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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in' 15 December 2022
The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic s...
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New step in development of Humanities Campus: Urban development plan available for viewing 14 December 2022
Leiden University has designed a new Urban Development Plan for the Humanities Campus. This plan incorporates participation from the immediate environ...
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Call for applications: PhD programme in visual art and design • PhDArts 14 December 2022
PhD programme PhDArts is looking for new applicants!
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ACPA PhD Yannis Patoukas releases debut album 'Jammed' 14 December 2022
'Jammed' is released as a limited edition with music composed, recorded and mixed in the Institute of Sonology (Royal Conservatoire, The Hague) betwee...
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New solo CD 'Dialogue' by ACPA alumna Kathryn Cok 13 December 2022
ACPA alumna Kathryn Cok recently released a new solo CD Dialogue, showcasing repertoire by Buxtehude and J.S. Bach, performed on the harpsichord.
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Rachel Beckles Willson appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Music is interwoven with the big questions of our time’ 13 December 2022
Rachel Beckles Willson started her career as a concert pianist but was later captivated by the Middle Eastern stringed instrument called the oud. On 1...
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Keyring in your hand when walking down the street alone? 'Many women are always on guard' 08 December 2022
A cover over your drink in the pub, deodorant as pepper spray or headphones to avoid hearing catcalling: many women use everyday objects to feel safer...
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Independent research into House of Orange-Nassau and Dutch colonial history 06 December 2022
King Willem-Alexander has commissioned independent research into the role of the House of Orange-Nassau in Dutch colonial history. The research will t...
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Old tradition of ‘golden PhDs’ reinstated 06 December 2022
Black-and-white photographs filled with solemn young men and distinguished professors line the walls of the Grand Auditorium. Young women are missing ...
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Alumnus Shivan Shazad: 'I would like to have been a member of a diversity and inclusion committee' 06 December 2022
It was his thesis supervisor during his master's in Film and Photographic Studies who encouraged Shivan Shazad to pursue a second master's in diversit...
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Call for Papers 'Playing Politics: Media Platforms Making Worlds' 05 December 2022
We are living through an age in which social media platforms have given way to entirely new forms of politics and politicking. It is no exaggeration t...
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Protests in China: Politicians afraid of not the population but colleagues 05 December 2022
That it was students who started the protests in China against its zero Covid policy makes things more dangerous for politicians. China expert Frank P...
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Woman, man or somewhere in between? You decide (and not just your body) 05 December 2022
A female body equals a woman. Nonsense, says Professor by Special Appointment to the Socrates Chair Annemie Halsema. She argues that our sense of iden...
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Publication: Engaging with Everyday Sounds by Marcel Cobussen 01 December 2022
'Engaging With Everyday Sounds' is a rich and inspiring exploration of the role of sounds in everyday life, including their impact on human actions, e...
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’ 28 November 2022
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey,...