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Ammodo Science Award to bring cultural heritage to life through play 05 March 2024
A team with Leiden researchers has won the Ammodo Science Award for innovative humanities research on perceptions of cultural heritage. They are resea...
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LUCSoR student perspectives on the Jewish Experience, in podcast form 05 March 2024
In her “Jews and Judaism” lecture class, Dr. Sarah Cramsey’s students produced 7-minute long podcasts instead of final papers.
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco 05 March 2024
A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (Nimar) in Rabat at the end of February. For a whole host of disciplines...
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Sjef Barbiers appointed Scientific Director: 'LUCL is unique in the world' 05 March 2024
The LUCL has a new Scientific Director. Professor Sjef Barbiers took over the reins from Lisa Cheng with effect from 1 January. 'This is a great oppor...
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In memoriam: Juan José Jaime Aloísio Archidona Ramírez (1992 - 2024) 04 March 2024
On Monday 26 February the terrible news reached us that our gifted former Egyptology student – and former student assistant at the Leids Papyrologisch...
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‘Language is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early age’ 04 March 2024
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is e...
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Not in my name: former civil servants on resigning over Israel-Palestine policy 29 February 2024
Western civil servants openly struggle at times with their own government’s policies on the war in Gaza. In protest, civil servants in various countri...
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International Mother Language Day 2024: 'It's time to celebrate our languages' 29 February 2024
On Wednesday, 21 February, a diverse group of students, staff, and representatives from 21 embassies gathered in The Hague for International Mother La...
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Sjoerd van Trigt: ‘Rowing is how I relax.' 29 February 2024
When Sjoerd van Trigt, a student of International Studies, is not in the lecture hall, you can find him at Rowing Club Asopos de Vliet. He trains ther...
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University 29 February 2024
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the...
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Clay tablets dating back thousands of years moved: ‘From receipts to the oldest literary works’ 27 February 2024
How do you move 3,000 fragile clay tablets that date back thousands of years? This was the challenge faced by staff from the Netherlands Institute for...
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible' 27 February 2024
Too expensive groceries, diseases suddenly breaking out: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, hundreds of people documented the world around ...
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Call for Papers: Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference 22 February 2024
In our rapidly evolving and interconnected world, the study of International Relations has expanded beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. Leide...
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How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists 20 February 2024
With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. ...
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Karwan Fatah-Black launches book series on slavery and emancipation 20 February 2024
How do we account for historical power dynamics when writing new histories of slavery and emancipation? What critical methods can we employ when study...