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Religious Narratives as Plausibility Structures
Religions involve belief in the unbelievable: in evil spirits causing disease, in souls surviving death, and in gods punishing wrongdoers and blessing the just. Cognitive studies suggest that humans are predisposed to speculate about fate and divine agency, but support from so-called ‘plausibility structures’…
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Chris Verhoeven
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Transferring
Transferring to the Bachelor's programme in Psychology at Leiden University
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Olaf Kaper
Faculty of Humanities
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Florian Theissen successfully defends his PhD thesis
On 30 November 2023, Florian Theissen successfully defended his PhD thesis, 'Sincerely Believing in Freedom'.
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Lionel Laborie
Faculty of Humanities
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Yasmin Ismail
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Radhika Gupta
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tom Roth
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Narrative and Belief
How do religious narratives persuade their readers to believe their message? And how can it be that some readers even come to treat fantasy and science fiction as authoritative religious texts? These are the core questions treated in Markus Davidsen’s new book Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance…
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Rebel with a cause: The effects of leadership encouragement and psychological safety on professionals' prosocial rulebreaking behaviour
This article examines leadership encouragement and psychological safety as antecedents of prosocial rule-breaking (PSRB) behaviour.
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Summer School - Medieval Religion (Groningen)
In the summer school 'Medieval Religion' students will be challenged by specialists in the field of medieval religion to position and develop their own research in relevant scholarly and cultural contexts. The instructors will give masterclasses from their own specialties. Deadline for registrations:…
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Conspiracy thinking as new religion
Is the American government behind the attacks on 11 September 2001? Could it be that the white contrails emitted by planes in the sky are actually ‘chemtrails’: chemicals that are deliberately being spread amongst us? And did the Dutch intelligence service order the murder of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn?…
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Fighting in God’s Name
This book underscores the interplay between religion and politics (local and global) in the production, escalation, management, mitigation, and resolution of conflict.
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Jan de Keijser
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Transnational Pentecostalism in the Age of #MeToo: Sexual Violence and Harassment from Lagos to Los Angeles
This initiative is intended to support generative research collaborations between and among scholars located in different geographical regions who wish to pursue focused, joint projects in any area of the study of religion.
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A double-edged sword: religious discourses and LGBTQIA+ inclusion
The role of religion in the identity construction of LGBTQIA+ folks
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Tromble, From Nomadic Traditionalists to Sedentary Scripturalists? Reexamining Ethno-Religious Discourse in Central Asia
Religion and ethnicity are inextricably linked in discourse within and about Central Asia. One common narrative suggests that as a result of differences between historically sedentary and nomadic populations, ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks are naturally more religious and more likely to radicalise than their…
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Do common antibiotic treatments influence emotional processing?
People who have taken antibiotics in the past three months pay more attention to negative facial expressions, according to research by postdoc Katerina Johnson and assistant professor Laura Steenbergen. This may explain how antibiotics increase the risk of developing depression.
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Iain Gardner (Sydney) visiting scholar in Leiden
Prof. dr. Iain Gardner (University of Sydney) will be a visiting scholar at Leiden University Centre for the study of Religion (LUCSoR) in September-November 2015
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Vacancy for PhD at LUCAS/LUIH
Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) and the Leiden University Institute for History (LUIH) are looking for a PhD in the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.
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The Secular Outlook
The Secular Outlook describes what moral and political secularism means. It paints the image of a world view in which state and religion are kept well separated.
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Representations of Everyday Islam in Europe: Scholars and the ‘Real World’
What forms does Muslim religiosity take in daily life? What is the relation between representations of Islam and Muslims by scholars and the views that exist in the ‘real world’?
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OSCoffee: The psychology of biases, and how they influence us as scholars
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Veronica Janssen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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The Vividness of Italian Baroque Sculpture between Literary Convention and Response
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Eric Jorink
Faculty of Humanities
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A Brief History of Islam in Europe
Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence
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Psychology talents present their research on Psychology Science Day 2019
On the Psychology Science Day 2019 bachelor students were granted a certificate for participating in the Honours Research Bachelor Project (HRBP) and the Honours Lectures. The HRBP participants and the Research Master students also presented their latest research by means of poster presentations and…
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Extra-curricular
The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.
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Individualization, Fragmentation of Authority, and New Organizational Forms among Muslims in Europe
What forms does religiosity take among Muslims in Europe today? How are answers to the question of what it means to be a Muslim in Europe reached in institutions of Islamic higher education, Muslim student organizations, and women’s organizations? What is the relation between the individual and religious…
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Rijk van Dijk
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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History of Cultures, Knowledge and Ideas
It is integral to many cluster members’ research to use Medieval and Early Modern Arts as a lens for studying the medieval and early modern periods at large:
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A Cultural History of Thunderstorms
How did the invention and implementation of the lightning rod change the perception of thunderstorms on a scientific, technical, religious and artistic level, in the Netherlands and beyond, during the period 1752-1830?
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Psychology awards 2018
Standing on the shoulders of giants, that's what the students and staff of the of the Institute of Psychology do. Congratulations.
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Psychology Awards 2019
The theses awards go to Maud van den Eijnden (MSc) and Michael Aristodemou (MSc research). PhD candidates Frank Doolaard and Meriem Manaï wrote the best scientific articles. Anna van Duijvenvoorde wins the Leiden Psychology Blog Award. Corry Donner gets an award for administrative staff of the Institute…
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Aukje Nauta
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Zsofia Pilz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martin Kolnes
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mark Dechesne
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Tom Heyman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Philippa Johnson
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Cevdet Acarsoy
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jan Sleutels
Faculty of Humanities