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Leiden Anthropology Conference: Call for Contributions 26 September 2019
More than 100 anthropologists work at Leiden University – not only at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CA/DS) in the...
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Social Science Matters: Open Science 12 September 2019
On 20 September 2019, the opening drinks for the Open Science Community Leiden will be held at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Open sc...
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‘What is the value of the social sciences?’ 09 September 2019
At the Faculty's opening of the 2019-2020 academic year, the focus lay not just on the vision for the future of the social sciences, and the opening o...
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Five ERC Starting Grants for young researchers from Leiden 03 September 2019
The ERC has awarded a Starting Grant to five promising researchers from Leiden. Two are from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, one is fr...
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LUF research grants for two anthropologists 05 August 2019
Annemarie Samuels and Andrew Littlejohn, Assistant Professors at the Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, have both be...
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Data in the city: new research projects 15 July 2019
The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for BOLD Cities uses data research to help solve urban issues. Three interdisciplinary research projects will begin so...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Decolonizing European Anthropology? 01 July 2019
As convener for the EASA Network for the Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity, Jasmijn Rana organized a two-day symposium on Decolonizing European Anthr...
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Portraits of 28 EU citizens in Leiden by seven anthropologists 17 May 2019
Annick Dezitter from Belgium celebrates 3 October with heart and soul: she has become a fanatical Leidener. Her portrait is part of Leiden meets Europ...
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LOVA Study Day 2019: Gender Moves 10 May 2019
Together with LOVA (Association for Feminist Anthropology), Jasmijn Rana organized the seminar ‘Gender Moves on May 10, 2019. This seminar explored ho...
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‘Despite its long-standing history, the Kashmir conflict continues to receive very little attention’ 03 May 2019
The ongoing conflict in Kashmir is often seen as a political issue between India and Pakistan. Idrees Kanth, who has written a dissertation on the sub...
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Call for abstracts - Virtuous suffering: New perspectives on the Ethics of Suffering for Critical Global Health and Justice 15 April 2019
Can suffering be positive? Currently dominant discourses, primarily voiced through human rights activism and humanitarianism, maintain the opposite: s...
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City photographers create exhibition about Europe in Leiden 01 April 2019
What does the European Union mean for people living in Leiden? As part of the Leiden European Festival, and in collaboration with the municipality of ...
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Tigers, leopards and humans: creating a co-existing space 28 March 2019
How can large carnivores co-exist with human communities? By studying tigers and leopards in Nepal, Babu Ram Lamichhane argues that co-existence is po...
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The end of life as a subject for debate 26 March 2019
Most students do not have to deal with death on a daily basis. A Bachelor Honours Class about this specific topic seems to be a special experience: th...