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Colonial without realising it 13 September 2021
The nineteenth-century writer Nicolaas Beets and his son Dirk were thoroughly colonial, Nicholas without ever having been to the Dutch Indies, or any ...
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Podcast: Urban Life in Catalonia in the 14th Century with Jeff Fynn-Paul 06 September 2021
Most of us know that Venice, Genoa, and Florence were major Mediterranean powers during the Renaissance. But did you know that in terms of trade and s...
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How to attract stargazing tourists? Leiden Observatory launches a new manual for astrotourism 20 July 2021
How to create an unforgettable astronomy experience for tourists? And how to create fun activities that also have scientific and educational value? T...
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Master’s students create Graduate Journal: ‘It represents the development we’ve achieved’ 28 June 2021
A celebration was held in the Tabú restaurant: Mark Rutgers, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, was presented with the first copy of LEAP, a journal w...
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Chinese unofficial poetry journals now accessible in Digital Collections 10 June 2021
Leiden University Libraries has made a large number of unofficial poetry journals from China accessible online in its Digital Collections. This opens ...
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New Book by Jens Iverson: ‘Jus Post Bellum: The Rediscovery, Foundations, and Future of the Law of Transforming War into Peace’ 10 June 2021
Jus post bellum, the body of laws and norms governing the transition from armed conflict to peace, has emerged as a crucial issue for international la...
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Book: The Capacity to Innovate: dynamics in clusters and cluster policy 09 June 2021
The Capacity to Innovate is a recently published book by Sarah Giest, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration. In this article S...
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The Netherlands enthralled by Spanish theatre 07 June 2021
Joost van den Vondel is considered to be the greatest Dutch poet and playwright of his time, but he certainly wasn’t the most popular. The 17th- and 1...
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Terrorism is created in a social context: ‘We need to talk about context far more often’ 07 June 2021
‘Countering violent extremism – the international deradicalization agenda’ is the name of the book Tahir Abbas published last month. In this interview...
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“The Silence of the Monks - The Ethics of Everyday Sounds” by Marcel Cobussen in Ethics and Christian Musicking 01 June 2021
Point of departure of this meditation on the ethical role of sounds and silences within Christian rites and other religious practices is the documenta...
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Marcel Cobussen on 'Listening as a Multisensorial Experience' in The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy 01 June 2021
Marcel Cobussen wrote the essay “Listening as a Multisensorial Experience” for The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy.
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Publishing a book as an alternative to an internship 01 June 2021
Many students on the Master’s programme in International Relations and Diplomacy had their internship cancelled last year because of the pandemic. As ...
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CADS Alumna writes children's book that encourages diversity and inclusiveness among children and their parents 18 May 2021
When Cultural Anthropology alumna Monique Tekstra-van Lochem was having children and she wanted to teach them more about diverse cultures, she was una...
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The Skandapurāṇa Volume V published 17 May 2021
Skandapurāṇa V presents a critical edition of Adhyāyas 92-112 from the Skandapurāṇa, with an introduction and annotated English synopsis.
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Leiden astronomer Henk van de Hulst: humble man with great authority 26 April 2021
World-famous among astronomers, humble, and averse to conventions. On 23 April, the Dutch biography about Henk van de Hulst was published. Biographer ...