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Book Launch for Sarah Cramsey’s Uprooting the Diaspora23 October 2023On September 20, the Austria Centre Leiden and the Leiden Jewish Studies Association convened a panel to celebrate the launch of Prof. dr. Sarah A. Cr...
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Visiting Scholar Dr. Lena Sadovski talks about religious hyperdiversity in early modern south-east Europe23 October 2023On October 11, the Austria Centre Leiden teamed up with the Leiden Jewish Studies Association to welcome Dr. Lena Sadovski for a lunch time talk. Fift...
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'23 October 2023When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks universi...
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A meaningful view of diversity? You'll find it in art20 October 2023What does it mean to be a migrant in a big city? According to assistant professor Kamila Krakowska Rodrigues, artists have the answer to that question...
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Silence as a form of activism: 'It is precisely by being silent that you sometimes keep the conversation open'20 October 2023We talk too little about silence, thinks university lecturer Gerlov van Engelenhoven. He has been awarded a Veni grant to investigate the role of sile...
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Looking for that one source? Check the UB's databases19 October 2023Japanese newspapers, photo archives from the Dutch East Indies or information on gender and sexuality: all these can be found in the University Librar...
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Alumnus Rennie Roos: ‘I want to work with Indonesia in the present day’18 October 2023Alumnus Rennie Roos lives and works in Indonesia. What took him there, what does he do there and what inspires him? ‘I want to give other people the o...
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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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LIFF programmer Nick Hortensius: 'It's great to share your taste with so many people'17 October 2023Alumnus Nick Hortensius started volunteering at the Leiden International Film Festival (LIFF) in his student days. He has since grown with the festiva...
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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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Decolonisation in art: 'That darkness says: up to here and no further'13 October 2023It was not light, but its absence that caught Stephanie Noach's attention a few years ago. With her research on darkness in art, she aims to show how ...
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Professor bids farewell with roadshow in Indonesia: 'One big celebration of recognition'12 October 2023Whereas most outgoing professors are offered a congress, Nico Kaptein's former students and PhD students took a bigger approach. They treated him not ...
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How do we listen? 'There is no such thing as a natural disposition'10 October 2023How is our perception of sound informed by the way we participate in the world? That is the question PhD candidate Gabriel Paiuk has been pondering in...
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Artificial intelligence and clay tablets: not yet a perfect match10 October 2023Translating ancient texts, filling in missing parts of clay tablets: articles are popping up more and more often about the possibilities offered by ar...
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Urban Studies graduates: 'The field is interesting and relevant, and keeps expanding'09 October 2023After years of hard work, Urban Studies graduates were presented with their diplomas. How do they look back on their studies? And what can we expect f...