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Household Slavery: 'An Overlooked Method of Enslaving People'17 December 2024When discussing enslavement, attention often focuses on Africans forcibly shipped to South America. Researcher Timo McGregor's new Veni research sheds...
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Rudi van Maanen receives Cornelis Joppenszoon statuette16 December 2024Emeritus Professor Rudi van Maanen has received the Cornelis Joppenszoon statuette. He was presented with the distinction by Deputy Mayor of Leiden, J...
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Annual Overview 202416 December 20242024 was an eventful year for the Faculty of Humanities. Despite becoming the centre of political discussion and budget cuts as faculty ourselves, exc...
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Europe Hub MA thesis prize awarded to Federica Antoniani16 December 2024Federica Antoniani is the recipient of the very first MA thesis prize awarded by Leiden University’s Europe Hub. She received the prize for her thesis...
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Alternative Perspective 2028: Mark Rutgers and Casper de Jonge in discussion16 December 2024Under extreme pressure and in agreement with the Faculty Board, the programme chairs, represented by a core group, have worked over recent weeks on ad...
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From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York16 December 2024How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly...
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Beatrice de Graaf in Huizinga Lecture: ‘History is necessary in times of crisis’13 December 2024Professor Beatrice de Graaf held the 53rd Huizinga Lecture on Thursday 12 December. In front of a a sold-out Stadsgehoorzaal, she spoke about how his...
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7 Podcast Tips for the Holidays12 December 2024Over the past few months, students and staff from the Faculty of Humanities have produced many wonderful podcasts - perfect for listening during a lon...
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Interview with Yves Menheere about his research11 December 2024Last year, LUCSoR welcomed a new colleague: Yves Menheere. At the start of his position at LIAS, he applied for and received a starter grant. Read in ...
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Vici for Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Islamic Empire rapidly became unified'09 December 2024After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocea...
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Results of the National Student Survey: Lecturers highly rated05 December 2024The results of the National Student Survey (NSE) are now available. In 2024, students from the Faculty of Humanities were satisfied across the board. ...
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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students05 December 2024The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options ...
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Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA)05 December 2024In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a c...
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Max Farasat and Lara Offermans win the LUCSoR Thesis Prizes (2021-2023)05 December 2024The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two biennial thesis prizes, one ...
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ECHO finalist Husna Jalal: We need to look past our differences02 December 2024Every year, the ECHO Award is presented to students from non-western backgrounds who are committed to social improvement in the field of diversity and...