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Child abuse from generation to generation: what role does the brain play? 28 June 2021
‘We didn’t find any mechanisms in the brain for transmitting child abuse from generation to generation. What we did find is that experiences of neglec...
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Théo Pavlović granted with Master's Speckmann Award 2021 23 June 2021
Alumnus Théo Pavlović received the Masters Speckmann award for his thesis: PAN RECORDS - A digital journey through the ethnic music niche that was sup...
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Discover how research by anthropology students can contribute to solutions for current public problems 16 June 2021
Wondering what anthropology students can contribute in daily practice? Both during their bachelor's and master's studies, anthropology students conduc...
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Fieldwork in Leiden 16 June 2021
How do the residents of the Kooi neighbourhood in Leiden find living there? What can we do about loneliness? In this extraordinary academic year, stud...
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The power of compliments for young people, by young people 16 June 2021
After receiving positive feedback from peers, socially anxious young people feel as confident about themselves as their non-anxious counterparts. 'The...
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Call for Participation: Winter School Digital Visual Engagements in Anthropological Research 15 June 2021
The ERC consolidator project "Food Citizens? Collective food procurement in European cities: solidarity and diversity, skills and scale" will organise...
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‘Teaching a robot to fry an egg isn’t as easy as you’d think’ 15 June 2021
‘AI can’t do half as much as people think,’ says computer scientist and psychologist Roy de Kleijn. He tries to teach robots seemingly easy things, an...
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Psychology lab embraces open science 14 June 2021
‘If you want to implement open science, you at least need someone at each faculty who can help researchers to solve practical problems.’ Dorien Huijse...
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Developing your own self-image and choosing the right study programme 14 June 2021
How you think about yourself is important for the choices you make. Adolescents are faced with choosing a study programme that will determine their fu...
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Call for Participation online workshop Interrogating Speculative Futures 07 June 2021
Call for Participation for the online workshop Interrogating Speculative Futures: A workshop on the politics of imagining a future with(out) chronic i...
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CADS student contributes to SOMO research report that is being picked up by international media 02 June 2021
Doing an internship at a research organisation and contributing to a report that is subsequently picked up by the national and international media. Wh...
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Why the western world was too late to respond to Covid 01 June 2021
Almost all the western countries were too late responding to the outbreak of Covid. Why was that? Three governance experts, including Leiden professor...
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Liveable Communities: project with a sustainable outlook 31 May 2021
With the Liveable Communities – Liveable Planet project, Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood, is showing tha...
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CADS PhD Conference 2021: Call for contributions 31 May 2021
First inaugurated in 2018, the CADS PhD Conference aims to provide young anthropologists in Leiden University and beyond an opportunity to meet each o...
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What you see is not what you get: things that are not visible are worth studying 26 May 2021
Things that are not visible are also important and worth studying, according to cultural anthropologist Sabine Luning, cultural historian Paul van de ...