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- Well-being Wednesday - Loneliness workshop: Building new communities
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LUCIR Book launch: Kseniya Oksamytna - Advocacy and Change in International Organizations
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A quick call about the war in Ukraine: ‘Did Putin underestimate his opponent?’
The war in Ukraine has lasted almost two weeks now. What does Putin expect to achieve with his invasion and how big is the chance that the West will get involved? We phoned André Gerrits, professor and expert on Russia.
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Towards an Archaeology of Malaria
International Symposium on Malaria Studies
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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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Webb data suggest potential atmosphere around rocky exoplanet
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.
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Masterclass: The Lores of Flatbush: Dutch Storytelling in Colonial North America
Lecture, Histories Connected: Masterclass
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Tamas David-Barrett
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A Conversation on Helen Thompson's 'Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century'
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Opening Exposome-Scan research facility
Conference, Opening
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Writer in residence Maxim Osipov: ‘Writing is the development of truth’
Since criticising the war in Ukraine, Russian author and cardiologist Maxim Osipov has fled Russia. Come September, he will be Leiden University’s writer in residence and teach a course on Russian literature.
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For LGBT+ migrants, dating apps are about much more than sex
When you think of migration, you probably won’t immediately think of dating apps. Yet such apps are important to many migrants, such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer or questioning (LGBT+). Researcher Andrew DJ Shield studied the role that dating apps play in the migration process,…
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example. And then mainly in China.
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Leiden Team Wins Second Place at the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court
Four master's students from Leiden University participated in this year’s edition of the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court, hosted by Antwerp University. Following the verbal rounds held between 21 and 22 March, the team went through to the finals, achieving second place overall.
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The Answer to Inequality is in the Past
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#HumanRightsWeek: The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe – Experiences of a Former Ambassador
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ASCL Seminar: Roadblock Politics - Predation and Resistance in Central Africa
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Lecture on the book The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
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The Nuclear-Water Nexus
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Casimir Colloquium- Children’s Unequal Selves: A Developmental-Psychological Perspective on Achievement Inequality
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‘The memory of persecution is in our blood’: documenting loyalties, identities and motivations to political action in the Ugandan Pentecostal
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ASCL Seminar: Ancestral livelihoods and moral universalism - Evidence from transhumant pastoralist societies
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- Adriaan Gerbrands Lectures
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Powerful corporations determine climate policy in Brazil
Bribing a politician to gain influence or making sure friends end up in powerful positions: Brazilian energy companies use these power strategies daily.
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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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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet
Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. PhD student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals.
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‘Toward the Abolition of Photography’s Imperial Rights’ – Masterclass with Ariella Aisha Azoulay
Masterclass
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Liveable Planet Lunch Series “A Forest of Knowledge – Investigations on foraging cognition in tropical forest foragers”
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Maxim Osipov - Public Interview By Michel Krielaars
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Student Well-being Week 2023
Studentenwelzijn