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Cultural genocide: 'I see no scenario in which Uyghur culture can revive in Xinjiang' 26 April 2023Within just a few years, the Chinese government's policy towards the Uyghurs deteriorated sharply. From control and marginalisation, it shifted to vio...
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Carole Tiberius appointed professor of Computational Linguistics: 'If you know how systems work, you can better assess their limitations' 26 April 2023ChatGPT, translation machines and bots: for Carole Tiberius, they are a piece of cake. On 1 January, she was appointed professor of Computational Ling...
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Is getting a PhD worthwhile? The 'Twijfeltraject' podcasts tries to find the answer 25 April 2023After one bachelor’s and two master's theses, Fenna IJtsma knew for sure: she wanted to do a PhD. Her thesis supervisor warned her about the high work...
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Between literature and law: 'Art can show us how law works and what is just' 25 April 2023The interplay between literature and law is what Frans-Willem Korsten wants to address as a brand-new professor of Literature, Culture and Law. That m...
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Student lectures for senior citizens: ‘You can learn a lot from other generations’ 19 April 2023Connecting generations, reducing loneliness and slowing mental decline: these are goals of the Oud Geleerd Jong Gedaan foundation’s lectures, which ar...
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Online curiosity explored: 'We are more likely to accept information uncritically if it answers a question' 19 April 2023What do people wonder about on social media? University lecturer Matthijs Westera is the recipient of an NWO grant to investigate what people are curi...
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New publication with editions of papyri and ostraca in the Leiden Papyrological Institute 18 April 2023This volume contains the first edition of 66 papyri and ostraca in the collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute.
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk' 17 April 2023According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second ...
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Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’ 15 April 2023After a detour via the ANWB in Munich, alumna Manon Schouten works as a history teacher at two schools. ‘It's so rewarding to see the material resonat...
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Austrian Studies Annual Lecture 2023 given by Professor John Connelly 14 April 2023The Fourth Annual Leiden Austrian Studies Lecture “Was the Habsburg Empire an Empire?” was given by Professor John Connelly on Monday, March 20, 2023 ...
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Dorine Schellens and Peter Verstraten win the LUCAS Public Engagement Award 2023 12 April 2023The LUCAS Impact Committee, consisting of Jan van Dijkhuizen, Rick Honings, Casper de Jonge, Angus Mol, Thijs Porck and Aafje de Roest, has offered th...
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Steven Verburg wins Hugo Weiland Thesis Prize 2022 11 April 2023Steven Verburg wins the 2022 Hugo Weiland Prize for best thesis in Central European Studies; Caroline Schep and Anneke Romijnders awarded “Honorable M...
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How migration policy in autocracies and democracies differs from what we expect 11 April 2023What is the effect of a certain regime on a country’s migration policy? Political scientist Katharina Natter compared the migration policy of autocrat...
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CFA: Summer school 'Global History in the 2020s', Leiden 27-29 June 2023 05 April 2023The International Summer School ‘Global History in the 2020s’ (27-29 June 2023) for PhD candidates, is looking for applicants. The summer school is or...
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power' 05 April 2023Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love r...