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Not the government, but powerful corporations determine climate policy in Brazil 06 November 2023
Bribing a politician to gain influence or making sure friends end up in powerful positions: Brazilian energy companies use these power strategies dail...
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AI for humanities: ‘Especially as a humanities student, you have the tools to work with this’ 06 November 2023
While humanities once mainly involved books and archives, nowadays we can’t imagine life without AI. Next semester a new faculty-wide course will be i...
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Partnership agreement with Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada ratified during visit 30 October 2023
From student exchanges and a joint laboratory to heritage research and a knowledge consortium, the Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is in vari...
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'Curators are ordinary people who sometimes find themselves in extraordinary circumstances' 27 October 2023
Ruurd Halbertsma combines his work as a curator and professor by special appointment with writing thrillers. 'I'd rather respond to the discussion on ...
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Fighting for power in Mali: 'Land resources are crucial' 24 October 2023
In the Malian Dogon region, various militias have been fighting for power since 2015. Land resources play a major role in this, doctoral student Ibrah...
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Visiting Scholar Dr. Lena Sadovski talks about religious hyperdiversity in early modern south-east Europe 23 October 2023
On October 11, the Austria Centre Leiden teamed up with the Leiden Jewish Studies Association to welcome Dr. Lena Sadovski for a lunch time talk. Fift...
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Looking for that one source? Check the UB's databases 19 October 2023
Japanese newspapers, photo archives from the Dutch East Indies or information on gender and sexuality: all these can be found in the University Librar...
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How a UN mission in Cambodia became a 'success' by taking sides 17 October 2023
The peacekeeping operation in Cambodia (1991-1993) by the United Nations is generally regarded as an important and rare peacekeeping success. Research...
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Expanding space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa 17 October 2023
The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) aims to shift the focus of global health to be more about justice, fairness, and inclusion....
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Decolonisation in art: 'That darkness says: up to here and no further' 13 October 2023
It was not light, but its absence that caught Stephanie Noach's attention a few years ago. With her research on darkness in art, she aims to show how ...
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How do we listen? 'There is no such thing as a natural disposition' 10 October 2023
How is our perception of sound informed by the way we participate in the world? That is the question PhD candidate Gabriel Paiuk has been pondering in...
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Artificial intelligence and clay tablets: not yet a perfect match 10 October 2023
Translating ancient texts, filling in missing parts of clay tablets: articles are popping up more and more often about the possibilities offered by ar...
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Urban Studies graduates: 'The field is interesting and relevant, and keeps expanding' 09 October 2023
After years of hard work, Urban Studies graduates were presented with their diplomas. How do they look back on their studies? And what can we expect f...
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‘Leiden and the university can learn a lot from each other’ 03 October 2023
We always need to find a new way to tell the story of 3 October, believes Ariadne Schmidt. The professor by special appointment of History of Urban Cu...
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What is the Chinese government’s approach to immigrants? 28 September 2023
The rapid economic development of recent decades has made China a destination for migrants from all parts of the world. What does Chinese migration po...