News
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Understanding (the value of) machine translation 14 May 2020
Leiden University Lecturer Lettie Dorst wins a prestigious Comenius Senior Fellow grant for a project about machine translation and its use in higher ...
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‘Once you really learn to listen, a whole new world opens up’ 08 May 2020
Marcel Cobussen, professor of Auditory Culture and Music Philosophy, has made listening his speciality. From the sounds of a microwave to chirruping b...
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In memoriam: Prof. Dr. Barbara Henriëtte Flemming (28 mei 1930 - 22 maart 2020) 29 April 2020
On 22 March 2020 passed away due to heart failure emerita professor Turkish Language and Culture Barbara Flemming: a great loss for her partner Dr. S...
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Citizenship, Migration & Global Transformation: an interdisciplinary research project 28 April 2020
A research team of fifteen people – representing domains such as political economy, international relations, law, history and public administration - ...
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories 23 April 2020
Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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USC online sports a big success 20 April 2020
How can you stay fit during quarantine? The University Sports Centre may be closed, but online it's even more 'open' than usual.
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Share your RECORDINGS with the Journal of Sonic Studies 16 April 2020
......documentation of the sonic impacts of COVID-19. Many of you have heard the sounds of Wuhan residents chanting “Keep it up, Wuhan!” or Italians s...
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The corona crisis through the eyes of social scientists 14 April 2020
The corona crisis relates to not only the medical field but also the field of the social sciences and humanities. SSH Beraad, a consultation body that...
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Film 'Humans of Humanities' festively premiered in Trianon 14 April 2020
It's easy to forget in these turbulent times, but on March 9th the film 'Humans of Humanities' premiered in cinema Trianon in Leiden. 160 guests saw L...
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‘Even Ancient and Medieval ideas can help the Modern World’ 14 April 2020
Ahab Bdaiwi, University Lecturer of Islamic history, religion and philosophy, was received the first Faculty Impact Award. His interest lies in ‘every...
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Armchair travel to the Falkland Islands 07 April 2020
Yliana Rodríguez was in the middle of a second fieldtrip in the Falklands researching Spanish-English language contact, when global lockdown measures ...
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Sneak peek of exhibition Frank Scholten: Archeology and Tourism in the ‘Holy Land’ 06 April 2020
The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (RMO) was due to open its doors to the small photography exhibit Frank Scholten: Archaeology and Tourism in the ‘Holy Lan...
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Remote teaching: Need a hand? 30 March 2020
LUCIS is offering its members student assistance to help organize their remote teaching.
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#CoronaHulp: ‘There's a broad desire to help one another' 17 March 2020
Coronavirus is generating a great deal of uncertainty throughout the world. Fortunately, there are some bright spots, such as the residents of Italian...
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Walking in a city of the dead 09 March 2020
They call their team ‘The Walking Dead’: Leiden Egyptologists Lara Weiss, Huw Twiston Davies and Nico Staring. A fitting name for a group that conduct...