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Imagination in the first Islamic Description of the New World (Tarih-i Hind-i Garbī / History of the West Indies), 16th-20th centuries
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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De oceaan verandert sneller dan haar regels
8 juni is Wereld Oceaan Dag, en de VN roept op tot ‘Herbeelden’: een nieuwe relatie met de oceaan. Hoe werkt dat als de realiteit zo snel verandert? We vragen het universitair docent zeerecht Hilde Woker.
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Investigating ancient irrigation tunnels with a remote controlled car
In ancient times, the desert in the Udhruh region in Jordan was transformed into a green oasis. An intricate network of underground water channels was part of an ancient system of water management, storing water and preventing loss through evaporation. Archaeologist Mark Driessen found a new way to…
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Sacred Serpents of the Mekong: Nāga Myths and Magic in Contemporary Thailand
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Towards a Reconstruction of the Proto-South Omotic Suprasegmentals: Initial Findings
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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Dilemmas of the Kalwars: Caught between Critique and Conformism of Caste
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Three Leiden researchers awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Three researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. The subsidy will allow the researchers to set up their own projects and put together a research team.
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Gijsbert Rutten new professor of Dutch Linguistics
Gijsbert Rutten has been appointed professor of Dutch Linguistics with effect from 1 July. In this position, he will focus on language change and language variation, with a particular emphasis on historical sociolinguistics.
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Seksueel misbruik broers en zussen
Seksueel misbruik tussen broers en zussen kan diepe, mentale wonden veroorzaken. Orthopedagoog Sheila van Berkel geeft behandelaars tips voor hoe zij deze wonden kunnen helpen helen.
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Survival of the Littlest: Improving Preterm Outcomes through Metabolomics and Microsampling
PhD defence
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Diversity and Functional Potential of the Sorghum Root Microbiome to Control Striga hermonthica
PhD defence
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Increasing public perceived legitimacy of the European Union through the integration of psychological insights into law
PhD defence
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Bridging the Sustainability Information Gap: An Assessment of the European Sustainable Finance Framework
PhD defence
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On the origin of ‘bloopergenes’: unraveling the evolution of the balanced lethal system in Triturus newts
PhD defence
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Skin and Beyond: Reading the Surfaces of the Body in Ancient Greek Literature
PhD defence
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Building Assyrian Society: The Case of the Tell Sabi Abyad Dunnu
PhD defence
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Separation and immersion: the changing role of the armed forces in Northwestern liberal democracies
PhD defence
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translation: The toll-like receptor 7 induced pharmacological challenge model of the skin
PhD defence
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Anchoring & Affordances: The Modern Afterlives of Francis Bacon’s Theory of the Idols
PhD defence
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The State of the Earth: Estimating Physical Parameters from Noisy and Incomplete Earth Observation Data
PhD defence
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times
Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and archaeologically less known. Professor Peter Akkermans was interviewed about his groundbreaking research in this area, known as the Black Desert.
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Children’s services need better data collection: ‘How can we prevent out-of-home placements?’
What reduces the likelihood of children being taken into care? Anouk Goemans calls for data-driven systems, alongside attention to the stories behind the numbers.
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Why parents play a key role in depression in adolescents
Depression in young people is often treated as an individual problem. But looking only at the child means that an important part of the story is missed, says PhD candidate Myrthe Veenman: ‘Parents can make a difference.'
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Book Talk: Israeli-Turkish Relations at the End of the Cold War: The Geopolitics of Denying the Armenian Genocide
Lecture, Book Talk
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Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA)
In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a couple of months, it’s high time to check in and see how the project is going.
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Sjef Barbiers moves to INT: ‘Especially in times of AI, we need to keep Dutch relevant’
Professor Sjef Barbiers is leaving his job as scientific director of LUCL for the position of scientific director of the Institute for the Dutch Language (INT) from 1 September.
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Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments
Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.
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Anatomy of the EU tax list: a case-study on EU external tax policy
PhD defence
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New perspective, equal opportunities in the classroom
Inequality could be addressed in the classroom without taking too much time, effort or money. By making one small change, teachers can make a big difference, says Professor by Special Appointment in Equal Educational Opportunities Lisa Gaikhorst in her inaugural lecture.
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Guest lecture: Matsumoto Toshio’s Theory of the Antifascist Avant-Doc
Lecture
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The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Ad IJzerman
Ad IJzerman, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacochemistry, was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 26 April. He was presented with the royal honour by Mayor Elbert Roest in the town hall in Bloemendaal.
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Deciphering the Atomic Structure of the Electrified Metal Oxide- Electrolyte Interface
PhD defence
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Food for Thought lunch meeting: Politics and society in the aftermath of the 2025 elections
Lecture, Food for Thought
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the Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Chinese nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
PhD defence
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our country back’: Banal nationalism and the continuing significance of the national in an uncertain world
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Kremlin's Control and Suppression Strategies: The evolution of the relationship between violence and disinformation between 2000 – 2021
Lecture
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Geef ouders en kinderen een stem en vergroot de kans dat kinderen weer thuis worden geplaatst
Het Leids onderzoek naar gedwongen uithuisplaatsingen van kinderen heeft veel stof doen opwaaien. Op een congres bespraken meer dan 250 mensen het onderzoek verder om zo de situatie voor ouders en kinderen in de toekomst te verbeteren.
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‘Migration’, ‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages
Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.
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Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders'
To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of Contemporary Dutch Literature and Culture in a Transnational Dynamic.
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Shii Law of War Booty: What Imamis and Zaydis Say about the Division of the Khums
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Veni for Verena Meyer: 'Not every religious manuscript is meant to be digitised'
Now that it is becoming increasingly easy to digitise texts, it seems almost obvious to do that with everything that has ever been written. University lecturer Verena Meyer thinks that is too simplistic. ‘We need to look more closely at the political and cultural effects of digitisation.’
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‘Having children is increasingly seen as something that can be planned and managed’
What are the main trends in family life today? Three stand out: young adults living with their parents for longer, people delaying parenthood and widening inequality between families. How did these trends emerge, and what are their consequences? Leiden experts explain.
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition
This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussion, and music.
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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Social Mobility and Integration of Amsterdam Jews: The Ethnic Niche of the Diamond Industry, 1850-1940
PhD defence
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Foreign Yet Domestic Liberties: The Imperial Imaginary of the ACLU and the U.S. Colonial Empire, 1920-1941
PhD defence