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Earliest known alphabetic word list discovered 05 November 2015
A flake of limestone (ostracon) inscribed with an ancient Egyptian word list of the fifteenth century BC turns out to be the world’s oldest known abec...
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King and Queen consult China experts in Leiden 05 October 2015
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima attended a meeting at Leiden University on 1 October to prepare for their state visit to China. China experts i...
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'Fieldwork in the Chinese tobacco industry more likely to turn you into a drinker than a chain smoker' 26 May 2015
This remarkable statement appears in Yi-Wen Cheng’s dissertation on state monopoly and forms of competition in the Chinese tobacco industry. Cheng pre...
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Leiden students admitted to prestigious Chinese master’s programme 27 March 2015
Three Leiden students have been selected for the Yenching Academy, a prestigious master’s programme offered by Peking University. The students will re...
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Greater focus on pre-Islamic heritage 26 March 2015
War and terrorism overshadow interest in the pre-Islamic heritage of the Arabic peninsula. The new Leiden Centre for the Study of Ancient Arabia aims ...
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New open access, peer-reviewed journal: Arabian Epigraphic Notes 17 March 2015
The Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia (LeiCenSAA) announces a new open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the epigraphy of Arabia ...
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The eighty-year-old Leiden Papyrological Insitute has a small but great collection 19 February 2015
The Leiden Papyrological Institute celebrated its eightieth birthday on Monday 19 January. Its collection of papyri – including paper, potsherds, piec...
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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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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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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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'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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How the Arabs gained control of Egypt 03 April 2014
How did Fustat develop between 640 and 750 to become the capital of Egypt? At the time Egypt was a province of the Islamic empire - the caliphate - th...
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Boediono: Indonesia is in need of major reforms 26 March 2014
Indonesia still has a long way to go before the country can truly flourish, was the message given by Indonesian Vice President Boediono during his vis...
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Is the mining industry the route to influence North Korea? 24 February 2014
North Korean detention camps are no different from Nazi prison camps. But as long as the country remains economically isolated, international criticis...
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Princess Beatrix at opening of conference on Chinese Buddhism 12 February 2014
Princess Beatrix was a guest at the opening of the conference on ‘Chinese Buddhism and the Scholarship of Erik Zürcher’ in Leiden on 12 February. Budd...