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KNAW Early Career Awards for three Leiden researchers 05 November 2019
Three young researchers from Leiden have received an Early Career Award from KNAW for their innovative research. The award consists of the sum of 15,0...
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‘An inclusive university begins with which books you choose’ 24 September 2019
Sociologist Aya Ezawa is the new Diversity Officer at Leiden University. What is the University doing well and what could it do better? ‘It’s taken mu...
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Geert Jan van Gelder 11 September 2019
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Emeritus Geert Jan van Gelder to Leiden. He is the second Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cul...
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Leonard Blussé receives prestigious Fukuoka Prize in Japan 11 September 2019
Leonard Blussé, Professor Emeritus of History of European-Asian Relations, was awarded the 13th Fukuoka Prize in Japan on 10 September.
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Exhibition puts ‘forgotten’ part of the Silk Road in the spotlight 04 September 2019
The story of the iconic Silk Road is often told from the Chinese perspective. An exhibition at Oude UB focuses on the inhabitants and monuments of his...
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Two Leiden professors ‘top of the class’ according to ScienceGuide 02 September 2019
Professors Remco Breuker and Barend van der Meulen are ‘top of the class’ for academic year 2018-2019 according to ScienceGuide. This science magazine...
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A Persian love story and the creation of a rock classic 23 August 2019
What is the name of the medieval Persian poet Nezami (✞ ca. 1209) doing on the cover of an Eric Clapton rock album? Asghar Seyed Gohrab, associate pro...
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Marina Calculli on RaiNews 24: Rising Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz 26 July 2019
Commenting live on the Italian TV RaiNews 24, Marina Calculli (LIAS) suggested to view the recent escalation between the United States and Iran as the...
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Judith Naeff researches Arab ideals and disappointments with Veni grant 22 July 2019
University Lecturer on Middle Eastern cultures Judith Naeff, associated with the Faculty of Humanities, will receive a Veni grant of 250,000 euros. Th...
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Member of Parliament Tielen (VVD) visits the Faculty of Humanities 03 June 2019
Asia, Asia, Asia. That was what the working visit of VVD Member of Parliament Judith Tielen - at her request - was all about. In a two hour long progr...
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Alumni event South and Southeast Asian Studies: an inspiring afternoon 20 May 2019
On Saturday 11 May 2019, the BA South and Southeast Asian Studies programme held an Alumni Event for former students. All current students and staff w...
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‘Despite its long-standing history, the Kashmir conflict continues to receive very little attention’ 03 May 2019
The ongoing conflict in Kashmir is often seen as a political issue between India and Pakistan. Idrees Kanth, who has written a dissertation on the sub...
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Inspiring: Henriëtte studied at a Chinese university for five months 26 April 2019
When Henriëtte Hoffman was ten years old she was enthralled by The Last Emperor, a 1987 film about the twelfth and last emperor of the Manchu dynasty....
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW 23 April 2019
Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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'I get to continue my academic career': archaeologist who fled Damascus for Leiden 09 April 2019
Ghazwan Yaghi was a leading archaeologist and researcher in Damascus but had to flee in 2014 because of the war. An NWO 'Refugees in Science' grant ha...