966 search results for “world en family” in the Staff website
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’
An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not differ much from the people at the other end of the world."
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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa
At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.
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Palliative Care Around the World
Conference, Seminar
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Leiden University during the Second World War
Event
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Memorial to professor and resistance hero Ben Telders unveiled at Bergen-Belsen
A memorial stone honouring professor and resistance hero Ben Telders was unveiled on 12 September at the site of the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
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Motherhood and Unfreedom in the Islamicate World
Conference, workshop
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Water Legacy: Mayan world meets the Netherlands
Lecture, Faculty Lecture and Photo Exposition
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture
On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.
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Maneuvering through a World of Stressors
PhD defence
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Historian Frank van Vree is the new Cleveringa Professor
Frank van Vree, Emeritus Professor of War, Conflict and Memory Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), is the new Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University this year.
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Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing
Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.
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From Roman coin to physics experiments in a theme park: the varied world of head of the education office Marije Boonstra
‘No two days are ever the same – and that’s what makes it fun.’ But what does a head of the education office actually do? Marije Boonstra shares the many sides of her role: from drawing up timetables to launching innovative education projects, from tailoring programmes to students’ needs to international…
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The World Bank’s Role in Supporting and Rebuilding Ukraine
Guest lecture
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
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Imagistic Care: Growing Old in a Precarious World
Lecture, Unfolding Finitudes
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
c.l.hofman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2449
- In Praise of Solidarity - World Refugee Day 2024
- In Praise of Community Building - World Refugee Day 2025
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Lecture: International Cooperation Against All Odds: The Ultrasocial World
Lecture
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How 'Big Tech' Undermines Our Democracy
Tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft are increasingly shaping the digital world we live in. Reijer Passchier cautions: 'Urgent measures are needed to curb this influence.'
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Binge- eating disorder in the Arabic world and the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Book presentation 'In This Fragile World', edited by Annachiara Raia
Lecture
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A World Ablaze: Making Sense of Wars Today
Lecture
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Stephan Raaijmakers: ‘Everyone within Humanities can contribute to the study of AI’
Stephan Raaijmakers has been Professor of Communicative AI since 1 May. Prior to this, he had held this position for five years as professor by special appointment. How has his approach to AI changed in that time?
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Corrie BakelsFaculty of Archaeology
c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272393
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Frans TheuwsFaculty of Archaeology
f.c.w.j.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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Book presentation: The world according to North Korea
Lecture, Boekpresentatie
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Bernet ElzingaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3745
- Borders Reimagined: Identity, Culture, and Justice in a Globalized World
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Traitors, profiteers or collaborators: ‘The Jewish Council has long been judged too harshly’
For too long the Dutch collective memory has judged the Jewish Council too harshly. This perspective needs to be adjusted, Bart van der Boom argues in his new book ‘De politiek van het kleinste kwaad’ (lit. ‘The Politics of the Lesser Evil’).
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Paulus MaritzFaculty of Law
p.j.maritz@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Fachrizal AfandiFaculty of Law
f.afandi@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Irini SifogeorgakisFaculty of Archaeology
e.sifogeorgakis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hertasning IchlasFaculty of Law
h.ichlas@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Carel Kauffmann
Faculty of Law
a.c.j.kauffmann@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277548
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Valentina AzzaràFaculty of Archaeology
v.m.azzara@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mona Fadaei Heidari
Faculty of Law
m.fadaei.heidari@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marjolein Jorna
Faculty of Humanities
m.jorna@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Irene Urrutia Schroeder
Faculty of Humanities
i.x.urrutia.schroeder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Karsten WentinkFaculty of Archaeology
k.wentink.2@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Zoltán Quittner
Faculty of Humanities
z.quittner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Plinio Cardoso
Faculty of Law
p.cardoso@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Alexander de Wita.de.wit@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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John Balouziyeh
Faculty of Law
j.m.b.d.v.balouziyeh@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Dettje BakkerFaculty of Humanities
d.j.bakker.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727