2,786 search results for “history of the contemporary middle east” in the Staff website
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Papyrus, roses and a sea cat: the Leiden Dioskurides
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Getting on Famously: The Netherlands and the Shah of Iran
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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Spanish village full of Leiden residents: dozens of textile workers once migrated to Guadalajara
In the Spanish town of Guadalajara, there is a street named ‘Burgemeester Fluiterstraat’, named after a descendant of Leiden migrants who had done well in the South. He was not the only Guadalajara resident with Leiden roots: at the beginning of the eighteenth century, a stream of Dutch textile workers…
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Jebel Aruda: an Uruk Period Temple and Settlement in Syria
Book Presentation
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
p.j.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
i.j.g.c.ligtvoet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271956
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Renée JoosseFaculty of Humanities
r.joosse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273095
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore appointed new Cleveringa Professor
The French political theorist Hélène Landemore has been appointed as the new Cleveringa Professor. She will deliver her inaugural lecture on 26 November.
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NIAS grant for research into 19th century bohemians and their love for anarchistic assassins
It was a remarkable trend in 19th-century London: middle-class bourgeois bohemians falling in love with anarchism and its assassins. University lecturer Michael Newton has been awarded a NIAS subsidy to reconstruct the lives of three of these families.
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Lisa ChengFaculty of Humanities
l.l.cheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272104
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Will McDonaldFaculty of Science
mcdonald@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Shuyu WangFaculty of Science
swang@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nanou van IerselFaculty of Law
n.van.iersel@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jaap Visser
Faculty of Science
j.visser@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rogier HartendorpFaculty of Law
r.c.hartendorp@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7442
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Lisa HarmsFaculty of Law
l.harms@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Erin FaughtFaculty of Science
l.e.faught@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Matthew CanfieldFaculty of Law
m.c.canfield@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alejandra Roche RecinosFaculty of Archaeology
a.roche.recinos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271138
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Evert de JongeFaculteit Geneeskunde
e.de_jonge@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Michael KlosFaculty of Law
m.klos@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1965
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Mignon de LangeFaculty of Law
m.h.de.lange@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8549
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Aurora de LeeuwFaculty of Law
a.d.de.leeuw@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jakub SenesiFaculty of Archaeology
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Henrik Nieratschker
Faculty of Humanities
h.nieratschker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nina BaranowskaFaculty of Law
n.n.baranowska@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Wei Ping YoungFaculty of Archaeology
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Zara Ali
Faculty of Archaeology
z.l.y.ali@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
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Archaeologist Mink van IJzendoorn receives LUF grant to investigate late amphorae
Amphorae are usually associated with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. ‘Yet, in some cases, such as Byzantium, amphorae existed for centuries after Antiquity. Another, even later instance of the amphora's afterlife can be found in the Iberian Peninsula, from where the latest specimens…
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Check it out: NIMAR contributes to COBRA museum exhibition
This summer, the COBRA Museum will be focusing on Moroccan art. 'The other story' exhibition presents for the first time Moroccan modernism in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) contributed to its exhibition
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Online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia launched
On August 30, the online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia was launched. The platform provides access to over 1,400 digitised maps of Southeast Asia from the collections of the National Library Board Singapore (307 maps), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - Yale University (150 maps),…
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy
The Greek diasporic queer poet 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…
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
s.l.a.brandellero@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1447
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Harry FokkensFaculty of Archaeology
h.fokkens@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Janine UbinkFaculty of Law
j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7493
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Joni OysermanFaculty of Law
p.d.oyserman@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Warfare: technology and ethics - a reading list
While the United States continues to carry out drone strikes, and China conducts large-scale cyber and information operations, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers live in trenches, and NATO sends tanks to the Donbas front to force a breakthrough. Has war changed dramatically in recent decades as a result…
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Model painting with diverse techniques
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Asia Academy #15: North Korea's Gamble
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Why Nixon Went, and Trump Stuck Around
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Heritage expert Ian Lilley holds commemoration speech at Netherlands-Australia War Memorial
Professor Ian Lilley, the Faculty of Archaeology’s Willem Willems Chair in Archaeological Heritage, was invited by Her Excellency Mrs. Marion Derckx, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Australia, to present the 2022 commemoration speech for Netherlands Memorial Day on May 4th at the Netherlands-Australia…
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In the Making #13: Exploring the Multidimensional Nature of Radio
Arts and culture
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
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Night of the Lobbyist 2026
Evenement