In the media
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Lively debate after panel on current events in Iran 06 February 2020
Over 170 people took part in the panel on current events in Iran organized by LUCIS. A bustling crowd of Dutch-Iranians, students, University staff, a...
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Visit ambassadors to the University Library Special Collections 18 December 2019
Special visit of seven ambassadors of the Arabic-speaking world to the University Library
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019 06 December 2019
The fourth edition of the Middle Eastern Culture market was a great success with more than 2000 visitors over the weekend. Attendees participated in t...
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'Invisible agents' by Nadine Akkerman most discussed book at Hay Festival 21 June 2019
University Lecturer Nadine Akkerman concluded her book tour for her book 'Invisible Agents' in England at the Hay Festival. At the festival, attended ...
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33 sayings highlight multilingual The Hague 25 March 2019
Since March 5th, the road between Holland Spoor Station and the old city centre of The Hague (also called the “Loper Oude Centrum”) features 33 saying...
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Marina Calculli on the recent developments of the UN mission in South Lebanon 13 February 2019
Once it was considered the Switzerland of the Middle East, but today Lebanon is a country deeply affected by the economic crisis, political stalemate ...
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Yearly lecture on papyrology announced 06 February 2019
On Tuesday March 26, 2019 the yearly public lecture on papyrology will be held (in Dutch) by Prof. dr. Peter van Minnen (University of Cincinnati), en...
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Subtle sounds open things in the mind 06 December 2018
Distance / Fiction is a sound installation that deals with the ways listening is entwined with processes and techniques of sound mediation.
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Bachelor Religious Studies top program according to 'Keuzegids Universiteiten 2019' 23 November 2018
The bachelor program Religious Studies has, besides also Linguistics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, been awarded by the 'Keuzevakkengids Universite...
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Adriaan van der Weel about E-READ in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 18 October 2018
Researchers from more than 30 countries have been discussing the changes in reading through digitization in the European research network E-READ. Adri...
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As with Nixon: will the security services bring Trump down? 24 July 2018
The American security services brought down American President Nixon, not the media as people generally believe. Andrew Gawthorpe, researcher on diplo...
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New book Invisible Agents by Nadine Akkerman in the media 16 July 2018
Nadine Akkerman released her new book Invisible Agents in July 2018. View the reviews on BBC History and Telegraph UK. Keith Simpson added it to his s...
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Eugenio Cusumano on Euronews about EU's migration dilemma 09 July 2018
A tv crew from Euronews came to Leiden to interview Eugenio Cusumano about his work on migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean. Eugenio is an ...
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Letting go of perfection. PhD candidate creates opera about the rebel composer Monteverdi 19 June 2018
As part of his PhD research at the Leiden University, Johannes Boer wrote an opera about the turbulent year in the life of the Italian composer Claudi...
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Interview with Elske Tinbergen in the Mare 19 June 2018
On June 13 cellist Elske Tinbergen received her PhD. Her doctorate was on the history of her own instrument.