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Treating military matters as military science - a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day 12 May 2023Recently, Engin Yüksel gave a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day and his observations on the Russo-Ukrainian war at the...
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How climate change affects intangible heritage: ‘Specific materials to build instruments are disappearing’ 11 May 2023What do climate change and traditional Japanese music have to do with each other? A great deal, university lecturer Andrea Giolai suspects. He has bee...
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International Relations’ alumni-student event: ‘Quality over quantity’ and other alumni advice for the job application process 10 May 2023Practical advice, a panel discussion, and an informal networking reception: students and alumni from the MA International Relations can look back on y...
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What is news? 'Stories about current events create a sense of belonging' 10 May 2023For ten months, PhD student Sanne Rotmeijer worked on the editorial boards of various news media on Curaçao and Sint Maarten. She also tracked how new...
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Philosophising by making films: ‘I’ve never understood the material so well before.’ 10 May 2023There was a time when student Lelani Antar wanted to go to film school. She ended up studying International Studies, yet she didn’t quite say goodbye ...
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Summer full of summer schools at Humanities 09 May 2023This summer, the Faculty of Humanities is once again offering a wide range of summer schools for staff and students. From acting to Indian linguistics...
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained 08 May 2023In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections prom...
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Radio show opens vote for national flower of the Netherlands 08 May 2023The Netherlands doesn’t have a national flower. The Vroege Vogels radio show wants to change this and is holding a vote. Experts from Leiden Universit...
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War? 04 May 2023Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleve...
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MCS Scholarship for collection-oriented research: 'There can be a whole story behind something unimportant' 03 May 2023Would you like to do collection-oriented research, but do not have sufficient resources? Every year, the Museums, Collections and Society (MCS) resear...
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers 02 May 2023When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20...
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Nicolien Mizee new writer in residence at Leiden University 01 May 2023Writer and columnist Nicolien Mizee will be Leiden University’s new writer in residence from autumn 2023.
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Alumni meet up in Japan. ‘Finally the chance to speak Dutch again’ 01 May 2023An impressive 60 alumni recently came to the Dutch Embassy residence in Japan to meet, network, see friends and practise their languages.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations 01 May 2023Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Sw...
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Summer filled with conferences in Leiden 01 May 2023It will be a summer filled with conferences at the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden. In the coming months, there will be something for everyone at the ...