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Leiden Anthropologists Reflect on the COVID-19 Pandemic 24 March 2020
The 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 retrospect 28 February 2020
On 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 2020 20 February 2020
Shirley 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? 18 February 2020
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 life 09 December 2019
A 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 City 06 December 2019
Cultural 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’ 27 November 2019
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 insurance 18 November 2019
How 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 Sciences 07 November 2019
Each 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 CADS 06 November 2019
The Programme Committee consists of teachers, students, a secretary and an education coordinator. The committee meets once a month (on average), to di...
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Jan Jansen awarded ASA Service Award by the American African Studies Association 29 October 2019
The ASA Board of Directors notes that, serving for almost a decade, the editors transformed History in Africa “into a peer-reviewed journal that not o...
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Leiden through the eyes of seven city photographers 21 October 2019
Freemasons, young circus artistes, people at a clothes swap and many more. Seven young anthropologists spent a year exploring Leiden as city photograp...
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Workshop Report: The Stigma of ‘Underdevelopment’ in Heritage Production 12 October 2019
On Friday 11 October, the workshop on “The Stigma of ‘Underdevelopment’ in Heritage Production” took place in the beautiful building of the Faculty of...
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Opening 'Stadsfotograaf Leiden' photo exhibition 26 September 2019
For one year, seven young anthropologists were appointed as Stadsfotograaf Leiden. They published on a weekly basis photo-series on daily life in and ...
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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...