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Human Rights in Asia: Overcoming the current crisis in Myanmar 21 November 2017
On Monday 11 December, human rights activist Ms. Wai Wai Nu will deliver the seventh Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture on Human Right...
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Delegation from Leiden University to visit Japan 14 November 2017
A delegation from Leiden University will be visiting several Japanese universities and research institutions from 18 to 26 November to discuss researc...
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Flying visit by high-ranking Chinese delegation 06 November 2017
A high-ranking delegation from China visited Leiden on 6 November. The party of some 25 officials from the CPPCC – a Chinese advisory body comparable ...
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15 December: Deadline AMT2 Research Funding (final round) 02 November 2017
The deadline for the final round of AMT2 Research Funding is 15 December 2017, 17 hrs CET. Application is open to all academic staff of Leiden Univers...
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Joris Larik: New handbook cornerstone for emerging field of comparative foreign relations law 30 October 2017
On 13-14 October, Dr. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor for Comparative, EU, and International Law at LUC, took part in the Duke-Pretoria Conference on...
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Leiden University receives first Javanese Culture Award 28 October 2017
On 28 October, Leiden University received the first Javanese Culture Prize from Universitas Sebelas Maret in Solo, Indonesia. The jury praised Leiden ...
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Why southern Africa is full of North Korean monuments 25 September 2017
North Korean workers designed and built numerous monuments, museums and other buildings in southern Africa. This is clear from research by history stu...
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Come to the Tour of Asia festival! 06 September 2017
From gay rights in Asia to water management in the Philippines and from the Silk Road to current tensions with North Korea. Come to the Tour of Asia o...
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Interview: Zeger van der Wal about 'Good Governance in Asia and the West' 16 August 2017
On Thursday 28 September 2017 the Institute of Public Administration of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) organizes the event ‘Good ...
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A virtual city walk through Indonesia 13 June 2017
A unique app that connects the city of Leiden with similar spots on the other side of the world, in Indonesia. This is what the Leiden tour app 'Envis...
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Hortus botanicus increases focus on Asia 18 April 2017
The Hortus botanicus Leiden has one of Europe’s largest collections of living plants from the Asian region. This rich resource is no longer the sole d...
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Ron Sela will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in May 2017 29 March 2017
Ron Sela, Associate Professor of Central Asian History in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington, will be the ...
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442nd Dies Natalis focuses on Asia 08 February 2017
On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the f...
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Sugoi! Start of Leiden Asia Year 07 February 2017
Throughout the coming year, all attention in Leiden will be on Asia. This special year, featuring numerous Asian events, conferences, exhibitions and...
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How ‘Mao’s little generals’ wreaked havoc in China 06 February 2017
No matter how hard Chinese communists tried to control the economy, they could not stop the free market from flourishing. This was the message given b...