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How “giving voice” may lead to silence 02 December 2022
Do we break the silences in our research participants’ stories? When is it ethical to write and not write about what remains unspoken in the social wo...
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‘If you want to resolve the big challenges in healthcare, you have to work across disciplines’ 29 November 2022
Marieke Adriaanse is Professor of Behavioural Interventions in Population Health and researches behavioural science issues in health. She advocates fo...
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Documentaries, zines and a video installation: multimedia projects by students Visual Ethnography 28 November 2022
From documentaries, zines and exhibitions to a video installation. Students of the Visual Ethnography master's programme pulled out all the stops to f...
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Second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update well attended 25 November 2022
On November 17, the Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network held its second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update. At Leiden University, anthropologists a...
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Call for Papers and Panels: Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023 24 November 2022
From 7-9 June 2023 Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) organises its second international conference in The Hague. Deadline for su...
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history 24 November 2022
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural le...
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’ 21 November 2022
Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iran...
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism 16 November 2022
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against "wokeists" demanding "safe spaces at universities. Speaking at the annual HJ Schoo...
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Tackle debt with healthcare funds: researchers on a healthier society for all 16 November 2022
Technology, medical knowledge, social measures and the design of the living environment: all these needed to achieve a healthier society. In a series ...
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New student members of the Cultural Anthropology Programme Committee 14 November 2022
The new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC) are Pablo Pandocchi, Rachel Cruickshank, Emily Berube-Palsboll and Nico Lesenfants Ramos. The...
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Anne Urai and Neuromatch colleagues win prize for open science 10 November 2022
Cognitive neuroscientist Anne Urai is part of the Neuromatch Conference team. With the prize for open science, Neuromatch wants to reduce or remove ba...
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022 08 November 2022
October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s th...
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How can we encourage responsible financial behaviour? 08 November 2022
PhD candidate Shekinah Dare researched which psychological factors contribute to responsible financial behaviour and well-being. She wants to use this...
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Film by CADS alumna Loes Moree screened at Field Recordings in Rotterdam 02 November 2022
The film MعLMIN made by Visual Ethnography alumna Loes Moree will be screened during the fourth Fieldrecordings event. Field Recordings is an annual ...