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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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History and Linguistics in Leiden #19 and #28 in QS ranking 2016 22 March 2016
In QS’s World University Rankings of 2016, Leiden University’s History and Linguistics programme rank #19 and #28, respectively. This makes the Histor...
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Prof. dr. Ronald Cramer interviewed about data security by Volkskrant 15 March 2016
Saturday 13 February 2016 the daily newspaper Volkskrant published an article based on interviews with Professor Ronald Cramer and Harry Buhrman.
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In memoriam: Professor Cees Fasseur 14 March 2016
It is with great sadness that Leiden University has learned of the death of Professor Cees Fasseur (11 December 1938–13 March 2016).
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LACDR female professors amongst reveilation Senate Chamber 09 March 2016
On International Women’s Day 2016 the portrait photos of LACDR female Science Professors were unveiled amongst 89 other female Professors of Leiden Un...
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Fulbright Archival Research Trip in New York (October 2015 – January 2016) 24 February 2016
Joris van den Tol spent three months doing archival research in Albany in the USA. Read on how he experienced his stay.
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Graduate film Marleen Oostenrijk on local television 19 February 2016
‘Over leven in Aarlanderveen’ , the film that Master's student Marleen Oostenrijk made for her graduation project of Cultural Anthropology and Develop...
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The Bigger Picture 19 February 2016
Hope for New Life - Warren Richardson, World Press Photo of the Year 2015
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Speckmann prizes 2016 16 February 2016
On Monday 15 February 2016 the annual Speckmann Prizes were granted at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. BA-studenten ...
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In memoriam Prof. Galjart (1933 -2016) 15 February 2016
Prof. Benno F. Galjart, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University, has passed away l...
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NWO reports on VIDI project Erik Kwakkel 04 February 2016
In his VIDI project “Turning Over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance” (2010-2015) Erik Kwakkel and his team studied...
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Book presentation 'Opportunities in the Kingdom'. 200 years of student financing 02 February 2016
On Monday, 1 February a beautifully designed and accessible book appeared about two centuries of student financing and apprenticeship in the Netherlan...
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New editions of the Journal of Sonic Studies 26 January 2016
How can we understand the impact and importance of sound?
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An academic perspective on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos 20 January 2016
Today over 1000 chief executives and more than 40 world leaders meet in the Swiss village Davos to discuss the world's issues of today. What is the im...
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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 ...