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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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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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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...
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Meet Louise van der Vlugt, Co-winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award 15 February 2024
In December 2023, Louise van der Vlugt was announced as Co-Winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award. She sat down to answer some questions ...
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Call for Papers: Indonesia 2014-2024 15 February 2024
Editors: Irene Hadiprayitno, Elena Burgos Martinez, and Rizal Shidiq (Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands)
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LUCSoR welcomes Verena Meyer to the staff 14 February 2024
LUCSoR is happy to welcome Verena Myer, researcher and lecturer in Islam in South and South-East Asia to the staff. In this interview she will discuss...
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Why do Japanese and South Korean women falter on their way to the top? 14 February 2024
In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of ...
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More than 100 students and colleague attended the inaugural LJSA conference 'Jews at Home: From Creation to Corona' 13 February 2024
More than 100 colleagues, students and friends attended the first annual Leiden Jewish Studies Association conference 'Jews at Home: From Creation to ...
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Bioart plays with genetic building blocks 12 February 2024
Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments requir...
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How do we deal with rising tensions? ‘The choice is talk or fight’ 12 February 2024
‘A Muslim and a Jew in the house of God.’ This is how historian Nadia Bouras introduced her recent conversation with colleague Sara Polak in Leiden’s ...