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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands 24 April 2024
When you hear ‘Black Power’, you probably think of the United States. But in the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of th...
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PhD candidate Diego Salama: ‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’ 16 April 2024
From 1967 to 1982, the United Nations undertook several peacekeeping operations in the Middle East. In his thesis from the Institute for History, Dieg...
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Andries Hiskes: 'The disabled body is too often ignored’ 15 April 2024
Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. For his PhD, Andries Hiskes researched the disabled body and the reactions it can bring.
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Why do Japanese and South Korean women falter on their way to the top? 14 February 2024
In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of ...
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Bioart plays with genetic building blocks 12 February 2024
Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments requir...
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Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading? 07 February 2024
Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje...
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The battle over marriage in Indonesia 13 December 2023
The Indonesian government has been trying to enforce marriage and divorce laws for some time. These efforts are encountering resistance from both loca...
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Translating humorous children's poetry? Content matters most 11 December 2023
Translating poetry is notoriously difficult. Translating poetry in such a way that the humorous nature of a poem remains intact is even more difficult...
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Ancient Roman cuisine was varied, international and accessible to all social classes 05 December 2023
Banquets for the rich, porridge for the poor and a standard diet of bread, olive oil and wine. Just a few assumptions about the Roman diet. PhD candid...
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‘Think what you want to do about international students before developing your housing policy’ 09 November 2023
Students used to live with a landlady or even with the professor whose course they were taking. Student accommodation has since become more profession...
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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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Focus on well-being at PhD event 18 September 2023
'Make sure you separate yourself from your work.' And, 'Your dissertation doesn't have to be a magnum opus.' It was raining tips for PhD students at t...
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PhD survey results announced 18 September 2023
The Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities conducted a survey of its PhD candidates and their supervisors in spring 2023. What is going well? An...
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LeidenGlobal seminar series on interdisciplinarity offers a “license to creativity” 05 September 2023
In September, the LeidenGobal seminar series ‘Beyond Discipline and Place in the Social Science and Humanities’ will kick off. The series, targeted at...
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Open for Registration: Leiden Global Lecture Series for PhD and Research Master students 29 July 2021
Discipline and Place in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, with these fields taken to include archaeology and law, is an annual lecture series fo...