News
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica writes youth novel about Rwanda 26 October 2020
Writing a story from the perspective of a Rwandan girl set in Africa is not an easy task. Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica did it. Her debut no...
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Van der Helm is 'Stadsfotograaf' Leidsch Dagblad 28 September 2020
Every year a photographer portrays Leiden as Stadsfotograaf (City Photographer) of the Leidsch Dagblad. This year it is the honor to Leonie van der He...
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Psychologist Jos Brosschot in LD on how isolation can cause stress 08 April 2020
Chronic stress weakens the immune system, psychologist Jos Brosschot warns in an interview with Leidsch Dagblad newspaper. Social isolation can cause ...
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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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Psychologist Zsuzsika Sjoerds takes over the Twitter account @NL_Wetenschap 27 September 2019
Zsuzsika Sjoerds seems to be busy with her research, her teaching, and open science advocacy. She will also take over the Twitter account for Dutch sc...
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Looking further than the impact factor 28 May 2019
Broader and more-transparent metrics could help improve how academic quality is assessed. This is what Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS...
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Anthropologists Erik de Maaker, Tessa Minter and Gerard Persoon on Sentinel Island 28 November 2018
Despite repeated warnings, John Chau visited the remote Indian island of North Sentinel. His goal: to convert the North Sentinelese to Christianity. T...
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Radio interview with Bart Barendregt on the Indonesian digitising society 12 September 2018
Anthropologist Bart Barendregt is participating in a new Indonesian study program that focuses entirely on the Indonesian digital society. The Radio 1...
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Cultural Anthropology alumna in ‘The Newsletter’, IIAS 01 March 2018
Tarini J. Shipurkar was the winner of the 2016 IIAS National Master's Thesis Prize in Asian Studies. She wrote her thesis, entitled ‘Gender on Campus:...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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International press attention for the Agta 27 September 2017
For years, Leiden anthropologists are doing fieldwork among the Agta, a hunter-gatherer group of the Northern Philippines. A new government road, whic...
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Politics and International Relations at Leiden score highly in THE World University Rankings 12 September 2017
Leiden University continues to do well in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. For the subject area Politics and International Relati...
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Rebecca Schaefer on 'Learning with music can change brain structure' 10 July 2017
Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study co-authored by Leiden psyc...
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Attention for autism in girls 12 April 2017
Autism spectrum disorders are more often diagnosed in boys than in girls. For Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe this raises the quest...
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Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest 04 October 2016
A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been...