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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?' 10 January 2023
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried ...
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Two Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year 05 January 2023
Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year. According to the Leidsch Dagblad newspaper, the...
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Feminist fatwas: How female Islamic scholars influence the religious landscape in Indonesia 02 January 2023
If you have a question about the right way to live as a Muslim, to find the answer - the fatwa - you need to speak to an alim (plural ulama), an Isla...
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This was 2022! An overview of Humanities in the news 22 December 2022
After two years of corona restrictions, it was ‘back to normal’ in 2022. Migration, elections, the history of slavery, Russia, and Ukraine were much-d...
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New SSH laboratories in Sylvius Building 22 December 2022
On the second floor of the Sylvius Laboratory, new labs are being built for researchers of the Faculties of Social and Behavioural Sciences and Humani...
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Secondary school students grapple with Dutch texts: ‘I liked the feminist part best’ 22 December 2022
University lecturer Olga van Marion invited pupils from Ashram College in Alphen aan den Rijn to take part in a series of Dutch workshops organised at...
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Call for Papers: Summer school 'Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries' 21 December 2022
On 26-28 June, 2023, Leiden University’s Institute for History will host a summer school on Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-1...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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LCCP working seminar spring 2023 20 December 2022
The seminar is dedicated to the work-in-progress of Leiden Centre for Continental Philosophy staff and doctoral students. It also welcomes guest speak...
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New project on musical robots for people with dementia 19 December 2022
Under the umbrella of a recently NWO grant focused on using AI to increase quality of life for people with dementia, Rebecca Schaefer’s Music, Brain, ...
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Update development of the new joint Platform for Arts Research in Collaboration (PARC) 19 December 2022
In 2021, the KABK, KC and ACPA established a joint research platform, called the Platform for Arts Research in Collaboration (PARC). How did PARC move...
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Back to Present- by Thalia Hoffman 19 December 2022
In Back to Present ACPA alumna Thalia Hoffman discusses the themes, filming structure, and editing process of the short film A Day Becomes (2018) on V...
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Individual project- Exile: an Interview 19 December 2022
Exile: an Interview- 29 December 2022 & 2 February 2023 at Beit Ha'gefen Gallery, Haifa.
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More than just blue domes and camels: new Louvre film on Uzbek artefacts 19 December 2022
Terracotta pottery, precious ikat fabrics and the bazaars where these goods are sold: all these can be seen in a new Louvre film premiering on Friday ...
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Misleading bar and pie charts: How graphs can lead you astray 19 December 2022
Cutting off the y-axis, using 3D effects and only showing part of the available data: these are all tactics to mislead people with graphs. But they do...