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Dr Carwyn Morris awarded the British Academy Global Convening grant 03 February 2023Dr Carwyn Morris (LIAS) was awarded the British Academy Global Convening grant, as part of an international consortium with 19 colleagues.
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In memoriam: Prof. dr. J.T.P. de Bruijn (1931-2023) 01 February 2023On Monday 23 January 2023 J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn passed away at the age of 91. Until 1995 he held the Chair of New Persian Language and Culture at Le...
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European grant to research Tibetan collection: 'Tibetans' literary output was and is huge' 17 January 2023As a student, university lecturer Berthe Jansen fell under the spell of the Van Manen collection: a collection full of Tibetan writings and objects. A...
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Feminist fatwas: How female Islamic scholars influence the religious landscape in Indonesia 02 January 2023If you have a question about the right way to live as a Muslim, to find the answer - the fatwa - you need to speak to an alim (plural ulama), an Isla...
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’ 28 November 2022As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey,...
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Six top-rated programmes at Humanities 24 November 2022Six programmes in the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded the designation 'top programme' by the Keuzegids. These are the bachelor’s in German Lan...
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Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant 22 November 2022Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch ...
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ 08 November 2022Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to in...
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Mirae Kim on translation issues at K-pop 03 November 2022K-pop is wildly popular. Fans all over the world sing along to the Korean songs, often without understanding exactly what the lyrics mean. University ...
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Lara Offermans and Marijn Bethlehem win the LUCSoR thesis prizes (2019-2021) 31 October 2022The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two thesis prizes each year, one...
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Month of Tutankhamun: Egypt's most legendary pharaoh 28 October 2022November marks exactly 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. To celebrate this special discovery, the Faculty of Humanities, together w...
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Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans 27 October 2022Fans of the Korean music movement K-pop go through hell for their idols. In return, artists care deeply about their fans: they even get to decide thei...
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea 20 October 2022In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explai...
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Four migration professors doubly appointed in the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus network 11 October 2022Four professors specialising in migration will soon be appointed as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professors: Professor Thea Hilhorst and Professor Peter Schol...
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All eyes on China: the Communist Party Congress is coming up 06 October 2022The world’s attention will shift to China as the Communist Party is set to hold its five-yearly congress beginning on 16 October. We talk to Senior Un...