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‘Alumni are the best ambassadors the Netherlands has’ 03 February 2015
Dutch and foreign alumni from Leiden are the oil that keeps the wheels of Dutch-Asian relations moving smoothly. That’s one of the conclusions reached...
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Henk Schulte Nordholt has been appointed extraordinary professor 13 January 2015
Dr. Henk Schulte Nordholt, working at KITLV and LIAS, has been appointed extraordinary professor of Indonesian history for a five-year period.
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Leiden University continues support for Asian Modernities and Traditions 02 January 2015The University’s Executive Board (College van Bestuur) has decided to continue the Leiden University profile area Asian Modernities and Traditions for...
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The multicultural history of soya sauce 11 December 2014
The soya sauce in our kitchen cabinets is not a recent acquisition. This sauce is an important element in a long history of exchange between Asia and ...
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New colleague: Corey Williams 09 December 2014
It gives us great pleasure to report that the search for a University Lecturer in Christianity in the Modern World has resulted in the appointment of ...
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'The North Korean regime will collapse within five to seven years’ 07 November 2014
The greatest threat to the North Korean regime is not the outside world but its own developing private market and the growing frictions at the top. Th...
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Tolkien and fiction-based religions 14 October 2014
Markus Altena Davidsen’s PhD dissertation is the first major study of Tolkien Religion. In it, he analyses the religion that is based on the stories b...
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North Korean exiles expose the regime’s rationale at Leiden conference 25 August 2014
Seven prominent North Korean exiles will shed new light on the dictatorial state in a conference hosted by Leiden University on 17 and 18 September. A...
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New language museum for Leiden 15 July 2014
Leiden is to have a new language museum in 2015, a public institute focusing on language in all its facets and where science and social developments c...
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VICI winner Cwiertka: ‘I am contrary by nature’ 08 July 2014
Katarzyna Cwiertka, Leiden Professor of Modern Japan Studies, was already the recipient of a VENI and a VIDI grant. Now she has also been granted a VI...
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Leiden Egyptologist unravels ancient mystery 19 June 2014
It is one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of all times: the disappearance of a Persian army of 50,000 men in the Egyptian desert around 524 B...
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Roberta D'Alessandro granted Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia 04 June 2014
Professor Roberta D’Alessandro, Chair of Italian Language and Culture at the Leiden University, has been awarded one of Italy’s highest honors: she is...
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View from abroad... Stephanie van den Akker visits North Korea 19 May 2014
'If a local dares to speak to you, do interact, but mind what you say.' This was the advice given to Stephanie van den Akker, second-year student of I...
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'Dear Leader’ – but not really 08 May 2014
On 8 May, the memoirs of Jang Jin-sung are appearing worldwide under the title Dear Leader. Jan Jin-sung was a member of the personal circle of the fo...
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Uzbek Ambassador Vladimir Norov visits Leiden University 22 April 2014
The Uzbek Ambassador Mr. Vladimir Norov visited Leiden University on 17 April. Mr. Norov met with the rector magnificus Professor Carel Stolker and at...