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Portable Islam: Swahili literary networks in the Indian Ocean
The Swahili coast has a long-standing history of transoceanic Islamic connections dating back to the 25th century. Yet, print, has changed the world – not only ours. This project unravels unique forms and archives of intellectual history emerging from within South-South connections. In East Africa Indian…
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Portraits of 28 EU citizens in Leiden by seven anthropologists
Annick Dezitter from Belgium celebrates 3 October with heart and soul: she has become a fanatical Leidener. Her portrait is part of Leiden meets Europe: an exhibition of 28 portraits of EU citizens in Leiden. City photographer and third-year Cultural Anthropology student Wilke Geurds explains.
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Dutch Studies Open Day: broad and varied
From the new street language Smibanese to 17th-century manuscripts: the first national Dutch Studies Open Day explores a wide range of topics. The Open Day will take place on Saturday 7 March in Leiden. Frits Spits will broadcast his radio programme ‘De Taalstaat’ (The Language State’) from the Kamerlingh…
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Last Week’s Hype: On the Blackstar album and death of David Bowie
Can David Bowie’s death be seen as a carefully staged hype, just one last version of the musician’s ever-surprising public persona? Cultural Studies researchers Gerlov van Engelenhoven and Bram Ieven look into it.
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Meer inbreng in de klas werkt motiverend bij vmbo’ers
Promotieonderzoek van Karin Smit bij het Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen aan de Universiteit Leiden
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800,000 euro funding for research on living conditions in prisons
Researchers at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology - Paul Nieuwbeerta, Anouk Bosma, Esther van Ginneken, Hanneke Palmen and Maria Berghuis - have received 800,000 euro from the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) of the Ministry of Security and Justice to investigate living conditions…
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Manon Mulckhuyse new assistant professor Cognitive Psychology
In September 2019, Manon Mulckhuyse will start a position as assistant professor in the Cognitive Psychology Unit.
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Do codes of conduct apply to civil servants’ free time?
According to research conducted by regional Dutch newspaper ‘BN DeStem’, emigration to Russia certainly isn’t off the cards for some Dutch people. Information sessions are being held for anyone interested in emigrating to these countries. Is it acceptable for civil servants to get involved in these…
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DNA dating at Lowlands
Why do opposites attract? According to Karin van der Tuin, researcher at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), it could be because of your DNA. The more you differ from one another, the better. She will be testing her ideas at the Lowlands festival Lowlands, where she will subject visitors to DNA…
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Maikel KuijpersFaculteit Archeologie
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Karsten WentinkFaculteit Archeologie
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Yasco HorsmanFaculty of Humanities
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
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Fan LinFaculty of Humanities
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Florian SchneiderFaculty of Humanities
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Jennifer SweridaFaculteit Archeologie
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Erik DanenScience
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Aida GholamiFaculty of Humanities
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Annet Pauwelussen joins expert consultation to improve international policies on small-scale fishing
Cultural anthropologist Annet Pauwelussen has been invited by the University of Washington to participate in an expert meeting on 'Global Measures of the Contribution of Small-Scale Fisheries to Sustainable Development'. 29 - 30 May 2018, Seattle.
- Media | Art | Politics (MAP)
- Material Culture (5 ECTS)
- Material Culture (5 ECTS)
- Material Culture (5 ECTS)
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Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550 [PRAYER]
This project investigates the full ecosystem of Middle Dutch prayerbooks in order to answer questions about their role in – and impact on – religion, culture, and society in the late medieval Low Countries.
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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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South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon
This project, South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon (SAPPHIRE), investigates population dynamics in western South America on the basis of traces in the geographical, genetic, archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic record.
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Mirae Kim on translation issues at K-pop
K-pop is wildly popular. Fans all over the world sing along to the Korean songs, often without understanding exactly what the lyrics mean. University lecturer Mirae Kim explains why these songs are so difficult to translate in the video series
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea
In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explains how this is possible in the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave'.
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Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans
Fans of the Korean music movement K-pop go through hell for their idols. In return, artists care deeply about their fans: they even get to decide their hair color. In the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', PhD candidate Flora Smit takes a closer look at this relationship.
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Peter Verstraten over het succes van Koreaanse films
What makes South Korean films successful? In the first part of the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', University Lecturer Peter Verstraten discusses the recent success of South Korean cinema.
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Launch of the European Network of Brazilianists – REBRAC
Sara Brandellero, Assistant Professor in Brazilian Studies (LUCAS), is a founding member of the newly launched European Network of Brazilianists working in Cultural Analysis/Rede Europeia de Brasilianistas de Análise Cultural – REBRAC. Network launched at international conference at the University of…
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Raymond Corbey interviewed about new book on the missionary's perspective on New Guinean ritual art
Protestant missionaries have provided the earliest and most detailed sources regarding the ritual art of the Papuan peoples of the Geelvink Bay. Raymond Corbey brings these sources to bear on circa 300 ritual objects and their itineraries in the book KORWAR - Northwest New Guinea ritual art according…
- Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language and Culture
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Roman Fake News? Documentary Fictions in the Roman Empire
How can theories about modern disinformation help to understand how Roman documentary fictions functioned?