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Decline of Ambiguity in Islamic Modernity? Deathbed Emotions as a Case Study
Lecture | LUCIS What's New?!
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Qiang 羌, Rong 戎, Yangtong ⽺同, and Tufan 吐蕃 in Ancient Chinese Sources and Their Tibetan Correspondences
Lecture, CHiLL series
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International Studies Earth Day lecture: 12 Habits to Solve the World’s Crises
Festival
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Retirement is not an option for ‘an old warhorse’ like Osinga
He has had to accept early retirement due to his military profession, or ‘FLO’ (Functioneel Leeftijdsontslag) as it is more commonly referred to within the Dutch Ministry of Defence, but the words ‘retirement’ or ‘winding down’ do not appear to be part of Frans Osinga's vocabulary. His appointment at…
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Ælfric’s Afterlives: Copying, Editing, Studying, Teaching and Remembering the Most Prolific Author of Old English
Conference
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Quality of master’s programmes assessed in new guide
The Air and Space Law (Advanced LL.M.) master’s programme at Leiden University is among ten ‘excellent master’s programmes’ at Dutch universities. This is according to ‘Keuzegids masters 2024’, a guide to master’s programmes in the Netherlands.
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Introducing: Andrew Gawthorpe
I am a Lecturer in Contemporary Military History and Security Studies, teaching in both the History and International Relations programmes here at Leiden. I grew up in Yorkshire, England and was interested in history and international politics from a young age. In 2003 I went to the University of Cambridge…
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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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Navigating between empires: the discourses on self-determination in and about Hong Kong
PhD defence
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Can the Qing subaltern speak? Exploring Tibetan and Mongol history through the use of sub-provincial Chinese language archival sources
Lecture, China Seminar
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The Monroe Doctrine Refurbished? The US-Latin American relations under Trump 2: Exploring possible scenarios
Lecture
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SIMMR Presents: How to Un(name) a Tree
Artist Talk + Panel Discussion + Walking Tour
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A Comparative Study of Cosmology and its Dynamics in Zhang Zai and Max Scheler
PhD defence
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The Metamorphosis of Change: A Study of Plato’s Theory of change
PhD defence
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COUNTERRR Project Launch & Roundtable Discussions: Current trends in the study of government and community responses to jihadi insurgencies in Africa
Roundtable
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Towards responsible and resilient mineral supply chains, with case studies on cobalt, antimony, and zinc
PhD defence
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Globalization of Waldorf Education; An Ethnographic Case Study from the Philippines
PhD defence
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Synthetic Affinity-Based Probes for ADP-Ribose Interactome Studies
PhD defence
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Evolvability and epistasis studied through the lens of an antibiotic resistance enzyme
PhD defence
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Substrates and inhibitors to study and modulate ER-I α-glucosidase activity
PhD defence
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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Approaches to Study Biologically Relevant Reactions: Examples from Amyloid Aggregation to Enzymes
PhD defence
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Miniaturized metabolomics methods for enabling the study of biomass- restricted samples
PhD defence
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Destroy, Create, Transform and Sublimate. Laboratory Dissociation Studies on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Analogues
PhD defence
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Design and Synthesis of Click Lipids as Tools to Study Immune Cell Metabolism
PhD defence
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Meet our new colleague Letty ten Harkel: ‘I am interested in what happens when different cultures come together’
In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she has built up an impressive track record in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Read the interview about her background and research…
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Streaming the Sagas: a live role play in the North-European Age of Heroes
Hwæt! You've heard of the adventures of the mighty Beowulf. You've heard of the brave folk standing beside him, and the awe-inspiring foes standing against him. But where their legend still lives, their tale ended long ago... Let us begin a new saga, let us find new heroes, weave a new story - by the…
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Grant for workshop series on Ocean Governance
Dr. Vanessa Newby (ISGA) and Dr. Catherine Jones from St Andrews won a grant worth over €23.000 from the RSE Saltire Facilitation Network Award entitled: ‘Worse Things Happen at Sea’: The Governance & Security of the Ocean. The grant will comprise three workshops in 2022: one in Leiden, one in Edinburgh…
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A Luwian song in Old Hittite and its relevance for the study of negation compounds
Lecture, CIEL Seminars
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Modality without moods? Preliminary considerations for a systematic study of modal strategies in Hittite
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium | Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Four Comenius teaching awards for Leiden lecturers
Five lecturers from Leiden University have received a Comenius teaching award. With the grants they can carry out an innovation project.
