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Svetlana Gorshenina will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in February 201812 January 2018Svetlana Gorshenina, Associate Lecturer at Collège de France, Paris, will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar from 17 February until 25 February 2018...
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1 March: Deadline AMT2 Research Funding (final round)11 January 2018The deadline for the final round of AMT2 Research Funding is 1 March 2018, 17 hrs CET. Application is open to all academic staff of Leiden University.
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This was the Leiden Asia Year18 December 20172017 was the Leiden Asia Year. Leiden has had connections with Asia and built up extensive knowledge of the continent over many centuries. This Leiden...
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Human Rights in Asia: Overcoming the current crisis in Myanmar12 December 2017On Monday 11 December, human rights activist Ms. Wai Wai Nu delivered the seventh Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture on Human Rights a...
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’04 December 2017A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also atten...
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Human Rights in Asia: Overcoming the current crisis in Myanmar21 November 2017On Monday 11 December, human rights activist Ms. Wai Wai Nu will deliver the seventh Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture on Human Right...
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Delegation from Leiden University to visit Japan14 November 2017A delegation from Leiden University will be visiting several Japanese universities and research institutions from 18 to 26 November to discuss researc...
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Flying visit by high-ranking Chinese delegation06 November 2017A high-ranking delegation from China visited Leiden on 6 November. The party of some 25 officials from the CPPCC – a Chinese advisory body comparable ...
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15 December: Deadline AMT2 Research Funding (final round)02 November 2017The deadline for the final round of AMT2 Research Funding is 15 December 2017, 17 hrs CET. Application is open to all academic staff of Leiden Univers...
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Joris Larik: New handbook cornerstone for emerging field of comparative foreign relations law30 October 2017On 13-14 October, Dr. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor for Comparative, EU, and International Law at LUC, took part in the Duke-Pretoria Conference on...
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Leiden University receives first Javanese Culture Award28 October 2017On 28 October, Leiden University received the first Javanese Culture Prize from Universitas Sebelas Maret in Solo, Indonesia. The jury praised Leiden ...
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Why southern Africa is full of North Korean monuments25 September 2017North Korean workers designed and built numerous monuments, museums and other buildings in southern Africa. This is clear from research by history stu...
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Come to the Tour of Asia festival!06 September 2017From gay rights in Asia to water management in the Philippines and from the Silk Road to current tensions with North Korea. Come to the Tour of Asia o...
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Interview: Zeger van der Wal about 'Good Governance in Asia and the West'16 August 2017On Thursday 28 September 2017 the Institute of Public Administration of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) organizes the event ‘Good ...
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A virtual city walk through Indonesia13 June 2017A unique app that connects the city of Leiden with similar spots on the other side of the world, in Indonesia. This is what the Leiden tour app 'Envis...