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LTP Lecture: Quine’s naturalized epistemology of ontology
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Applied Probability Conference
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“I would never trust them 100%, but they did their job.” Experiences of parents from religious, ethnic, or cultural minorities with court cases
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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LCN2 Seminar
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DNA-Decorated soft nanostructures from the self-assembly of DNA amphiphiles
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CPP Colloquium "Discriminatory vs. Hate Speech: Wherein lies the difference?"
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LED3 Lecture
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CPP Colloquium: The disposition to discriminate
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LCCP Lecture Heidegger, Agamben and Biopolitics
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What can constructs of high stakes exams tell us about assessment cultures? The case of the new Language arts exam in Norway
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“The most fun programme there is”: An immersive learning approach to sustainable education
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- Rightless Resistance: Palm Oil and the Struggle for Land and Citizenship in Indonesia
- Volume 4 (2009)
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The formation of Islam: The view from below
By examining the impact of Islam on the daily life of those living under its rule, the goal of this project is to understand the striking newness of Islamic society and its debt to the diverse cultures it superseded. Questions will be the extent, character, and ambition of Muslim state competency at…
- Former guest researchers
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Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis seeks to explore the transnational and cultural dimensions of intra-Eurasian encounters through Dutch sources.
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Key Publications
Here’s a selection of key publications by members of the CPP:
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Engaging Europe in the Arab World: European missionaries and humanitarianism in the Middle East (1850-1970)
From the mid-19th century until the 1970’s, the Middle East witnessed the presence of various European missionaries who played a fundamental role in the birth and the development of humanitarianism. Since these Christian missionaries were well integrated in the local Middle Eastern societies via their…
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Turning over a new leaf: Manuscript innovation in the twelfth-century renaissance
How did the medieval manuscript develop as a physical object during the Twelfth Century Renaissance and what do these changes tell us about the intellectual culture of the period?
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Kunjungan Delegasi Universitas Leiden ke Indonesia
KITLV-Jakarta merayakan hari jadinya yang ke 50 tahun. KITLV-Jakarta adalah bagian dari perpustakaan Universitas Leiden. Dalam rangka hari jadi tersebut beberapa kegiatan diselenggarakan. Beikut highlight dari rangkaian perayaan ulang tahun KITLV-Jakarta. KITLV-Jakarta’s 50th Anniversary Seminar: “Indonesian…
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Lucia Langerak: ‘I'm not one to sit on the sidelines’
Lucia Langerak was awarded a Master’s degree in Egyptology with cum laude honours in 2018. Her bachelor’s degree was also with cum laude honours. ‘I’m an exceptional Egyptologist, if only because I’ve never been to Egypt.’ She is now the coordinator of the Access & Support Platform at the University…
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Eventful opening of academic year: minister in the church, protest on the square
Not one but two openings: the minister who defended her plans and many who emphasised the importance of standing together with the arts and social sciences: the opening of academic year 2019-2020 in Leiden was not without event.
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Workshop Exploring the Role of Hype in the Future of Quantum Technology
Telling sensationalised stories, exaggerating benefits and understating the risks: creating ‘hype’ about something doesn't sound like something a responsible scientist would indulge in. Or could we also use hype in a ‘good way'? What could we achieve by opening up quantum futures for wider discussions,…
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Blog Post | An Identity Perspective on Non-great Power Public Diplomacy
The postwar Liberal International Order faces grave challenges today mostly in the form of geopolitical competitions among great powers and exclusionary identity politics unfolding across different countries.
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Spinoza prize for Jan Zaanen
Jan Zaanen, Professor in Theoretical Physics of condensed material, has been awarded a Spinoza prize. His pioneering ideas about the collective behaviour of quantum particles and high temperature superconductivity have often given him the reputation of being something of a rebel.
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Ten Leiden students awarded VSB scholarship to study abroad
Ten students at Leiden University were awarded a scholarship by the VSB Foundation, during a festive event in the Hortus Botanicus on 8 June. This scholarship will allow them to take a master's, or a second master's, or carry out a research project abroad. Who are they and what will they be doing?
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Blog Post | Science diplomacy from the Global South: New insights, venues for investigation, and lessons learned
Science diplomacy, broadly defined as all activities at the intersection of science and foreign policy, has become a buzzword during the past ten years.
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Introducing Karlijn Hermans and the Open Science programme at Leiden University
In this interview, Karlijn Hermans, the university's Open Science coordinator, introduces herself and the Academia in Motion programme.
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Passionate debate on university’s fossil fuel ties
Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.
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Tyron Offerman: ‘One straight line from when I was 5 to now’
Tyron Offerman wants to get the most out of life. This 28-year-old computer scientist and business economics graduate has an impressive three jobs: IT strategy consultant, and lecturer and PhD candidate at Leiden University. All his own choice. ‘I do a lot of sports. I have to to be able to keep all…
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A long-term perspective on human niche construction and alteration of ecosystems
Dr. Katharine MacDonald (Faculty of Archaeology) sketches the background to a recent paper in Science Advances, co-authored by her and other members of the Liveable Planet team.
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Blog Post | Do diplomatic gifts matter?
In this blog, Jorg Kustermans asks the question whether diplomatic gifts matter - a subject covered in the latest HJD Forum on gift giving in diplomacy.
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Leiden scholars on the ‘bar-room brawl’ between Trump and Biden
Few have dared declare a winner of the debate between American president Donald Trump and his Democrat challenger Joe Biden. It was more about who was least worst. What do psychologist Willem van der Does, historian Andrew Gawthorpe and policy science scholar Brandon Zicha make of the debate?
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Stop the cuts to education’
Scrap the radical cuts to research and teaching. This was researchers and students’ message to government at the opening of the new academic year. Various speakers in Leiden’s Pieterskerk highlighted the importance of science for society.
- The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
- Where is the Caribbean in the Dutch WPS National Action Plan?
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Bas Hofstra
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- How can Feminist Foreign Policy contribute to National Security in an Age of Domestic Terror Threats?
- Regional Approach to Financial Statecraft: Japan and India in the Face of Rising China
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The Independence of National Regulatory Agencies
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LUGO Sustainability Day
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Online Dies Natalis for Alumni 2023
Alumni event
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LCCP Working Seminar with Susanna Lindberg: "From Technological Humanity to Bio-Technical Existence"
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- Event | The Hague Space Diplomacy Symposium
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International Law and Indigenous Rights in Australia
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Leiden Competition Talk: Case allocation within the European Competition Network (who should do what?)
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The value of languages (to their users and communities)
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LLRC conference: Critical, ethical, and practical use of AI in the language classroom: opportunities and risks
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BRASILIAE. Indigenous Knowledge in the Making of Science: Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648).
Investigating the intercultural connections that shaped practices of knowledge production in colonial Dutch Brazil.
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is proving beneficiary for students and lecturers alike. We sit in during a class.