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Co-Producing Nationalism in Crisis: State and Public Dynamics on Weibo26 June 2025During the corona pandemic, the Chinese government's digital communication with its citizens changed. Hard propaganda was increasingly replaced by ‘so...
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Spinoza Prize for historian Judith Pollmann: ‘We continually reference the past’Interview 26 June 2025How did people in the past deal with change? And how did such change influence personal and collective identities? For her research on these questions...
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From International Studies to HR: ‘I use my skills every day’24 June 2025Ana Oleart came to The Hague from Barcelona to study for her bachelor's degree in International Studies. After completing no fewer than two master's d...
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Tom de Groot: ‘International Studies covered all the topics that interested me’24 June 2025During his bachelor's programme in International Studies, Tom de Groot became fascinated by the theme of peace and security. Now he designs and modera...
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Jeanette Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’24 June 2025When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical ...
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Architect Aleida Nijland: ‘The building will become greener in many ways’23 June 2025Now that the Herta Mohr building is fully operational, construction work is moving to the other side of the University Library. Over the coming years,...
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From horror to silent strength: Leiden researches emotions at Lowlands23 June 2025This summer, Leiden University will be setting up camp at Lowlands with two research projects. From a spine-chilling haunted house to a silent perform...
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Adolescence: Sexual Becoming in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives19 June 2025On 24 and 25 April 2025, the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam — home to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) — hosted an interdisciplinar...
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Harmed by Shame: report on involuntary relinquishment and adoption of babies in the Netherlands19 June 2025For decades, unmarried girls and women in the Netherlands were forced to give up their newborn children. The impact was profound and persists to this ...
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Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche18 June 2025Baleseng Maeneche (University of the Western Cape) has won the Africa Thesis Award 2024 with a master's thesis on media representation of male perpetr...
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Religious Studies students combat loneliness: ‘Simply acknowledging the complexity helps’18 June 2025Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness...
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More than 100 years of studying South Asia: ‘The view of the area is changing’17 June 2025At the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), scholars have been studying the Indian subcontinent with attention and expertise for more than 100 ye...
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Floris Harm studied Chinese, just like one of his ancestors: ‘We’re both trying to promote mutual understanding’17 June 2025When Floris Harm took up his role as director of the Leiden Asia Centre, he made a remarkable discovery on the university website. It turned out that ...
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Fifth edition of LEAP launched16 June 2025After a semester of brainstorming, writing, rewriting and editing, the time has come: the fifth edition of Leiden Elective Academic Periodical (LEAP) ...
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PRINS introduces students to the world of practice: ‘I’m now even considering a career at the Ministry’16 June 2025The successful PRINS (PRactising INternational Studies) project offers International Studies students an introduction to the world of practice. In the...