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Views on Africa 23 June 2017
In the media, we hear a lot of worrying news from Africa: refugees, attacks, Ebola, starvation, corruption... But Africa is much more than that: it is...
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Large Vidi subsidies for 5 humanities scholars 01 June 2017
5 talented Leiden humanities scholars have received a Vidi research subsidy of 800.000 euros to set up or expand their own line of research.
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Eritrean regime trades its own nationals in a billion-dollar trafficking business 09 March 2017
The human trafficking of Eritrean refugees is a booming business, where money is made with smuggling people, but also using violence, hostage situatio...
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Shishani & The Namibian Tales: 'We bring the world together in our music’ 26 January 2017
With her debut album ‘Itaala’, the multicultural Shishani & The Namibian Tales are taking the Dutch music scene by storm. The album, which was crowned...
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To target or protect? Militias and political order in African civil wars 25 July 2016
Political scientist Corinna Jentzsch received an NWO Veni grant for her research on the conditions of collaboration between militias and state forces ...
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Call for Papers and Kick-off Conference Research Group: From Disorder to Order 31 May 2016
On October 20 and 21, 2016, Leiden University will host an international conference under the title "From Disorder to Order: Conflict and the Resource...
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Searching for the wanted and unwanted effects of innovation 28 April 2016
How does ICT affect society? Mirjam van Reisen, professor Computing for Society at the Leiden Centre of Data Science, is intrigued by this question. W...
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Jan Erk elected Smuts Memorial Fellow at Cambridge University 28 April 2016
Jan Erk, political scientist at Leiden University, has been selected as the 2016-2017 Smuts Memorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge. During his...
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Leiden University to strengthen research on Africa 15 December 2015
The Leiden African Studies Centre (ASCL) will become part of the University from 1 January 2016.
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Introducing: Jonna Both 01 May 2015
In March 2015 Jonna Both started working as a postdoctoral researcher within the VICI project ‘Connecting in Times of Duress’ of professor Mirjam de B...
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Inge Ligtvoet in Nigeria 03 September 2013
My first fieldwork in Nigeria began up in the air, as we were approaching the runway of Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport.
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Hans de Iongh has given a Skype lecture for American students of Duke University 09 March 2011
On 23 February 2011, Hans de Iongh gave a Skype lecture for a group of 15 students of the Duke University of North Carolina, USA on the invitation of ...
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Villagers steal meat from lions 29 July 2009
Researchers from Leiden see hungry villagers in the north of Cameroon steal meat from the prey of lions. The researchers from Leiden University's Inst...