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Meet Louise van der Vlugt, Co-winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award 15 February 2024
In December 2023, Louise van der Vlugt was announced as Co-Winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award. She sat down to answer some questions ...
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Call for Papers: Indonesia 2014-2024 15 February 2024
Editors: Irene Hadiprayitno, Elena Burgos Martinez, and Rizal Shidiq (Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands)
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Word from the LUCSoR Chair 14 February 2024
Welcome to 2024! I hope this message finds you doing well and reenergised following the holiday season. With that said, I can imagine that many of us ...
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LUCSoR welcomes Verena Meyer to the staff 14 February 2024
LUCSoR is happy to welcome Verena Myer, researcher and lecturer in Islam in South and South-East Asia to the staff. In this interview she will discuss...
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Why do Japanese and South Korean women falter on their way to the top? 14 February 2024
In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of ...
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App on Gender Equality Launched at FGW: 'We have to do it together' 14 February 2024
Male scientists owe their position to their brilliance, women to their hard work. Or do they? The Equalista app helps staff and students at the Facult...
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More than 100 students and colleague attended the inaugural LJSA conference 'Jews at Home: From Creation to Corona' 13 February 2024
More than 100 colleagues, students and friends attended the first annual Leiden Jewish Studies Association conference 'Jews at Home: From Creation to ...
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Eight projects receive funding from JEDI Fund 13 February 2024
From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to div...
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Bioart plays with genetic building blocks 12 February 2024
Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments requir...
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How do we deal with rising tensions? ‘The choice is talk or fight’ 12 February 2024
‘A Muslim and a Jew in the house of God.’ This is how historian Nadia Bouras introduced her recent conversation with colleague Sara Polak in Leiden’s ...
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you' 08 February 2024
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, ...
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Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading? 07 February 2024
Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje...
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Mild Intellectual Disability and Loneliness: 'We Need to Handle the Discomfort Better' 06 February 2024
Individuals with a mild intellectual disability often experience loneliness more frequently than others. In a new NWA project, social history lecturer...
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Dutch Student Orchestra celebrates female composer: 'Deserve to be heard' 05 February 2024
Every year in February, ninety students who love making music come together in Someren, a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. Through rehears...
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Fun opening of the second semester: 'Let's support each other' 05 February 2024
On the first day of February, employees of the Faculty of Humanities gathered in the Faculty Club. They were there to usher in the new semester, while...