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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained 08 May 2023
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections prom...
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Radio show opens vote for national flower of the Netherlands 08 May 2023
The Netherlands doesn’t have a national flower. The Vroege Vogels radio show wants to change this and is holding a vote. Experts from Leiden Universit...
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War? 04 May 2023
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleve...
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MCS Scholarship for collection-oriented research: 'There can be a whole story behind something unimportant' 03 May 2023
Would you like to do collection-oriented research, but do not have sufficient resources? Every year, the Museums, Collections and Society (MCS) resear...
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers 02 May 2023
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20...
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Nicolien Mizee new writer in residence at Leiden University 01 May 2023
Writer and columnist Nicolien Mizee will be Leiden University’s new writer in residence from autumn 2023.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations 01 May 2023
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Sw...
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Summer filled with conferences in Leiden 01 May 2023
It will be a summer filled with conferences at the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden. In the coming months, there will be something for everyone at the ...
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Cultural genocide: 'I see no scenario in which Uyghur culture can revive in Xinjiang' 26 April 2023
Within just a few years, the Chinese government's policy towards the Uyghurs deteriorated sharply. From control and marginalisation, it shifted to vio...
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Carole Tiberius appointed professor of Computational Linguistics: 'If you know how systems work, you can better assess their limitations' 26 April 2023
ChatGPT, translation machines and bots: for Carole Tiberius, they are a piece of cake. On 1 January, she was appointed professor of Computational Ling...
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Between literature and law: 'Art can show us how law works and what is just' 25 April 2023
The interplay between literature and law is what Frans-Willem Korsten wants to address as a brand-new professor of Literature, Culture and Law. That m...
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Student lectures for senior citizens: ‘You can learn a lot from other generations’ 19 April 2023
Connecting generations, reducing loneliness and slowing mental decline: these are goals of the Oud Geleerd Jong Gedaan foundation’s lectures, which ar...
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Online curiosity explored: 'We are more likely to accept information uncritically if it answers a question' 19 April 2023
What do people wonder about on social media? University lecturer Matthijs Westera is the recipient of an NWO grant to investigate what people are curi...
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New publication with editions of papyri and ostraca in the Leiden Papyrological Institute 18 April 2023
This volume contains the first edition of 66 papyri and ostraca in the collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute.
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk' 17 April 2023
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second ...