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How do our language rules come about?
Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated why some rules became successful while other rules were quickly forgotten.
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EU' responses to the challenges of the platform economy
The European Commission’s proposal for a Directive to improve working conditions for platform workers comes at a time of intense academic, legal and political debate about the platform economy. Labour platforms emphasise their novelty and exceptionalism, which have placed them comfortably outside existing…
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The Rise and Fall of the Limburgish tone
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
In collaboration with the Lorentz Center, Rijksmuseum Boerhaave organizes this Lorentz Lecture about the neurological effects of DMT on the brain. The English lecture will be given by Christopher Timmermann. DMT is a psychedelic that has been used for thousands of years in ceremonial contexts. It has…
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The dohada Motif in Ancient Biographies of the Buddha
The Vereniging 'Vrienden van het Instituut Kern' is pleased to invite you to the lecture of Dr. Dmitry Komissarov, (Gonda Fellow at the IIAS), entitled "The dohada Motif in Ancient Biographies of the Buddha".
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Ummahāt al-Khulafā’: Mothers of the Marwanid and Abbasid Caliphate
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Mutable Audible – An Operative Ontology of the Sound Image
Prof.dr. M. Cobussen Prof.dr. J. Kursell (UvA) Summary Gabriel Paiuk’s project Mutable Audible investigates how that which is heard – the audible – is formed as inherent to material, collective and technical circumstances. The audible is conceived as not exclusively bound to the private realm of the…
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Preserving Syrian excavation data: ‘the documentation here in Leiden is the only thing that’s left’
The Faculty of Archaeology used to be involved in several excavations in Syria, before the outbreak of civil war made travel to the region impossible. One of these excavations is the one of tell Hammam al-Turkman, which started in 1981. Student Ruben Hartman, together with archaeologist Dr Diederik…
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
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Humanities researchers publish a new journal issue inspired by times of crisis
The ninth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference has been published. This time the theme is ‘Reinventing Boundaries in Times of Crisis.’
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Book Presentation: Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas
In this lecture, Dominik A. Haas will present the results of his recently published book, titled: ‘Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas’ (Austrian Academy Sciences Press, 2023), see also: https://doi.org/10.1553/978OEAW93906 The mantra known as Gāyatrī or Sāvitrī (Ṛgveda III 62.10) is one of the…
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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Opening of the Academic Year Faculty of Archaeology
On September 5, 11.00 to 13.00 hours, we celebrate the start of the new Academic Year in the Reuvens Hall. Meet fellow students and staff over coffee, tea, and sweets. For the catering we ask you to register for the event. Together with our Dean Jan Kolen we will make a toast on the new Academic Year.…
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Jong Universiteit Leiden 'Start of the year' borrel
Jong Universiteit Leiden (JUL) is the network for young staff who want to get more out of their work and time at Leiden University. To usher in the start of the new academic year, the network invites you to join them for a drink. Will you come too? You are most welcome!
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Faculty of Science's Opening of the Academic Year
Conference
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Beyond Risk? Understanding the Threats of the Anthropocene
One of the most worrying characteristics of our contemporary age is that systemic risk production, being it related to war, poverty, instability, climate change, toxic pollution, loss of biodiversity, and pandemics, is outpacing risk reduction. Our ability to cope with existential threats is confronted…
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Europe and the Global Battle of the Narratives
Public Panel
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The Walikutuban ritual: from lost heritage to political activism
Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 2019, on which he subsequently wrote his PhD dissertation. Widodo: ‘Besides community, it also breeds political loyalty’
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Tracing mobility and connection to place in the world’s first farming villages
How did people move and form communities when human societies first shifted from hunting and gathering to farming? A new study of the Neolithic period in southwest Asia, the birthplace of agriculture, offers fresh insights.
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ISGA seminar 'Evolution of the Cybersecurity Risks of Geolocation'
In this seminar, Oskar Galeev, Visiting Fellow with The Hague Program on International Cyber Security and Ph.D. Fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University, will present his current research:
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An examination of the suitability of PADev as a method for effective participatory assessment of the development of higher education institutions
PhD defence
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Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC)
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Taiwanese Literature in Dutch: the Voice of the Translators
Annelous Stiggelbout will discuss Sanmao’s Story of the Sahara (撒哈拉的故事) and the powerful sense of exploration that permeates her work. Silvia Marijnissen will present the diversity of Taiwanese poetry, based on her translations of Hsia Yu and Chen Yuhong among others. Lloyd Haft will introduce the metaphysical…
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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Speaking Korean contest: ‘Actually, I don't dare to do this at all’
In a well-filled Telders Auditorium, university learners of Korean competed with each other to see who speaks Korean the best.
