910 search results for “anthropology of food” in the Staff website
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea WatersFaculteit Archeologie
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Tessa MinterFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Diana SuhardimanFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Innovative research on impact of violent conflicts on food security in Chad
Violent conflicts and civil wars in Chad impede most rural households' access to food security, agricultural activities and access to essential services such as health care. In her dissertation, Nakar Djindil Syntyche denounces this issue. She obtained her PhD on 24 November.
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Elsa CharletyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Willem van WijkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Changing our diet would help absorb global food shocks, such as during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
A plant-based diet could improve the resilience of our food system. Moving to such a diet in the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) alone could replace almost all the production losses from Russia and Ukraine. That’s what an international team of researchers conclude in Nature Food. Leiden…
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Oliver TaherzadehScience
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Food as a powerful way to understand social reality and its dynamics
Framing Poland through the lens of post-socialism, as is common in the social sciences, has become outdated. This label no longer captures the rapid changes that have taken place since the fall of the Iron Curtain. Ola Gracjasz's research shows that people are redefining their national identity, blending…
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Jennifer AndersonScience
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Julia FoudraineAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Nina AdriaanseFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ajay GandhiFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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dilemma: When and how to use the concept of “culture” in medical anthropological practice?
When and how to use the concept of “culture” . To medical anthropologists this is a core question, but also a challenging one.
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Nanoparticles: shapeshifters that pass along the food chain and end up in the brain
Nanomaterials can pass much further along the food chain than was previously thought. The particles can change shape and size in each organism, enabling them to pass on to the next one in the chain. Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences discovered this accidentally when using a novel…
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for Participation: Winter School Digital Visual Engagements in Anthropological Research
The ERC consolidator project "Food Citizens? Collective food procurement in European cities: solidarity and diversity, skills and scale" will organise a winter school on visual and collaborative methods in anthropological research at Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development…
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Jasmijn Rana on women's football and emancipation in Morocco
Explore the captivating world of women's football in Morocco through Trouw's insightful report, examining the intersection of Islam, popularity, money, and role models, as emphasized by cultural anthropologist Jasmijn Rana.
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NIA Summer School on Multimodal Anthropology in Greece (deadline May 20)
Education
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Cultural Anthropology and Healthy Society
Colleagues from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences work on a variety of topics that contribute to a healthy society. Erik Bähre, Tessa Minter and Natashe Lemos Dekker presented their work during the Healthy Society Event on 9 June 2022.
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José María Castro IbarraFaculty of Humanities
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How a pathogenic bacterium searches for food
Bacteria whirl around in the mouths of most people, forming dental plaques and sometimes causing nasty gum infections. Treponema denticola might be a dangerous pathogen, but not much is known about this bacterium. It was up to Ariane Briegel and her research group to change that.
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Annemarie SamuelsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Gerard Persoon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Call for volunteers: "Food stories for the biome"
Education, Research
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Jac AartsFaculteit Archeologie
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Join the Anthropology Day 2022: Crisis or Truth
Organisation
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Jaap Corthals
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Irene MorettiFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Amadou Adamou
Faculty of Humanities
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Tim van de MeerendonkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Carola HeinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Siyun WuFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bjørn Peare BartholdyFaculteit Archeologie
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Zamzam FauzanafiFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Intan SariFaculty of Humanities
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This is Emma, the new student ambassador Cultural Anthropology
Since the beginning of September, Emma van der Plas (20) is the new student ambassador for CADS. Emma is a third-year student and is currently following a minor in Sustainable Development in Leiden. Her goal? To eliminate the stigmas surrounding anthropology. "When I tell people I'm studying anthropology,…
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Benjamin Fogarty-ValenzuelaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kick-off Meeting Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network
To foster interfaculty collaborations and explore common ground for working interdisciplinary on health-related themes in Leiden and beyond, the Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network has been set up.
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production
Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started thanks to funding from the Dutch Research Council's KIC research programme.
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Ancois De VilliersFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jessica Kiefte-de JongFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Gerard BreemanFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Floor van MeerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nicolas NavarreScience
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Irene HadiprayitnoFaculty of Humanities
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Xinpeng JinScience
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No legal career but a food truck on Bonaire instead
If you study law, you won’t necessarily end up striding round a law firm in tailor-made suits. Alumnus Harrie Schoffelen certainly hasn’t: he made the conscious decision to follow another path in life. Together with his fiancée he runs a successful food truck on the tropical island of Bonaire. ‘Return…