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As old as the road to Rome: 'Fake news was already to be found in ancient times' 21 August 2023Fake news a new phenomenon? Not according to Rens Tacoma and Indira Huliselan. In an NWO project, the associate professor and PhD student will delve i...
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers 03 August 2023Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards off...
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Influencers, X and WhatsApp: social media and the coup in Niger 02 August 2023A number of European countries have started evacuating their citizens and there is a threat of military intervention by neighbouring countries: the si...
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Book presentation 'Coping with Versnel' 26 July 2023At a festive book presentation on the 21st of July in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities Leiden professor emeritus Henk Versnel received a copy ...
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Photo impression of conference on the Good Friday Agreement 06 July 2023On 25 May, Schouwburgstraat hosted an conference on the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. This event brought together a panel of speakers...
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery 04 July 2023In a speech on Keti Koti (meaning ‘the chain is broken’ and the name given to 1 July, the day marking the abolition of slavery) the Dutch king, Willem...
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Dancing around the throne: networking in the time of King William I 26 June 2023Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I's time. Joost Welten's latest book reveals h...
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Students go on virtual exchange to Virginia: 'This is the most fun programme there is' 22 June 2023University lecturer Dario Fazzi and postdoctoral researcher Gaetano Di Tommaso set up a virtual collaboration with the United States last year thanks ...
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students 15 June 2023Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming research...
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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed 08 June 2023Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and ec...
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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' 02 June 2023As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectivenes...
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Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America 01 June 2023Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countr...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-2000 17 May 2023On 15-16 June, Jos Gommans, Marieke Bloembergen, and Carolien Stolte will organize an international conference entitled “India in the Making of the Gl...
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Treating military matters as military science - a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day 12 May 2023Recently, Engin Yüksel gave a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day and his observations on the Russo-Ukrainian war at the...