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Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America 01 June 2023Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countr...
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Inspiring stories and ‘gezelligheid’ at the reunion and career day of South and Southeast Asian Studies 30 May 2023Staff members, alumni, and students were greeted by a warm spring day to follow the various programmes during the reunion and career day of BA South a...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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The Austria Centre Leiden welcomes visiting researcher Dr. Lena Sadovski 24 May 2023The Austria Centre is pleased to welcome Dr. Lena Sadovski as a visiting scholar who will do research at Leiden University for a few months in 2023. ...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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Annick van Rinsum about her play: World Politics Three Times 22 May 2023MA International Relations: Culture and Politics student Annick van Rinsum created a play as a method to research her master’s thesis. “Through writin...
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Botany: a love you can’t force 22 May 2023Botanical philosopher Norbert Peeters talks about how people treat plants in general and weeds in particular.
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New Humanities Living Room focuses on 'feeling at home' 18 May 2023Playing a game, picking a cutting for your room or just having a cup of coffee: it is all possible in the new Humanities Living Room in the Matthias d...
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Music and Words: The Austria Centre, the Practicum Musicae Orkest and Grensverleggend/Crossing Borders 17 May 2023On Sunday, April 23, 2023, Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey, Special Chair for Central European Studies, gave a special lecture alongside the Practicum Musicae...
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Man, woman and more: 'Why does my passport have to say I'm a woman?' 17 May 2023Protests against textbooks on trans persons in America and against a reading hour by drag queens in Rotterdam: it has been raining protests recently a...
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India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-2000 17 May 2023On 15-16 June, Jos Gommans, Marieke Bloembergen, and Carolien Stolte will organize an international conference entitled “India in the Making of the Gl...
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From Leiden to Japan: ‘As a news correspondent, I really get to know the country’ 17 May 2023It was a family friend who told him to quit his self-destructive work in IT: ‘Go do something with your life!’ So at the age of 23, Anoma van der Veer...
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Politics and the Holocaust in Modern Poland: A seminar with Prof. Edyta Gawron 16 May 2023On Monday, April 24 the Austria Centre Leiden and the Leiden Jewish Studies Association hosted a special seminar with Prof. Edyta Gawron entitled “Pol...
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What influence did French really have on Dutch? 15 May 2023Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch....
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Test expert Coen van 't Veer: 'The Dutch final exam is a good measuring tool' 15 May 2023Not passed your Dutch exam? Then there’s no HAVO (Higher General Secondary) or VWO (pre-university) diploma for you, says the Inspectorate of Educatio...