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Style and Society in the Prehistory of West Asia
Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse
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About the programme
Master International Relations specialisation Culture and Politics.
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Prof. dr. Marcel Cobussen at network event Listening to language culture and artefacts
Prof. dr. Marcel Cobussen will take part in a research network project in London.
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Connecting citizens: The fused identities of Nusaybin, Turkey and Qamishle, Syria
This project explores how the populations of the historically contiguous towns of Nusaybin, Turkey and Qamishle, Syria articulate citizenship in the everyday.
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NWO Graduate programme: Arts in Society
Exploring cultural production in Europe, Latin America and Africa, the institute’s research programme focuses on the continuous interconnectedness of the Arts and Society in both the textual culture of literature, learning and public debate and the visual culture of art, architecture, film, photography…
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Social Forces, States and Hydropolitics of the River Nile: Case Studies of Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
This research aims to investigate how different social forces interact with hydropolitics in the Eastern Nile Basin and what are the constraints of engagement.
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Estimative Intelligence in European Foreign Policymaking: Learning Lessons from an Era of Surprise
This book is the first comparative study of estimative intelligence and strategic surprise in a European context, complementing and testing insights from previous studies centred on the United States. It does extensive empirical analysis of open-source material and interviews in relation to three cases…
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The balkan war (1912-1913) and visions of the future in Ottoman Turkish literature
Engin Kiliç defended his thesis on 11 june 2015
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Prepare for your studies
You’ve been accepted! Leiden University looks forward to welcoming you as a new student. Your next step is to prepare for your studies. Below you can find some tips to help you get a head start.
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Weneya´a – “quien habla con los cerros”
This study documents and translates the Saa (Zapotec) cultural heritage of the Bene’ Ya’a/En’ne I’ya peoples, the Zapotec inhabitants of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca.
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The phonological systems of the Mbam languages of Cameroon with a focus on vowels and vowel harmony
The languages of the Mbam-et-Inoubou District of the Centre Region of Cameroon have a unique position in Bantu linguistics. Being in between
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Claiming Ancient Rome’s Heritage: Translatio imperii as an Anchoring Device in the Neo-Latin Poetry of Florence in the Age of Lorenzo de’ Medici
In Renaissance Florence, humanists wrote Latin poems fashioning their city as the new Rome, and members of the Medici family as Roman rulers. How can we explain this practice?
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Dynastischer Nachwuchs als Hoffnungsträger und Argument in der Frühen Neuzeit
This volume sheds light on the role played by progeny in maintaining dynasties in early modern royal courts as well as the horizontal and vertical interplay between the actors. It attempts to break through the narrative of older research that saw dynasties as a series of male rulers. Instead, these…
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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Rolf Bremmer
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerlov van Engelenhoven
Faculty of Humanities
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Wouter van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Borderland Narratives
Cultural Anthropologist Erik de Maaker published, together with Monica Janoswki (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Stories across Borders: Myths of Origin and Their Contestation in the Borderlands of South and Southeast Asia in Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS).
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workshop on adolescence and sexual maturity in historical and cross-cultural perspectives
When are you (sexually) mature? A KNAW grant will enable associate professor Rafal Matuszewski to organise an interdisciplinary workshop on this question.
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Summer School Books and Culture 2020: The Plantin Press and the Religious Book (Antwerp, 29 June - 3 July 2020)
Intensive 5-day programme on the world-famous Antwerp-based printing and publishing house founded by Christopher Plantin in 1555. International experts will discuss how it developed the production and distribution of religious books and related illustrations and prints in the following centuries.
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New publication: Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court: The Antique as Innovation
This book by Dirk Jacob Jansen traces the career of Jacopo Strada (Mantua 1515-Vienna 1588), examining his role at court in Vienna, where he served as Imperial architect and antiquary. Strada’s career was unusually wide in scope and cosmopolitan in outlook even for a Renaissance artist.
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Politics and the Holocaust in Modern Poland
Lecture, Seminar
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Test certificate could help reopen society, but at what cost?
On 11 May the House of Representatives voted in favour of a law that will enable some sectors to reopen sooner than planned with the aid of test certificates. Political philosopher Josette Daemen is critical of the new legislation. ‘Just because we get used to measures doesn’t make them desirable.’
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‘on the principle of proportionality in EU law’ at the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid (Centro de Estudios Políticos y
Vasiliki Kosta participated in the García Pelayo Seminar of the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid entitled: ‘Discretionary Powers and Judicial Review: What Destiny for the Principle of Proportionality?’
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Referendum: new in the Dutch polder
On 6 April the Netherlands will vote on far-reaching cooperation with Ukraine. Referenda are exceptional in Dutch political history, according to Professor of Electoral Research Joop van Holsteijn.
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Robert Zwijnenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Raymond Fagel
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Verstraten
Faculty of Humanities
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Noa Schonmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Duindam
Faculty of Humanities
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Globalizing Palliative Care? A Multi-sited Ethnographic Study
This project investigates the globalization and cultural mediation of palliative care practices, policies and discourses.
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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam is a comprehensive resource exploring social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Vietnam, one of contemporary Asia’s most dynamic but least understood countries.
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La llamada del pasado: claves de la teoría de la historia
A Spanish translation of Herman Paul’s 'Key Issues in Historical Theory' has appeared under the title 'La llamada del pasado: claves de la teoría de la historia'.
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‘The influence of the media on legislation is limited’
News articles have only a limited influence on the course of legislative processes. This is the finding of political science expert Lotte Melenhorst in her PhD dissertation. Defence 21 March.
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Voices of Asian Modernities: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asian Popular Music of the 20th Century
What was the relationship between women and modern media in different parts of Asia in the 20th century? Under what historical and social conditions did women achieve prominence in popular music in Asia?
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Through the revolving door: do parliamentarians anticipate attractive careers elsewhere?
Political scientist Tim Mickler (Leiden University) receives a grant from The Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his quantitative research into post-parliamentary positions of parliamentarians. The grant is a result of the SGW Open Competition XS, with the aim of stimulating innovative scientific rese…
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Small-State Influence in EU Security Governance: Unveiling Latvian Lobbying Against Disinformation
Sophie Vériter explores a small state’s impact on EU security governance, a hard challenge means against big states in this policy area.
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Asian Modernities and Traditions
The research profile ‘Asian Modernities and Traditions’ (AMT) aims to raise the strength and visibility of research, teaching and dissemination on Asian studies at Leiden University.
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How democratic are state secrets?
Transparency is seen as an important value for democratic government policy. Does that mean that we should do away with state secrets, such as confidential information involving intelligence agencies and political deals made behind closed doors? Political philosopher and ERC grant recipient Dorota Mokrosinska…
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Boyd Leupen wins MSc Thesis Prize 2015
Boyd Leupen has won the Institute of Political Science MSc Thesis Prize 2015. With 'Refuting asymmetrical Kantianism: On the moral standing of animals', Leupen completed his Political Science master studies and contributed an excellent piece of scholarly work. According to the jury, his thesis stands…
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"Getting Organized"
In January 2014, the research project The Promise of Organization hosted a fruitful three-day conference:
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To foreignize or to domesticate? How media vary cross-nationally in their degrees of incorporating foreign events
The authors delve into the varying degrees to which institutions across different nations connect foreign events to their respective country's domestic affairs.
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New research seminar series Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
The Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) is pleased to introduce a new research seminar series. The FGGA Research Seminar will be a forum for the presentation and discussion of current, high-quality research on topics covered by the faculty.