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International Studies students receive their diploma
On 1 September 2023, 280 students received their Bachelor Diploma of International Studies. The students were awarded their diplomas in the historic Pieterskerk in Leiden: the UNESCO world heritage site, where the university was originally founded in 1575. A large audience of about 700 people consisting…
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Agnieszka Kazimierczuk
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.h.kazimierczuk@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wouter van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6641
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Call for Papers: Localizing the Women Peace & Security Agenda Across Multiple Governance Challenges
Hybrid Workshop: In person and online on 26 – 27 January 2023.
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Richard Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
r.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2932
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Nathalie Brusgaard
Faculteit Archeologie
n.o.brusgaard@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6048
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Harry Fokkens
Faculteit Archeologie
h.fokkens@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Quentin Bourgeois
Faculteit Archeologie
q.p.j.bourgeois@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2453
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Erik Kroon
Faculteit Archeologie
e.j.kroon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1603
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Arjan Louwen
Faculteit Archeologie
a.j.louwen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1968
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Louise Olerud
Faculteit Archeologie
s.l.olerud@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1603
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Florian Helmecke
Faculteit Archeologie
f.helmecke@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Master Class | Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.
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Short documentary on 50 years archaeology in Oss
In the student-made documentary, our Field School manager, Dr Arjan Louwen, gives a brief introduction on the importance of the excavation in Oss. Watch the documentary below.
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International students explore the archaeology of Oss: ‘I was responsible for finding 50% of the pottery sherds’
The Municipality of Oss is a household name in the world of Dutch archaeology. For fifty years, Leiden archaeologists, in collaboration with residents of Oss, have been uncovering the history of the municipality. 2024 is the archaeological year of Oss! In a series of interviews we look back on fifty…
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ASCL Seminar: Animals in Africa - Human-animal relationships through the lenses of decoloniality and ubuntu
Lecture
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Megan Vaughan: Africa in the time of Coronavirus. Biology, history and politics
Lecture
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
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Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Walk-in concert University organ
Arts and culture
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All-gender toilet P.J. Veth
P.J. Veth, Nonnensteeg 1-3, 2311 VJ, Leiden
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Academic Writing for PhDs
Research, Communication
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Book Launch and Discussion: Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America
Lecture, Book Launch and Discussion
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Gorlaeus laboratory
During an evacuation, all employees and students gather in front of the round 'saucer', or on the east or west side of the Gorlaeus Building. In bad weather or in case of escalation, gather at the sport centre.
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Israeli Politics Now
Debate
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New Cluster Zuid building is taking shape
A lot has happened at Cluster Zuid since the highest point of the building was reached in December. See the photo report below.
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize
Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many ways, border-crossing scientist contributes with her research to more effective vaccines against parasitic infections and better medication for inflammatory…
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debate on the book ‘Not Stolen; The Truth about the Colonization of North America’
Debate
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Marginalities: Dispossessed Peasantry and Migrant Labour Communities in Urban North India
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Gaza, Palestine, Israel – the collective failure: how did we get here and what next?
Lecture
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The Sayan Tradition among the Tengger People of East Java
PhD defence
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Archaeologist and numismatist Jonathan Ouellet interviewed on a podcast
PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet is a guest on the latest episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. As a researcher specializing in the numismatics of the Middle East, Central Asia, and China, Jonathan discusses currency and trade networks during the Early Islamic Period of said area. Hence, listen…
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Modernization of the library finished
The renewed library is built in the middle of wing B on the ground floor. The entrance opens onto the central hall.
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UTQ training- and professional development courses for FGGA lecturers in The Hague (BKO)
Didactics
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A History of East Baltic through Language Contact
PhD defence
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Interpreting lithic raw material variability in Middle Palaeolithic contexts
PhD defence
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Cultural Heritage Scholarship
Master
- Brightspace Grades Workshop (HUM)
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Nursing mothers' room Wijnhaven
Wijnhaven, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP, The Hague
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Aleydis Nissen on K-pop popularity in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030, an effort to reduce the country’s reliance on oil, may open up new opportunities for Korea. Spearheading the way is Hallyu — the Korean wave, led by K-pop and dramas as a soft power to open new business opportunities in the Middle East, especially…
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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from?
Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a grant from NIAS to map their origins.
- Histories Connected
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Professor by special appointment Mariken Teeuwen: ‘There are so many new possibilities in research on medieval manuscripts’
Mariken Teeuwen started at the Institute for History as a professor by special appointment of Script Culture of the Middle Ages on 1 March. ‘I’m looking forward to doing research together with students.’
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In Memoriam: Rudolf E. de Jong (1958–2024)
On Friday 16 February 2024, Rudolf E. de Jong passed away unexpectedly in Cairo. Since 2012, he was the director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), which he skillfully managed for 12 years. He was laid to rest in Amsterdam on 27 February. Rudolf was 65.
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Nira Wickramasinghe on New Books in South Asian Studies podcast
In the book 'Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of Modern South Asian Studies, uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world. She was interviewed about the book in the New Books in South East Asian…
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Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community
PhD defence
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Sense Embodied: Cloves and Olfactory Transitions in Middle Period China
Lecture
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…
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The First Great War of the Middle Ages: Sasanians, Byzantines, and the Rise of Islam, 602-642
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series