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Vicente Fisher de Miranda Rodrigues awarded Cornelis Thiele Prize20 May 2025After the KHMW Brouwer Thesis Prize for History, Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues has also won the Cornelis Thiele Prize of the Dutch Society for ...
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Call for Papers: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicineKeynote by Professor Projit Mukharji 19 May 2025We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postc...
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Sjef Barbiers moves to INT: ‘Especially in times of AI, we need to keep Dutch relevant’19 May 2025Professor Sjef Barbiers is leaving his job as scientific director of LUCL for the position of scientific director of the Institute for the Dutch Langu...
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Migration scholar Katharina Natter wins Gratama Science PrizePolitical science 16 May 2025For her research into migration policy under different political regimes, Katharina Natter has been awarded the Gratama Science Prize for young, talen...
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Leaving the National Museum of Antiquities after forty years: ‘I will be taking a gap year first’13 May 2025On 14 May, curator and professor Ruurd Halbertsma will be leaving the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) after forty years of dedicated service. In ...
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Dr. Hans Petschar delivers Sixth Annual Austrian Studies Lecture13 May 2025On April 14, 2025, Dr. Hans Petschar, the recently-retired Director of the Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, d...
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Call for papers: Burial and Memory in the early Islamic World08 May 2025From 6-8 April 2026 the conference "From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world" will take place in Cairo, Egypt...
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Live: protest in Wijnhaven building Leiden University06 May 2025Around 1:00 p.m., a group of more than one hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the The Hague campus. Participants chanted slogans and put u...
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The new pope: militant or mediator?Conclave 06 May 2025In these times of political tensions and ethical dilemmas, the cardinals need to choose what kind of pope the Catholic Church needs. We asked religiou...
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School of Democracy 2025taking a dive into politics 01 May 2025
The ‘School of Democracy’ is an initiative of several Dutch political foundations to reach out to young Morrocans, to support and motivate them to str...
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The Greek alphabet may be older than we think01 May 2025The Greek alphabet dates back to the eighth century BC. At least, that is what science assumed for a long time. Associate Professor Willemijn Waal is ...
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Webinar: The Fading Role of Public Health in Air Quality Management: Insights from Morocco01 May 2025
Globalsmog Seminar Series #7 Morocco
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From singer to French teacher: ‘I kept wondering what a university study would be like’29 April 2025After a successful career as a singer, Esmee Schoones started studying French a few years ago. It resulted in a national award for her thesis on music...
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The Walikutuban ritual: from lost heritage to political activism28 April 2025Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 201...
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Speaking Korean contest: ‘Actually, I don't dare to do this at all’28 April 2025In a well-filled Telders Auditorium, university learners of Korean competed with each other to see who speaks Korean the best.