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Freedom is not our gift to the world 08 April 2016Tolerance and democracy are not our European values
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Call for papers: Compassion, Social Engagement, and Discontent: Believing and the Politics of Belonging in Europe Today 06 April 2016Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR), Thursday 10 and Friday 11 November 2016
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‘We haven't finished with Tutankhamun's tomb yet' 31 March 2016Sensational, is how Leiden Egyptologist Olaf Kaper described the discovery of two new chambers in the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun. He hopes that a sec...
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Why Leiden’s first Professor of Theology was banned 31 March 2016The Reformed Church removed preacher Caspar Coolhaes - Leiden’s first Professor of Theology – from office because of his advocacy of tolerance. PhD c...
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An Interview with Kiri Paramore, Author of Japanese Confucianism 24 March 2016For more than 1500 years, Confucianism has played a major role in shaping Japan's history - from the formation of the first Japanese states during the...
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'Peace in the region is dependent on Iran and Saudi Arabia' 17 March 2016The relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia is worse than ever. According to Iran specialist Maaike Warnaar, it will be difficult to achieve peace ...
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HERA grant awarded to Léon Buskens and international colleagues 17 March 2016Together with internationally esteemed colleagues, Léon Buskens has been awarded a HERA Joint Research Programme Grant for a research project entitled...
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Should we close our borders? Not according to the Classical World! 09 March 2016Leiden University archaeologists receive multiple awards for research on interaction between the Greek and Roman world and ‘The East’
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Fieldwork in North Korea 19 February 2016It is difficult to get access to North Korea. That makes scientific fieldwork very difficult. Korea expert Valérie Gelézeau shared her experiences dur...
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Global Interactions welcomes five new postdocs in 2016 16 February 2016
In November of last year Global Interactions made offers to five out of nearly 90 applicants for our grant-writing postdocs. We are pleased to announc...
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Doing Gender in The Netherlands: TRANS* approaches, methods & concepts 16 February 2016The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG) hosts the annual National Research Day, held this year at the Leiden University Centre for the...
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How China Studies started in the Dutch East Indies 16 February 2016Leiden has the most highly regarded China Studies programme in Europe. But how did this knowledge find its way specifically to Leiden? For his PhD res...
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Gabrielle van den Berg receives prestigious VICI grant 15 February 2016
Dr. Gabrielle van den Berg received a prestigious VICI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for her project "Turks, t...
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Vici grants for 7 Leiden researchers 12 February 2016Seven Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Call for papers: New law, new villages: Changing rural Indonesia 03 February 2016The 2014 Village Law will likely cause a considerable change in the character of village governance and leadership in the coming years.