery04 July 2023In a speech on Keti Koti (meaning ‘the chain is broken’ and the name given to 1 July, the day marking the abolition of slavery) the Dutch king, Willem...
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Dancing around the throne: networking in the time of King William I26 June 2023Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I's time. Joost Welten's latest book reveals h...