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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development31 July 2025If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joan...
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Word from the LUCSoR Chair: July 202522 July 2025It is mid-July and as I sit in my office in the Herta Mohr building, I notice how quiet it is around campus. Yet, this is in direct contrast with a fl...
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Leiden MAIR Hosts 2nd Humanities & International Relations Graduate Conference21 July 2025On 11 June 2025, the MA in International Relations (MAIR) Programme convened its 2nd Humanities & IR Graduate Conference at The Hague Campus (Schouwbu...
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Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers17 July 2025Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young resea...
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Bird house or birdhouse? Research on compounds gives insight into how our brain works02 July 2025When we hear the word ‘bird house’, do we process it as a whole or does our brain see it as ‘bird’ and ‘house’? PhD student Jiaqi Wang explored this f...
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China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’Chinese politics 01 July 2025Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past deca...
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Co-Producing Nationalism in Crisis: State and Public Dynamics on Weibo26 June 2025During the corona pandemic, the Chinese government's digital communication with its citizens changed. Hard propaganda was increasingly replaced by ‘so...
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Religious Studies students combat loneliness: ‘Simply acknowledging the complexity helps’18 June 2025Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness...
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More than 100 years of studying South Asia: ‘The view of the area is changing’17 June 2025At the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), scholars have been studying the Indian subcontinent with attention and expertise for more than 100 ye...
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‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt’11 June 2025For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel expl...
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Delegation from Nagasaki University visits Leiden UniversityCollaboration 27 May 2025A delegation from Nagasaki University visited Leiden University at the end of May. Ikematsu Kazuya, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Nagasaki Univer...
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The Greek alphabet may be older than we think19 May 2025The Greek alphabet dates back to the eighth century BC. At least, that is what science assumed for a long time. Associate Professor Willemijn Waal is ...
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Call for papers: Burial and Memory in the early Islamic World08 May 2025From 6-8 April 2026 the conference "From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world" will take place in Cairo, Egypt...
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The new pope: militant or mediator?Conclave 06 May 2025In these times of political tensions and ethical dilemmas, the cardinals need to choose what kind of pope the Catholic Church needs. We asked religiou...
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The Walikutuban ritual: from lost heritage to political activism28 April 2025Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 201...