In the media
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Jue Wang on China and 'trade wars'10 April 2018Tensions ran high last week after China published a list on Wednesday of $50 billion in American products that would be hit by tariffs; a direct respo...
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Koen de Ceuster about North Korea's Winter Olympics propaganda13 March 2018With the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang being over, it can undoubtedly be said that a lot transpired between the both Koreas: the visit of Kim Jo...
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Religious Studies does well in QS Rankings by Subject08 March 2018Leiden’s Religious Studies ranks 40th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Former Leiden Colleague Sven Vleeming honored with ‘Festschrift’21 February 2018On February 2nd, 2018, Professor Sven P. Vleeming of Trier University was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ to celebrate his retirement last summer. The ...
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Nira Wickramasinghe about confronting Sri Lanka's past09 February 2018Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of modern South Asian studies at Leiden University, spoke to Al Jazeera about Sri Lanka's turbulent past: "There wasn't...
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Blog of conference proceedings Connecting in Times of Duress30 November 2017Mirjam de Bruijn's VICI project Connecting in Times of Duress held its final conference in N'Djamena, Chad, from 23 to 29 October.
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden09 November 2017Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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BNR De Wereld: How dangerous is North Korea?27 October 2017What is the relationship between America and North Korea? How big are the chances that a war will break out? How important are the personalities of Tr...
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Politics and International Relations at Leiden score highly in THE World University Rankings12 September 2017Leiden University continues to do well in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. For the subject area Politics and International Relati...
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International Studies graduate nominated for Grand Finale Rotterdam10003 April 2017Roxanne Hoenstok, International Studies graduate and current International Relations student, has been nominated for the Grand Final of Rotterdam100. ...
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Erik Kwakkel: the 'Sherlock Holmes' of medieval manuscripts28 March 2017What can a doodle tell us about the person who drew it? Erik Kwakkel is a Dutch book historian at Leiden University who searches for the secret meanin...
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Report of the Conference: “China, the Netherlands and Europe”, 9th of February14 February 2017How do Chinese view the Netherlands, and what do they experience here? These and other matters were discussed February 9th at the conference: “China, ...
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Stukafest The Hague to pay tribute to Chuck Deely20 January 2017The late Chuck Deely, street musician and icon of The Hague, was planned to perform during Stukafest The Hague on February 2nd. Due to his unexpected ...
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Alanna O'Malley on the election of new United Nations secretary-general António Guterres13 October 2016The election of a new secretary-general of the UN has reinvigorated the discussion on reform of the institution. Criticism on its functioning often fo...
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Wim Willems and Hanneke Verbeek are the winners of the Die Haghe prize of 201610 October 2016Wim Willems and Hanneke Verbeek were awarded with the Die Haghe Prize of 2016 for their book ‘Hier woonden wij. Hoe een stad zijn Joodse verleden hero...