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The king is dead. Long live the king? 19 December 2011
Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea, is dead. His youngest son Kim Jong Eun is expected to be his successor. Remco Breuker, Leiden Professor of Korea S...
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Launch Conference Asian Modernities and Traditions 08 September 2011
Leiden University's Asian Modernities and Traditions research area will be presented on 9 September, in the form a conference. The keynote speaker is ...
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‘In Asia you are first and foremost Chinese or Indian’ 06 September 2011
‘There is often a strong emphasis on the differences with Asia when actually there are so many similarities on all sorts of levels. Parents in Asia de...
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Tibetan unravels myth about founder of religion 27 May 2011
Kalsang Gurung is the first Tibetan to obtain his PhD in Leiden. He carried out research into the accounts of Shenrab Miwo, the founder of the Bön rel...
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President Shandong University (China) visits Leiden University 17 May 2011
On Friday 13 May, President Xu Xianming of Shandong University (SDU) visited Leiden. Leiden University and Shandong University have a long-lasting par...
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President Yamagata University (Japan) visits Leiden 17 May 2011
President Akio Yuki and his delegation were welcomed to Leiden by Vice-Rector Prof. Rietje van Dam-Mieras, Prof. Ivo Smits, Prof. Kasia Cwiertka and D...
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How does the brain of Japanese speakers choose pronunciation? 10 May 2011
The way in which written language is processed in the brain is a hot topic in cognitive research. Cognitive psychologist Rinus Verdonschot studied a J...
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Leiden alumna wins thesis prize 23 March 2011
On 17 March Renate Dekker was awarded the Cardinal Willebrand Prize for her MPhil thesis on 'The Sahidic Encomium of Pesunthios, bishop of Keft: towar...
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Leiden students in Japan safe and well 21 March 2011
Of the 29 students who are still in Japan, the remaining four students in Tokyo have been advised to leave the area affected by the disaster.
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‘Japan’ – the other side of the story 21 March 2011
Since the disaster in Japan, professors, staff and students of the department of Japanese Language and Culture at Leiden University have regularly bee...
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‘I feel guilty’: Japanese student in Leiden 17 March 2011
Leiden University would like to express our sincere sympathy to students and staff who have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. On T...
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Logos in ancient Egypt 22 February 2011
The ancient Egyptians knew about marks as well as script. The New Empire (ca. 1550-1070 BC) in particular provides a rich harvest. The script has now ...
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19th century Iranian diplomat: French democratic principles found in the Koran 10 December 2010
Neither technology, nor Pan-Islamism, but only the codification of law could prevent Iran from falling even further behind the Western world. So wrote...
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Iranian Studies Series describes the full breadth of Persian culture 30 November 2010
On 8 December, Leiden University Press will present a new international series on Persian poetry and literature. The series will be edited by Asghar S...
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Our sixty-minute hour comes from Sumerian 03 November 2010
Sumerian is a dead language that is not related to any other language. Howeverr, Bram Jagersma managed to compile a grammar of the language, based on ...