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North Korea: Disentangling a Gordian knot 21 March 2018
The announcement by US President Donald Trump on 9 March in response to the invitation for a summit meeting with the North Korean supreme leader Kim J...
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‘Do the Russians want to participate in the electoral performance?’ 15 March 2018
Although it is already certain that Vladimir Putin will win the Russian presidential election on 18 March, it is still significant for him, argues Rus...
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Religious Studies does well in QS Rankings by Subject 08 March 2018
Leiden’s Religious Studies ranks 40th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Online publication of the Institute’s coin collection 05 March 2018
On the 26th of February, 2018, it was exactly 25 years ago that the coins of ‘Verzameling Mr. B. Kolff’ were handed over to the Leiden Papyrological I...
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Student Laura in Pyeongchang: ‘The best start to my exchange!’ 01 March 2018
Studying abroad is about more than just your study programme. Laura Noordermeer is on an exchange in Seoul, South Korea, where she was lucky enough to...
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Former Leiden Colleague Sven Vleeming honored with ‘Festschrift’ 21 February 2018
On February 2nd, 2018, Professor Sven P. Vleeming of Trier University was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ to celebrate his retirement last summer. The ...
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Round April 2018: Central Asia Fieldwork Grants for Leiden MA/MA Research Students 13 February 2018
In 2018 the Central Asia Initiative at Leiden University offers several fieldwork grants to a max of 7,500 EUR. Only MA or MA Research students enroll...
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LUCIS launches Passion in Profession video series 06 February 2018
What inspires scholars who study the history, cultures, religions and languages of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia? LUCIS interviewed s...
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Dutch ships built by North Koreans in Polish shipyards 06 February 2018
North Korean labourers are still being forced to work in the European Union. According to researchers, including Professor of Korean Studies Remco Bre...
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New book: Markus Davidsen publishes book on supernatural fiction used as religious texts 19 January 2018
How do religious narratives persuade their readers to believe their message? And how can it be that some readers even come to treat fantasy and scienc...
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Obituary Meerten ter Borg (1946-2017) 19 January 2018
On the 26th of December 2017, Emeritus Professor Meerten ter Borg passed away. He was 71 years old. Ter Borg passed away at home in the presence of ...
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Remco Breuker on North Korea: ‘We have actually run out of time’ 19 January 2018
Since it was announced that North Korean President Kim Jong-un is ready to launch an intercontinental nuclear missile, fear of a nuclear war is growin...
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Svetlana Gorshenina will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in February 2018 12 January 2018
Svetlana Gorshenina, Associate Lecturer at Collège de France, Paris, will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar from 17 February until 25 February 2018...
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1 March: Deadline AMT2 Research Funding (final round) 11 January 2018
The deadline for the final round of AMT2 Research Funding is 1 March 2018, 17 hrs CET. Application is open to all academic staff of Leiden University.
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Call for papers 'Nationalism and International Order' (21-23 November 2018) 02 January 2018
Nationalism is commonly regarded as posing a challenge to international stability and regional and global order more generally. Arguably, nationalism ...