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Call for papers: Islam (re-)Observed 23 July 2018
In October, LUCIS and NIMAR will host a two-day workshop in honor of the 50th anniversary of Islam Observed, Clifford Geertz' comparative study of Isl...
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Invisible but ever-present: female spies in the 17th century 06 July 2018
For a long time it was thought that there were few or no female spies in history. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In her book Invisi...
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From dissertation to children's book 04 July 2018
Margriet Krijtenburg, who graduated on 11 September 2012 with support from the Dual PhD Centre, wrote her dissertation about Robert Schuman, the found...
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Children’s Rights in International Commercial Surrogacy 26 June 2018
On 26 June 2018 Claire Achmad will defend her PhD thesis Children’s Rights in International Commercial Surrogacy.
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Looking back on the successful combined ILS – RSL Lunch Seminar with Jason Beckfield from Harvard University 27 May 2018
Last Wednesday, a very special edition of the Lunch Seminars took place in a combined session between the research programs Interaction between Legal ...
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Just published: Festschrift in honour of Sven P. Vleeming 09 May 2018
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Imams in Western Europe. Developments, Transformations, and Institutional Challenges 01 May 2018
Bij Amsterdam University Press verschijnt 'Imams in Western Europe. Developments, Transformations and Institutional Challenges' onder redactie van Moh...
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A 'border' is not a static concept 12 April 2018
In his new book 'The Politics of Borders', Leiden political scientist Matthew Longo redefines the concept of a ‘border’.
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The publication of Domestic Homicide; a much-needed synthesis of the literature on domestic homicide. 29 March 2018
By Marieke Liem and Frans Koenraadt. Domestic homicide constitutes an extreme type of interpersonal violence. This book offers a much-needed synthesi...
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Mayor Krikke and Rector Magnificus Stolker to be presented with leadership agenda 29 March 2018
What is public leadership? How does one promote research on public leadership? These and other questions will be addressed at the official presentatio...
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The Challenges of the Sharing Economy: Vassilis Hatzopoulos presents his latest monograph on the Collaborative Economy and EU law 12 March 2018
Last Thursday, the March edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars took place. This well attended seminar took on a slightly different format, as we had the h...
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Novel set in Ehrenfest house 27 February 2018
Leiden alumnus and writer Tomas Lieske has published a novel which is set in the house of Paul Ehrenfest. Ehrenfest was a famous physicist who organiz...
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Book ‘Darwin’s combination lock’ gives us hope 26 February 2018
Former dean and physicist Frans Saris writes in his new book ‘Darwin’s combination lock’ how our culture enabled us to dominate nature and about the c...
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ILS Bookpresentation by Prof. Vassilis Hatzopoulos 15 February 2018
The March ILS lunch seminar will take on a slightly different format, as we have the honour of receiving Prof. Vassilis Hatzopoulos who will present h...
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The 'Boys von Schöningen' honored in book 05 February 2018
For more than 25 years, archaeologists have worked at the site of Schöningen, in Germany, where many spectacular rare finds have been excavated. To ho...