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Free E-pub: The Field of Musical Improvisation 06 October 2017
Prof.dr. Marcel Cobussen has published a free e-pub: The Field of Musical Improvisation.
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English paperback The Perfect Spectator out now 07 April 2017
The Perfect Spectator. The experience of the art work and reception aesthetics. By Janneke Wesseling
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Launch of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics 14 December 2016
International scholarly publisher Brill has released the most complete and up-to-date reference work on the Chinese language available today. Prof.dr....
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Publication prof.dr. Janneke Wesseling 27 October 2016
Of Sponge, Stone and the Intertwinement with the Here and Now. A Methodology of Artistic Research
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Wim Willems and Hanneke Verbeek are the winners of the Die Haghe prize of 2016 10 October 2016
Wim 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...
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The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art 30 August 2016
ACPA Professor of Auditory Culture and Music Philosophy Marcel Cobussen and ACPA PhD Supervisor Vincent Meelberg are, together with composer and Simon...
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NISIS publication: Islamic Studies in the Twenty-first Century 29 August 2016
This month, the NISIS publication “Islamic Studies in the Twenty-first Century: Transformations and Continuities” was published by Amsterdam Universit...
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Book Africanist Stephen Ellis posthumously published 13 June 2016
The African Studies Centre Leiden presented the last book by its renowned colleague Prof. Stephen Ellis (1953-2015), This Present Darkness: A history ...
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Book publication Wim Willems ‘Hagenezen die er mochten wezen’ 30 May 2016
What, and especially who has formed the city The Hague? Wim Willems, professor Social History and director of the Modern Urban Studies (MUS) Institute...
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Immersed in Manchu 03 May 2016
Fresco Sam-Sin teaches the almost extinct language Manchu. His appointment one day in the week is no match for his enthusiasm. But that doesn't stop h...
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Two LUCIS publications available in Open Access 19 April 2016
Two books that recently appeared in the Debates on Islam and Society series at Leiden University Press are now available in Open Access through the Kn...
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An Interview with Kiri Paramore, Author of Japanese Confucianism 24 March 2016
For more than 1500 years, Confucianism has played a major role in shaping Japan's history - from the formation of the first Japanese states during the...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Petra Sijpesteijn 18 January 2016
Arabist and papyrologist Petra Sijpesteijn has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for her research on the early Islamic ...
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Four short films about four centuries of freedom at Leiden University 04 November 2015
Four videos tell the story of the history of Leiden University. The films were premiered on 2 November during the Leiden Film Festival.
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The imagination as gaoler and as escape 30 October 2015
Fiction is more effective than autobiographical non-fiction when it comes to conveying the sensation of enforced solitary confinement. That is the con...