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Subtle sounds open things in the mind06 December 2018Distance / Fiction is a sound installation that deals with the ways listening is entwined with processes and techniques of sound mediation.
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Anthropologists Erik de Maaker, Tessa Minter and Gerard Persoon on Sentinel Island28 November 2018Despite repeated warnings, John Chau visited the remote Indian island of North Sentinel. His goal: to convert the North Sentinelese to Christianity. T...
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Bachelor Religious Studies top program according to 'Keuzegids Universiteiten 2019'23 November 2018The bachelor program Religious Studies has, besides also Linguistics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, been awarded by the 'Keuzevakkengids Universite...
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Roxanne Kieltyka interviewed by Leidsch Dagblad30 October 2018In an interview with newspaper "Leidsch Dagblad" Roxanne Kieltyka talks about the relationship between chemistry and biomedical research in her work.
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Media on the dissertation of Wimar Bolhuis09 October 2018Electoral promises are not always realized in the coalition agreement, and that is often at the expense of households. On an average they pay 4 billio...
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The Hague scientists on the foiled Russian hacker attack05 October 2018The Military Information and Security Service (MIVD) prevented a Russian hacker attack on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OP...
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Maartje van der Woude about her research into mobile border control in ‘De Groene Amsterdammer’13 September 2018Professor of Law and Society, Maartje van der Woude, had an interview in ‘De Groene Amsterdammer’ of 4 September 2018 about her research into mobile b...
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Radio interview with Bart Barendregt on the Indonesian digitising society12 September 2018Anthropologist Bart Barendregt is participating in a new Indonesian study program that focuses entirely on the Indonesian digital society. The Radio 1...
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Roxanne Kieltyka interviewed by Nemo Kennislink07 September 2018Chemist Roxanne Kieltyka has been interviewed by Nemo Kennislink in the Dutch article: "Stukjes weefsel kweken is nog heel lastig"
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Meet & Greet with Mayor Krikke06 September 2018Thursday 6 September mayor Krikke came to Leiden University to have a dialogue with students. Mayor Krikke thinks students bring a special atmosphere ...
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Why Iran’s economy is not ‘collapsing’08 August 2018President Trump believes that Iran’s economy is collapsing, and that this will leave Iranians no choice but to surrender to the demands of the United ...
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Major study on murder and manslaughter on the Netherlands Antilles06 August 2018Why are so many people killed on the Caribbean islands? And how can we reduce this number? Scientists aim to find answers to these questions by means ...
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Trouw: 'Foreign fighters usually left their families behind in confusion'30 July 2018Most families were utterly overwhelmed when they found out that their son or daughter had suddenly left for Syria, that is what Daan Weggemans, Mariek...
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Letting go of perfection. PhD candidate creates opera about the rebel composer Monteverdi19 June 2018As part of his PhD research at the Leiden University, Johannes Boer wrote an opera about the turbulent year in the life of the Italian composer Claudi...
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Broad media coverage for Kavli prize Ewine van Dishoeck07 June 2018Ewine van Dishoeck was broadly covered in national and international media with her prestigious Kavli prize for astrophysics. She won 1 million dollar...