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Roundtable Discussion: Reorienting Islamic Studies in Asia
Debate
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What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance
Last week, Ajay Gandhi, Assistant Professor at the Leiden University College, wrote an article about how spider's webs can explain the dynamics of social beings.
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'If Asia doesn't work out, I'll go to Sweden'
It was a busy turn-out at the first Study Abroad Festival held recently at the Gorlaeus Laboratory on 30 October 2015. Students gathered here to orient themselves - albeit often in an early phase - on studies or work placements abroad.
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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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Inspiring stories and ‘gezelligheid’ at the reunion and career day of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Staff members, alumni, and students were greeted by a warm spring day to follow the various programmes during the reunion and career day of BA South and Southeast Asian Studies. From alumni panels and yoga session to informal activities such as board games.
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From flag to gift: upcycling project in The Hague South-West
Inspired by a gift she received at a conference abroad, Laura Kamsma, coordinator of the FGGA International Office, went looking for new promotional goodies to hand out to the representatives of international exchange programmes at Leiden University - Campus The Hague. The gifts had to meet three requirements:…
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Nira Wickramasinghe wins John F. Richards Prize
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe has won the American Historical Association John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History for her book Slave in a Palanquin. Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' (Columbia University Press: New York 2020).
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Jos Gommans
Faculty of Humanities
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Harry Wels
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Nicolas Blarel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bruno Braak
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Public lecture by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe
Lecture
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Navigating the Turn to the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from South and Southeast Asia, and the Netherlands
Panel discussion
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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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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?
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Jay Huang
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Tessa Minter
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Daphne Wong-A-Foe
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rizal Shidiq
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan London
Faculty of Humanities
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Annemarie Samuels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ben Arps
Faculty of Humanities
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Ying Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Roberto Arciero
Faculteit Archeologie
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Patricio Silva
Faculty of Humanities
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Aritri Dutta
Faculty of Humanities
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Harris or Trump? Implications for Asia (and beyond)
Lecture, Asia Academy
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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Asia Academy #09: India's Democracy
Lecture
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Opinion piece in Nature: Tobias Müller on people of faith being allies to stall climate change
Tobias Müller, post-doctoral researcher in the field of Terrorism and Political Violence at ISGA, writes how together, religious groups and scientists can be a powerful force for a liveable planet.
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The Washington Post review of Eric Storm’s Nationalism: ‘Grand scale history’
The Washington Post reviews Nationalism by university lecturer Eric Storm. In this book, Storm explores how nation-states became the dominant political organizational form.
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Asia Academy #05: Sanctioning North-Korea
Lecture
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Jonathan Ouellet
Faculteit Archeologie
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Marike van Aerde
Faculteit Archeologie
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Asia-Europe Cooperation on Inclusive Digital Societies
Webinar
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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development.’
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Programme
From ancient sites to heritage rescue, from digital sciences to the evolution of human origins: at Archaeology & Society, you will learn about the many multidisciplinary aspects of archaeological research.
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When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Kate Bellamy
Faculty of Humanities
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Natalia Donner
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Faculty of Humanities
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Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
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Asia Academy #06: Taiwan's Future
Lecture
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Asia Academy #13: Indonesia - A New Chapter
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update
Conference, Network event
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ASCL Seminar: Africa's Second Struggle for Freedom: What's decolonisation got to do with it?
Lecture
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Eduardo Alves Vieira
Faculty of Humanities