7 Podcast Tips for the Holidays
Over the past few months, students and staff from the Faculty of Humanities have produced many wonderful podcasts - perfect for listening during a long walk or while preparing the Christmas dinner.
College Tour Podcast
Students from the Master's in Journalism and New Media are creating a podcast in collaboration with Twan Huys, in line with the College Tour concept. Well-known figures from journalism join the podcast to answer students' questions.
Available only in Dutch
UBL the podcast
The University Library podcast has featured many fascinating episodes. This episode about cuneiform tablets for example, or the one about the namesake of the newest university building: Herta Mohr.
ISSA
International Studies students have been responsible for the podcast ISSA for a few years now. In recent months, they've talked with Professor Sarah Wolff, among others.
Luala Beats
In Luala Beats, students and academics discuss topics characteristic of Area Studies discourse: diversity, inequality, power, and cultural interactions. Guests from within and outside Leiden University join in the conversation.
Unboxing – Uitgepakte verhalen
In direct collaboration with activists, artists, and curators, Gerlov van Engelenhoven explores forms of postcolonial identity, memory culture, and heritage that cannot be easily articulated but can still be felt and communicated. What can we discuss, and where does language fall short in understanding each other? How is silence actively used as an alternative to communication in this context?
Available only in Dutch
Abbasid History Podcast
In eight episodes of the Abbasid History Podcast university lecturer Edmund Hayes discusses the history of water management. The podcast explores global developments: from the Tigris to Andalusia.
Name that language
In the Name That Language podcast, experts try to guess which language the other person is thinking of based on a cryptic description.