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Remco Breuker on North Korea: ‘We have actually run out of time’
Since it was announced that North Korean President Kim Jong-un is ready to launch an intercontinental nuclear missile, fear of a nuclear war is growing by the day. Professor and North Korea expert Remco Breuker talks about the increased international tensions and their consequences for his work.
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Leiden Islam Academy: sharing knowledge and making contact
The aim of Leiden Islam Academy is to share the broad knowledge of Islam existing in Leiden University with various parties within society, and to bring people together. After three years of preparation, the launch meeting will take place on 7 December.
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Inspiring: Henriëtte studied at a Chinese university for five months
When Henriëtte Hoffman was ten years old she was enthralled by The Last Emperor, a 1987 film about the twelfth and last emperor of the Manchu dynasty. It was an interest that eventually led to a five-month stay in Chengde in China for her Asian Studies research master’s programme. During her time in…
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How to address sensitive subjects in class?
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly discussed in classes at Political Science. Moreover, with a diverse group of students, there is a great diversity of life experiences, backgrounds and opinions.…
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Minister Ollongren impresses with personal speech: 'Our strongest weapons are people'
After 2.5 years as defence minister, it is time for Kajsa Ollongen to hand over the baton. In front of a packed audience, she gave her farewell speech at Leiden University in The Hague on Tuesday, which included personal lessons and memories, from sleeping on the ground with the prime minister to the…
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Archaeologist Jennifer Swerida investigates emergent social complexity in the Omani desert
In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…
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‘Quantitative literacy’ would prevent unsound research policy
Research impact is measured in different ways. However, these indicators are often based on dubious calculations, says Ludo Waltman. Inaugural lecture on 21 June.
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Interactions from Lipid Membrane Deformations
PhD defence
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Relational Multilateralism: the Play of International United Front in China’s Global Grand Strategy
Lecture
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LTA lunchlezing Tsolin Nalbantian
Lecture
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“Was the Habsburg Empire an Empire?”
Lecture, Fourth Annual Leiden Austrian Studies Lecture
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The Most Popular Buddhist Illustrated Book of circa 1450
Lecture, China Seminar
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Greening Casablanca: Speculative Fictions and Contested Planning Responses to the Climate Crisis
Lecture, Research Seminar
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A ‘Little Armenia’ in the Caribbean
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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The Politics of Education in Contemporary Vietnam
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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On the Origins of 'The Origins of Inequality'
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Embodied Imamate: Mapping the Development of the Early Shiʿi Community 700-900 CE
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Lecture by Michael Mazarr on 'Deterring China: Challenges and Opportunities'
Lecture
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African percussion (djembé)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Can we overcome Orientalism with Multiculturalism? A Methodological Reflection on Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Lecture
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Asia Academy #09: India's Democracy
Lecture
- BA Spring Semester Arabic & Islamic Studies for students of Dutch and Flemish Universities
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Hephthalites, Romans, and Arabs: the Grand Strategy of the Sasanian Empire
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Memories of Cinema-Going in Postwar Japan: An Ethno-history
Lecture
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Revolutionary Parents: Intimate Cultural Memories of the Arab Left
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Book Launch Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History
- The internet of 100 years ago
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History Research Master Symposium
Conference
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A Social History of Elephant Watching and Elephant Keepers in Early Modern China
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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LTA lunch lecture - Gamification in Higher-Ed: Promises, Practices, and Pitfalls
Lecture
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“De” outside the cleft: An evidential operator in the C domain
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Hackathon - From Person to Open Data
Hackathon
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Chair of UN Studies in Peace and Justice
From 1 August 2018, Alanna O'Malley was appointed as Chair of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, focusing on the ‘lesser-known actors’ of the UN: women, the youth, the agents of informal diplomatic networks within the UN and actors from the Global South. This Special Chair has been created…
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Life Cycle Assessment-Based Guidance for development of New Energy Technologies
The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.
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OSINT: From Theory, Intelligence to Evidence
Conference
- Futures from the frontiers of climate science
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First images from the James Webb telescope
Lecture
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LED3 Lecture: Oxygenases - From Mechanisms to Medicines
Lecture
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Global Tax Governance: from legitimacy to inclusiveness
Inaugural lecture
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Parts of LUCL have ground to a halt
The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics has been badly affected by the corona crisis: the research in the four labs and the fieldwork has come to a standstill. What are the implications?
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Italy From Facism to Democracy. And Back?
Lecture, Seminar
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SAILS Symposium - Heritage: From physical to digital
Lecture
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‘I go for a quick walk every day before I start work’
Our researchers are doing what they can to continue working on their research. How are they managing? We talk to Kimia Heidary, who began as a PhD candidate in business studies on 16 March.
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Molecular inheritance from cloud to disk
PhD defence
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From intracluster medium dynamics to particle acceleration
PhD defence
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Cardiomyocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells
PhD defence
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Lattice Cryptography, from Cryptanalysis to New Foundations
PhD defence