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Fusing electrical stimulation, wearable robots & humans to restore and enhance mobility 07 July 2023
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Associate Professor at eLaw, contributed to 'Cyber–Physical–Human Systems', a book exploring the latest developments in inter...
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Earliest Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections in Leiden Now Available in Open Access 06 July 2023
Several of the most important manuscript collections in the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Special Collections, comprising 443 extremely rare and o...
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Christa Tobler and Marc Maresco editors of book 'Switzerland and the EU - A Challenging Relationship'. 04 July 2023
The volume includes contributions on various aspects of the legal relationship between Switzerland and the European Union.
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Successful launch of Liber Amicorum in honour of Marco Bronckers 14 June 2023
On Friday 2 June 2023, the Europa Institute launched the Liber Amicorum – “The EU and the WTO: Ever the Twain Shall Meet” – in honour of Marco Broncke...
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Europa Institute hosts Martijn Stronks for its third ‘Meet the Author’ event 14 June 2023
On Tuesday 14 June, the Europa Institute welcomed Martijn Stronks, Assistant Professor at the Amsterdam Centre of Migration and Refugee Law of the Vri...
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Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections 13 June 2023
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collecti...
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New DIKTI-Leiden Fellowship for Indonesian Special Collections 12 June 2023
Every year, the DIKTI-Leiden Fellowship programme offers three senior (postdoc) researchers affiliated with a state or private university in Indonesia...
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New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices 31 May 2023
At the end of the 7th century something curious occurs in Northwestern Europe. Suddenly, people start burying the dead next to their dwellings instead...
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Donation of personal archive and collection of Leiden Sinologist Robert van Gulik 25 May 2023
The family of the famous diplomat, sinologist and writer Robert van Gulik has donated his personal archive and part of his collection to Leiden Univer...
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Debunking myths about the secret services 23 May 2023
In her book ‘Diensten met geheimen’ (‘services with secrets’), Willemijn Aerdts uses true stories to cast light on the operating methods of the Dutch...
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies 23 May 2023
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean ...
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UNESCO Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage 18 May 2023
UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat...
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Online exhibition - Admired and Despised: life and work of Snouck Hurgronje 15 May 2023
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) is known as an Islamologist, author of the book Mecca, administrator in the Dutch East Indies for the Dutch go...
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Online exhibition - The world’s last picture writing: Naxi Dongba manuscripts 11 May 2023
Manuscripts that look like a comic book, that's how you could describe the manuscripts of the Dongba people from China. The manuscripts are one of the...
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Launch of Marco Bronckers’ Liber Amicorum 10 May 2023
On 2 June 2023, the Liber Amicorum – 'The EU and the WTO: Ever the Twain Shall Meet' – in honour of Marco Bronckers will be officially launched at Lei...