2,754 search results for “decolonization in south asia” in the Public website
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Letters of Johan de Witt give a glimpse behind the scenes at the Disaster Year 1672
The government, the people and the country were in desperate straits. This about sums up the state of affairs in the Disaster Year of 1672. It was 350 years ago, and to mark the occasion PhD candidate Roosje Peeters collaborated on a series of letters to and from a key political figure Johan de Witt,…
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Two Leiden alumni make partner at Grant Thornton – at the same time
On 1 July 2021, Leiden Law alumni Linda van de Reep and Géraldine Grünberg-Otto were both named partners at auditing and consultancy firm Grant Thornton. ‘We’re connected through our background in Leiden, and we’re proud of that.’
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Retirement is not an option for ‘an old warhorse’ like Osinga
He has had to accept early retirement due to his military profession, or ‘FLO’ (Functioneel Leeftijdsontslag) as it is more commonly referred to within the Dutch Ministry of Defence, but the words ‘retirement’ or ‘winding down’ do not appear to be part of Frans Osinga's vocabulary. His appointment at…
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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Second 'Retired and Kicking' symposium
Lecture, Retired and Kicking
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Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age - International Conference
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the first publication of De jure belli ac pacis by Hugo Grotius in 1625, an international conference will be organized by the Grotiana Foundation, the Paul Scholten Centre for Jurisprudence at the University of Amsterdam, the Grotius Centre for International…
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GP in Spain in times of corona
What’s the situation like in Spain in these times of corona? Dr Jan Otto Landman (Medicine, Leiden, 1979) has a GP practice in Torremolinos and Fuengirola, Southern Spain, and since 16 March he has been writing blogs about corona on the Facebook page of his practice. He has covered issues such as the…
- Volume 14 (2019)
- Volume 17 (2022)
- Volume 13 (2018)
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Dissertations
Overview of all dissertations published by PhD candidates from CML.
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AI for Bad: Superpowers, Cydiplo and the Myth of Global Regulation
Lecture
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Colonial and Global History Seminar
Lecture, COGLOSS
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In the Making #4: Marcel Cobussen, MinJi Kim, Kevin Fairbairn and Nele Möller, Ecology and (Sounding) Art
Lecture, Conversation
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Media, Race and the Infrastructures of Empire
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Experimental Ethnographies
Lecture
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Investigating palaeoclimate variability in the Iberian peninsula during the last glacial period and implications for Neanderthal disappearance
PhD defence
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Climate justice through the courts: Will courts prevent (and redress) human rights harm from climate change?
Lecture
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Chemical Biology Lecture: Functional supramolecular systems and materials
Lecture
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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Speech Surrogacy on the African Talking Drums: exploring the Yoruba Drum Language
Lecture, This Time for Africa! Series
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International Law and Indigenous Rights in Australia
Lecture
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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YAL members
Read all about YAL membership and the members of the Young Academy Leiden.
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Publications
Recent publications
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‘In the end, rector is just Latin for organiser’
On the day of the Dies Natalis, Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker starts his second term of office. How does he look back on the first four years, and what are his plans? These are the questions asked of him by Mayor Lenferink, student of public administation Mikal Tseggai, Professor Eveline Crone and…
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Hall of Fame 2020
In 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.
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Presentations and Lectures
Members of our research team give different types of presentations and lectures.
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
- Workshop "Flaws in the Flow": Investigating Gaps in the Governance of Post-Consumer Textile in the Netherlands
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Flaws in the Flow: Investigating Gaps in the Governance of Post-Consumer Textile in the Netherlands
Workshop
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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Pilgrim Year: a commemoration rather than a celebration
Myths abound about the Pilgrims, the group of religious refugees from England who set sail for America in 1620. Did they really live in peace with the indigenous peoples of America? In an international conference, historians from Leiden will seek to draw attention to the more negative effects of the…
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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Social Science Matters: The (non)sense of conspiracy theories
Climate change is made up, the secret services murdered Pim Fortuyn and JFK, and the moon landing was a fake show. Conspiracy theories are of all times, providing sensation and entertainment, but also unrest and fear. The corona pandemic is new fuel for conspiracy theorists who set fire to 5G masts,…
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’
On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth company to be given the green light by the European Medicines Agency. As Lead of the Janssen Campus in the Netherlands, Biology alumnus Bart van Zijll Langhout…
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Memory Politics and Contentious Heritage in Anṣār Allāh/Ḥūthī Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
- Conference on Human Rights and Climate Change
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Closing the Gap 2022 | Responsibility in Cyberspace: Narratives and Practice
Conference
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Language maintenance and revitalization across the world
Conference
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The Future of faith and responsible technology & AI
Lecture
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Conference on Human Rights and Climate Change
Conference
- Conference: Lessons from Afghanistan
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Publications
Recent publications
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HiSoN Summer School 2024
Conference
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Small Grants Past Research Projects
The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. These are our past awardees.
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Formation of Islam: Topics
The FOI project has a number of topics it aims to investigate. These are: State, Economy, Culture and Papyri. You will find links to bibliographies on this page.
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Hall of Fame 2017
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, they have been appointed members of academic societies or have taken up positions in the community. Reasons enough to be proud of them and to include them…
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Older Publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Industrial Ecology (1982-2015)