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The Inauguration of the Fonds Oostenrijkse Studiën at the Leiden University Fund (LUF)
Inauguration
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“A rich material”: Medical Experiments under the Auspices of the Colonial Army in Indonesia
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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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
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Diversity and Functional Potential of the Sorghum Root Microbiome to Control Striga hermonthica
PhD defence
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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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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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Remaking the 'Negara Hukum': The Essence of the 1999-2002 Constitutional Reform in Indonesia
PhD defence
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Staging Power: A Study of Narrative Patterns in Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire
PhD defence
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Systematics and Biogeography of the Calamus javensis Complex in Malesia (Arecaceae; Calamoideae)
PhD defence
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Influence of the Electrode-electrolyte Interface on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
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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Patient-derived models of breast cancer: A breakthrough story of the duct
PhD defence
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Aspects of the Analysis of Cell Imagery: from Shape to Understanding
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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On the origin of ‘bloopergenes’: unraveling the evolution of the balanced lethal system in Triturus newts
PhD defence
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The material side of the energy transition: Analyzing flows and stocks of critical and other materials
PhD defence
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Silver of the Possessed. Egyptian zar jewellery between 1900-1980
PhD defence
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The energy and material related impacts of the transition towards low- carbon heating
PhD defence
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The developing infant gut microbiota: mathematical predictions of the effects of oligosaccharides
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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Effects of the early social environment on song and preference learning in zebra finches
PhD defence
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Poetry and Power, The Appreciation of the Verse in Seljuq and Ilkhanid Chronicles
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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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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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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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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The ambiguity of the post-verbal modal morpheme DE in Sichuanese
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Book Launch: Lifting the Fog: The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022)
Book launch
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Sources and Strategies in Translating the Canonical Readings of the Qur’an: A case study of Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Guest lecture: Matsumoto Toshio’s Theory of the Antifascist Avant-Doc
Lecture
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Leiden Papyri and the Economic History of the Early Medieval Islamic World
Lecture, Studium Generale
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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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Speaker Series: From the Archive to the Internet: digitizing the Language of the Poor in Late Modern Scotland
Lecture
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Deciphering the Atomic Structure of the Electrified Metal Oxide- Electrolyte Interface
PhD defence
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Declassified: How outsiders challenge intelligence agencies on analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian war
Debate
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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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Birth of beautiful brides: Rise and transformation of the female gender roles and responsibilities among the Maasai pastoralists of Kenya
Lecture
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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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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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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Shii Law of War Booty: What Imamis and Zaydis Say about the Division of the Khums
Middle East Studies Lecture
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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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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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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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Foreign Yet Domestic Liberties: The Imperial Imaginary of the ACLU and the U.S. Colonial Empire, 1920-1941
PhD defence
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Legal and policy aspects of space big data: Legal implications of the use of large amounts of space data
PhD defence