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Dr. Anouk de Koning awarded with Urban Citizen FellowshipCultural Anthropologist dr. Anouk de Koning has been awarded the Urban Citizen Fellowship to carry out research about democratisation of local democra...
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The latest technology isn't always the best, most sustainable or adequateBart Barendregt has been appointed professor by special appointment per January 2020. 'Anthropology of Digital Diversity has the potential to show tha...
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Webinar series photo book Why I Cry On AirplanesAt the beginning of this year CADS Lecturer Koen Suidgeest published his photobook Why I Cry on Airplanes. In this book he takes you on a visual fligh...
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170 scientists sign manifestoCOVID-19 has shaken the world. 170 academics of eight different Dutch universities believe the time is right for a positive and meaningful vision. The...
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Are people willing to share risks together within a financial market?Economic anthropologist Erik Bähre does research on the morality of insurance. In his latest ethnography ‘Ironies of Solidarity’ Bähre explores how th...
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Leiden Anthropologists Reflect on the COVID-19 PandemicThe coronavirus outbreak raises fundamental questions about the politics and narratives of crisis, as well as about our “ordinary” everyday lives and ...
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Leiden Anthropology Conference in retrospectOn February 14th the first Leiden Anthropology Conference took place. With around 80 anthropologists working at different institutes present, we can s...
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CADS alumna Shirley van der Maarel wins Leiden University Thesis Prize 2020Shirley van der Maarel won the Thesis Award 2020 with her thesis 'Terra Incognita'. Van der Maarel graduated summa cum laude for the master's speciali...
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Nature conservation initiatives – who foots the bill?In January 2020, Marja Spierenburg joined the FSW as the new Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihoods. Let’s get to know her. ‘All ...
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After the tsunami: how Aceh returned to everyday lifeA devastating tsunami engulfed large coastal areas in Asia and East Africa in 2004. With over 170,000 dead, the Indonesian province of Aceh was hardes...
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Cultural Anthropology graduate nominated for 'most impactful student project' by Leiden Science CityCultural Anthropology graduate Tommie Lambregts conducted fieldwork in the Slaaghwijk neighbourhood in Leiden as part of a Policy in Practice research...
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‘We’re not only studying society, we’re creating society’Students, staff and alumni of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences joint forces to interact, debate, pitch, and speed date together at the C...
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Moralising misfortune: the ethical side of insuranceHow do you gain access to insurance? With whom are you willing to share the risk? And when does an insurance policy pay out? These and other moral que...
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Latin American representatives visit Faculty of Social and Behavioural SciencesEach year, Latin American diplomats meet the researchers and students from Leiden University who specialise in their region. This year, they visited t...
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Introducing new students for the Programme Committee of CADSThe Programme Committee consists of teachers, students, a secretary and an education coordinator. The committee meets once a month (on average), to di...