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Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo19 May 2021The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director...
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Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Even during Covid, Ramadan is about fasting'12 May 2021Mosques with limited opening hours, fewer family visits and fewer events: for the second time, Ramadan was different due to Covid. Islamologist and de...
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’11 May 2021How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other studen...
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Building Resilience in Young People10 May 2021Effectively supporting young people in coping better with COVID-19 related stress requires detailed understanding of the factors that influence resili...
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Whispering out loud03 May 2021Whispp, a Leiden-based speech technology start-up, is developing an app to help people who stutter express themselves more freely. Among those working...
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Digital guest lectures for high school students: 'Focus on what's really important'23 April 2021Developing a digital guest lecture for high school students. Jan Sleutels was immediately enthusiastic when he got asked to do this. The end result? T...
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Jan Sleutels in Leidsch Dagblad about Leiden Wall Poems17 March 2021Jan Sleutels, senior university lecturer of philosophy, has been interviewed by the Leidsch Dagblad about the Leiden wall poems. Together with researc...
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How can academics be supported in the face of threats on social media?15 February 2021'Academics who share their knowledge with the outside world on social media are often insulted or even threatened. Especially female academics and aca...
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Sculptures provide more diverse view of University’s history04 February 2021Three new initiatives will provide a more diverse view of Leiden’s academic history, literally and figuratively: a historical study on the background ...
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Podcast - UNDER/CITY/SOUND: The Hague in time of quarantine03 February 2021Guy Livingston’s five-episode sound-art podcast UNDER/CITY/SOUND brings together people with different backgrounds from all over The Hague to share th...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship22 January 2021Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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Stage for the Humanities06 January 2021In 2022, for one year, Leiden will be European City of Science. For humanities scholars, this offers enormous opportunities to bring their work to the...
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‘Do not only focus on impact on the outside, but also on the inside’21 December 2020For Sybille Lammes, professor of New Media and Digital Culture, corona offers a whole new perspective on her research into play. Digital media may hav...
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‘Our pirate image scares people off, but that’s exactly what we want’16 December 2020Controversial environmental organisation Sea Shepherd fights illegal fishing all around the world and is not afraid to take direct action. Alumnus Gee...
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Lawyers often too rigid about looted art15 December 2020Law researcher Evelien Campfens is calling for a better legal treatment of looted art. ‘For lawyers, ownership is a very absolute concept. There is on...