1,159 search results for “middle east north africa” in the Student website
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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Strecker (Associate Professor, UCD), has been published by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Akinyinka AkinyoadeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Babak RezaeedaryakenariFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Vanessa NewbyFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
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Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa
Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg talks in the Dutch newspaper NRC about the neoliberal system and how it has to change in order to solve the energy crisis in South-Africa.
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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Nikki MulderFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marianne Maeckelbergh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stone Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa
Conference
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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Alumni panels
During the panels, alumni from all 4 FSW study programmes (Cultural Anthropology, Education and Child Studies, Political Science and Psycology) will share their experiences in their field of work. Each panel will focus on one field of work and will host 4 alumni, one from each FSW study programme.
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Arthur CrucqFaculty of Humanities
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Dutch radio about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement on Africa
Economic Anthropologist Erik Bähre talks on the Dutch News Radio Channel BNR about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement for African countries.
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Alice KuboAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Irini SifogeorgakisFaculteit Archeologie
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Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Update: Condolences and fundraisers for those affected by the Morocco earthquake
On behalf of its students and staff, the Executive Board of Leiden University would like to express our condolences to all those affected by last Friday’s earthquake in Morocco. We would also like to offer support to all students and staff who have family or friends in the area. In the meantime, several…
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Who spoke what language in north-western sixth-century China?
Fifteen hundred years ago, the north-west of what we now call China was a jumble of peoples. How did those Indians, Khotanese and Tocharians influence each other and each other's languages? Associate professor Michaël Peyrot has been awarded an ERC grant of almost two million euros to unravel this 'web…
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AI-enabled ultrasound: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa
AI ultrasounds: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa
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Jip BarreveldFaculteit Archeologie
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Marleen DekkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa
Mayke Kaag has been appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) on behalf of the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
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Peter Pels in Andere Tijden about fathers of the Holy Spirit and Africa Museum
The special of the Dutch History Programme Andere Tijden 'Missie Geslaagd?' (Mission accomplished?) tells the story of the last fathers of the Holy Spirit Congregation who live in Gennep. Professor of Anthropology and Sociology of Africa Peter Pels is one of the specialists in this episode. He explains…
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Tristan MostertFaculty of Humanities
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Merel BrüningFaculteit Archeologie
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Diederik MeijerFaculteit Archeologie
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Philip PostFaculty of Humanities
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The 12th-Century Transfer of Zaydi Legal Texts from the Caspian Region to Yemen and its Impact on Later Yemeni Zaydi Law
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Carolien JacobsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Esther van de CampFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Densua MumfordFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Jan JansenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sara PetrollinoFaculty of Humanities
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Gerald AchoFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Costanza FranceschiniFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Asia Academy #05: Sanctioning North-Korea
Lecture
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Caught in the middle? Beer and policy in a Leiden neighbourhood
For my Policy in Practice research project, Elise van Dansik engaged with a problem that Leiden ‘Social Domain’ policy officers saw themselves confronted with, which was why migrant organizations of Slaaghwijk (a socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Leiden’s north) do not cooperate with…
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The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now?
Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the significance of the case, the specific details of the ruling and what we can expect to happen next.
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Call for applications: Africa Thesis Award 2024 (deadline: 31 October 2024)
Education, Research
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Honorary doctorate for Graça Machel: fund for female students from South Africa
On the occasion of the conferral of an honorary doctorate to children’s rights activist Graça Machel, a fund has been established that will enable two female students from South Africa to come and study in Leiden.
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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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BASIS North Korea Lecture
Lecture