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New dimensions of the cellular response to DNA damage
PhD defence
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Unveiling the Written Heritage of the Siak Sultanate: An Ethnographic Study on the Access and Interpretation of the Archives of Sultan Syarif Kasim
Lecture
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Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’
The lecture halls in the Lipsius were full of curious secondary school students in January. During a special profile selection afternoon, they were introduced to the faculty and language studies. ‘I had no idea that Hebrew and Arabic were similar.’
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What Schools Can Learn from Skate Culture - Anthropologist Sander Hölsgens on The Conversation
Anthropologist Sander Hölsgens explores how skateboarding philosophy can revolutionise education by embracing failure, fostering creativity, and building supportive learning communities. Read his research on The Conversation.
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Affinity-Based Profiling of the Adenosine Receptors
Prof.dr. A.P. IJzerman dr. D. van der Es
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Contributions to the phylogeny of the haplolepideous mosses
Prof.dr. E. Smets dr. M. Stech
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On the nature of the right to resist
Prof.dr. A. Ellian dr. G. Molier
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The pre-Roman elements of the Sardinian lexicon
PhD defence
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Amoeboid cell migration and physicochemical properties of the extracellular environment
Prof.dr. D. Heinrich Prof.dr. T. Schmidt
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Comparative Genomics of the Balanced Lethal System in Triturus Newts
PhD defence
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we left the forests’: Documenting the collective memories of the lost heritage of the Basua of Bundibugyo
Lecture
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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Birds of God - The journey of the birds of paradise
The 12 Environmental Humanities LU talk will be given by historical ecologist Marc Argeloo who will talk about his work on the colonial bird trade between Southeast Asia and Europe. Birds of paradise were a popular trade item, especially between 1880 and 1930. The most important market was the fashion…
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Religion and Fantasy (12th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
19.30 Welcome 19.35 Tara B.M. Smith: Nuns with Guns: Warhammer 40,000 as a Site for Religious Engagement 20.05 Discussion 20.30 Break 20.50 Markus Altena Davidsen, Jim du Pau and Joep Rovers: Tië eldaliéva…
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Humanities and International Relations Graduate
In our rapidly evolving and interconnected world, the study of International Relations has expanded beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. Leiden University’s MAIR program, with its emphasis on humanities-oriented and multidisciplinary perspectives, contends that understanding the complexities…
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy
The Greek diasporic queer Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. On December 9th, a symposium around his work will take place at Leiden University Libraries. This will be combined with the launch of Maria Boletsi's book Specters…
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2023 Conference on International Cyber Security: War and Peace. Conflict, Behaviour and Diplomacy in Cyberspace
Interested to join us in The Hague? Conference tickets available here. Tickets: €320 regular price (early bird rate until 15 September: €220); €165 for students/PhD candidates. Tickets can only be bought online via this page, offering various online payment options. The registration fee includes admission…
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Remembering Olivier Nieuwenhuyse with a festschrift: ‘He would have loved this book’
On November 16 a festschrift in honor of Dr Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was presented in a moving event at the Faculty of Archaeology. Professor Bleda Düring, a personal friend of Nieuwenhuyse, was one of the initiators. ‘If he had been here, he would have loved this book.’
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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The Processes of Dying of the Greeks from the Hellenistic Period to the Early Empire
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Image - Infrastructure. A visual ethnography of the Port of Suape (Brazil)
One of the most disruptive infrastructures in the history of Brazil is the Suape Port Complex, which from the 1970s was responsible for a rapid transformation of the coast south of Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. The communities that were displaced and that live today around the port have…
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Leiden was buzzing on the Evening of Languages
What does it sound like when you create your own words in Chichewa? Can you decipher hieroglyphs after just one workshop? Visitors found answers to these and many other questions during the first edition of the Evening of Languages, held in the brand-new Herta Mohr Building. With a sold-out programme,…
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Paul Natorp’s Reformulation of the Kantian Distinction between Intuition and Concept
Prof.dr. F.A.J. de Haas Prof.dr. H. Pringe dr. V.A. Gijsbers Summary The goal of our research is to analyze Natorp’s redefinition of the distinction between intuitions and concepts in relation to his conception of the method of philosophy. We will exhibit the connection between the way in which Natorp…