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Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums
In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted art.
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The Geopolitics of Japan: 2025
Debate, BASIS The Hague, Universiteit Leiden
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Geslaagde studentenconferentie 'empirisch-juridisch onderzoek en het privaatrecht'
Waarom is empirisch-juridisch onderzoek van belang voor de rechtspraktijk en het wetenschappelijke onderzoek? Op die vraag kregen masterstudenten van de afstudeerrichtingen civiel recht, ondernemingsrecht en financieel recht antwoord tijdens het congres over empirisch-juridisch onderzoek en het privaatrecht…
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Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales
Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers who like to postpone these questions, for those who like to tell a good story with their culinary contribution, or for those who simply want to know…
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Defence Minister at Ukraine Symposium: 'We Europeans have only one chance to get this right'
Three years on, and interest in Ukraine certainly hasn't waned. The auditorium at the Wijnhaven location was fully booked on Monday. Hundreds of people, including top military brass, listened to Defence Minister Brekelmans' speech. He pointed out to them: 'Here in the Netherlands, we're now living in…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Stop the cuts to education’
Scrap the radical cuts to research and teaching. This was researchers and students’ message to government at the opening of the new academic year. Various speakers in Leiden’s Pieterskerk highlighted the importance of science for society.
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'The show must go on, but making politics less tedious is an almost effortless job these days!'
After almost a year of working from home during this Covid pandemic, Scientific Director Paul Nieuwenburg conveys how the Institute of Political Science is sailing through waves and lockdowns: from transformation to bi location to 'non location', from teaching on the beach to teaching to 'black cubes'…
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Back to the scanner: brain science in times of corona
For their research many neuropsychologists use the brain scanners at the LUMC. At the start of the pandemic, the rules for visiting the hospital became stricter and a large amount of psychology research looked as though it would fall through. Thanks to good protocols the researchers can now pick up…
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Inflation - a reading list
In 2022, every euro in the Netherlands lost about 10% of its value, price increases comparable to the stagflation period of the 1970s. In the same year, the value of the Argentine peso halved, while prices in China only rose by 2%. How well do we understand the economic mechanisms behind inflation?…
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‘I want to work with Indonesia in the present day’
Alumnus Rennie Roos lives and works in Indonesia. What took him there, what does he do there and what inspires him?
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Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers
Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young researchers the opportunity to develop their ideas for a period of three years.
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’
Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'
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Ammodo Science Award to bring cultural heritage to life through play
A team of Leiden researchers has won the Ammodo Science Award for innovative humanities research on perceptions of cultural heritage.
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What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance
Last week, Ajay Gandhi, Assistant Professor at the Leiden University College, wrote an article about how spider's webs can explain the dynamics of social beings.
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Global Geopolitics with Trump: Two Months In
Lunch Seminar
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Archaeologist Nathalie Brusgaard investigates human-animal relations as Assistant Professor
Dr Nathalie Brusgaard both studied and finished her PhD at the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. After a few years spreading her wings, she is now back. As the new Assistant Professor in the World Archaeology department, she will continue her research on the relationship between prehistoric humans and…
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Meet Dr. Lital Abazon LJSA Member
Prior to arriving to Leiden, Dr. Abazon completed her Ph.D. at Yale University's Department of Comparative Literature, where she also taught courses ranging from Introduction to Zionism to World Cinema.
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Meet Prof. dr. Jürgen K. Zangenberg, LJSA Co-Initiator and Member
Prof. Zangenberg came to Leiden in 2006 as Professor for New Testament and Early Christian Literature and is now Chair for the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.
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Au(111) Electrode Surface in Different Electrolytes and Conditions Studied with a Home-made EC-STM
PhD defence
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East Europe’s Forgotten Peasant Revolution: The Era of World Wars Reconsidered
Lecture, Seventh Annual Austrian Studies Lecture