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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste 22 February 2021
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 human...
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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’ 19 January 2021
Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with eff...
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‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’ 07 January 2021
What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repr...
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LIAS alumnus Dr Ruixuan Chen awarded Ernst Waldschmidt Prize 21 December 2020
Dr Ruixuan Chen, an alumnus of the LIAS and now assistant professor in Buddhist Studies at Heidelberg, has been awarded the Ernst Waldschmidt Prize. T...
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‘Our pirate image scares people off, but that’s exactly what we want’ 16 December 2020
Controversial environmental organisation Sea Shepherd fights illegal fishing all around the world and is not afraid to take direct action. Alumnus Gee...
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Cisca Hoogendijk receives Festschrift 15 December 2020
On 8 December, on the occasion of her 65th birthday, Cisca Hoogendijk was surprised with a festive bundle of 56 text editions by friends and colleague...
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Update Humanities Campus: circular dismantling Cluster Zuid 03 December 2020
The renovation of Cluster Zuid (Van Eyckhof-Van Wijkplaats) is the third project in the development of the Humanities Campus. The circular dismantling...
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In Memoriam: Burchard J. Mansvelt Beck (May 20, 1947 – October 31, 2020) 26 November 2020
An age-old expression in Classical Chinese is yǔ zhòng bù tóng 與眾不同, meaning ‘out of the ordinary.’ It could have been the motto of Burchard J. Mansve...
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What the refugee crisis teaches us about human connection 09 November 2020
What if a major world event alters the trajectory of your research project? Tsolin Nalbantian was studying citizenship along the Turkish-Syrian border...
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Maribel Fierro 27 October 2020
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Maribel Fierro, Research Professor at the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cie...
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Theme Issue on Markus Davidsen’s Vision for the Study of Religion 23 September 2020
The latest issue of NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion debates dr. Markus Altena Davidsen’s vision for the future of religious studies...
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How can we tell the story of multivocal the Netherlands? 17 September 2020
At a time when statues of figures from history have an uncertain future Valika Smeulders has just become Head of History at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. W...
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‘The connection with society is always closer than you think’ 14 September 2020
On the Things That Talk platform, students publish stories about objects from museums from the many collections of the university library and the city...
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Anoma van der Veere: ‘In Japan, the awkward little masks symbolise the government’s failure’ 21 July 2020
Leiden Asia Centre researcher Anoma van der Veere argues that the Japanese government has failed to respond properly to Covid-19. There were difficult...
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Teachers on remote teaching: ‘You really have to act as a moderator 06 July 2020
As a result of the current coronavirus outbreak, almost all of our teaching is done online. However, even before this, several teachers were involved ...