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Armchair travel to the Falkland Islands07 April 2020Yliana 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 2020The 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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#CoronaHulp: ‘There's a broad desire to help one another'17 March 2020Coronavirus 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 dead09 March 2020They call their team ‘The Walking Dead’: Leiden Egyptologists Lara Weiss, Huw Twiston Davies and Nico Staring. A fitting name for a group that conduct...
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Journalistiek in Irak tweegesprek met Judit Neurink en Sakir Khader05 March 2020LUCIS organiseerde op woensdag 4 maart een speciale avond over journalistiek in Irak. Journaliste Judit Neurink en programmamaker Sakir Khader verteld...
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Christopher Green: ‘You cannot generalize North Koreans' self-understanding’24 February 2020The notion of North Koreans as brainwashed and unable to think critically about their heritage and what it means to be North Korean is pervasive. More...
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European Union Studies in Brussels: a three stage rocket10 February 2020After the successful visit to Brussels of last year, staff of the MA International Relations specialisation European Union Studies, the Communications...
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Learning African sign languages via a video app10 February 2020For many deaf Ghanaians, Ghanaian Sign Language is their first language. But for more deaf signers to be able to fully participate in society, more si...
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Lively debate after panel on current events in Iran06 February 2020Over 170 people took part in the panel on current events in Iran organized by LUCIS. A bustling crowd of Dutch-Iranians, students, University staff, a...
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‘Fantasies about coronavirus are more contagious than the disease itself’05 February 2020Fake news about ‘patient zero’ and hyperbolic headlines warning about the ‘yellow peril.’ Leiden researchers have spotted fake news galore about coron...
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Struggles of student life are central at OpenUp! symposium30 January 2020The life of a students is not always easy and many students find it difficult to share their problems with each other. For that reason, the study advi...
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Angels for sale: retrieving looted cultural property27 January 2020The illicit trade in stolen cultural property is booming. Countless works of art and antiquities will be lost if we don’t do more to stop this. This i...
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Join the Humans of Humanities film premiere in Trianon!24 January 2020The humanities consist of various academic fields. But what is the common ground of all these different academics and students? And why does their wor...
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How do you tell the story of eighteenth century princesses?20 January 2020Historian Joost Welten has written a book entitled 'De vergeten prinsessen van Thorn' (The forgotten princesses of Thorn). For his book, he analysed t...
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Jeroen Touwen new Vice-Dean of Humanities06 January 2020Jeroen Touwen has been appointed Vice-Dean and portfolio holder for bachelor’s programmes at the Faculty of Humanities with effect from 1 January 2020...