1,831 search results for “archaeology of the naar east” in the Staff website
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Imagination in the first Islamic Description of the New World (Tarih-i Hind-i Garbī / History of the West Indies), 16th-20th centuries
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Latin American Studies Program at Leiden
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Sacred Serpents of the Mekong: Nāga Myths and Magic in Contemporary Thailand
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Towards a Reconstruction of the Proto-South Omotic Suprasegmentals: Initial Findings
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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Dilemmas of the Kalwars: Caught between Critique and Conformism of Caste
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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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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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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Seksueel misbruik broers en zussen
Seksueel misbruik tussen broers en zussen kan diepe, mentale wonden veroorzaken. Orthopedagoog Sheila van Berkel geeft behandelaars tips voor hoe zij deze wonden kunnen helpen helen.
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Survival of the Littlest: Improving Preterm Outcomes through Metabolomics and Microsampling
PhD defence
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Diversity and Functional Potential of the Sorghum Root Microbiome to Control Striga hermonthica
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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Bridging the Sustainability Information Gap: An Assessment of the European Sustainable Finance Framework
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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Skin and Beyond: Reading the Surfaces of the Body in Ancient Greek Literature
PhD defence
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Building Assyrian Society: The Case of the Tell Sabi Abyad Dunnu
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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translation: The toll-like receptor 7 induced pharmacological challenge model of the skin
PhD defence
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Anchoring & Affordances: The Modern Afterlives of Francis Bacon’s Theory of the Idols
PhD defence
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Children’s services need better data collection: ‘How can we prevent out-of-home placements?’
What reduces the likelihood of children being taken into care? Anouk Goemans calls for data-driven systems, alongside attention to the stories behind the numbers.
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Why parents play a key role in depression in adolescents
Depression in young people is often treated as an individual problem. But looking only at the child means that an important part of the story is missed, says PhD candidate Myrthe Veenman: ‘Parents can make a difference.'
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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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Anatomy of the EU tax list: a case-study on EU external tax policy
PhD defence
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New perspective, equal opportunities in the classroom
Inequality could be addressed in the classroom without taking too much time, effort or money. By making one small change, teachers can make a big difference, says Professor by Special Appointment in Equal Educational Opportunities Lisa Gaikhorst in her inaugural lecture.
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Guest lecture: Matsumoto Toshio’s Theory of the Antifascist Avant-Doc
Lecture
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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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Deciphering the Atomic Structure of the Electrified Metal Oxide- Electrolyte Interface
PhD defence
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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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Chinese nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
PhD defence
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our country back’: Banal nationalism and the continuing significance of the national in an uncertain world
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Kremlin's Control and Suppression Strategies: The evolution of the relationship between violence and disinformation between 2000 – 2021
Lecture
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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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‘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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‘Having children is increasingly seen as something that can be planned and managed’
What are the main trends in family life today? Three stand out: young adults living with their parents for longer, people delaying parenthood and widening inequality between families. How did these trends emerge, and what are their consequences? Leiden experts explain.
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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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Social Mobility and Integration of Amsterdam Jews: The Ethnic Niche of the Diamond Industry, 1850-1940
PhD defence
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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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government's communicative practice in colonial bureaucracy at the turn of the twentieth century in southern Africa
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Old Testament and Scribal Scholarship in Antiquity on the Occasion of the Eightieth Birthday of Arie van der Kooij
Symposium
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The European Union’s Role in Security and Global Affairs: A review of the Danish EU Council Presidency and ways ahead
Lecture
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Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’
In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.
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Causation in Aristotle’s Philosophy: Ensuring the Continuity and Coherence of the Cosmos within a Teleological Framework
PhD defence
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clustering algorithms and performance evaluation metrics applied to samples of the Tell El-Yahudiya ware typology
Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group
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Connect & step up: Overview of the concrete actions to improve our local data repository service, DataverseNL, as a FAIR-enabling service
Webinar, Q&A, discussion
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As a parent, you influence your child’s depression (and why that is also good news)
‘Shouldn’t you get out of bed for once?’ Critical or controlling behaviour from parents, however well intentioned, can worsen the symptoms of young people with depression. That is the conclusion of PhD research by psychologist Wilma Wentholt. But warmth and emotional support can, in fact, have a protective…
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Strengthening Resilience in Youth: What We Learned from the Food for Thought Lunch Meeting
During the Food for Thought lunch meeting on 2 December, colleagues from across the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs gathered for the SSH Sectorplan theme Resilience in Youth to exchange insights and strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration.
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‘Teach young people to take control of technology’
Technology is spreading its tendrils into the classroom. But who is in control?
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…