2,457 search results for “african history” in the Public website
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‘People can be expelled to countries that they don't come from'
The 'language analysis interview' on the basis of which the Immigration and Naturalisation Department attempts to determine where an asylum-seeker without any documents comes from, does not meet the criteria of reliability and validity. Joachim Detailleur, student of Arabic, substantiates this statement…
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Change manager Frans de Haas is working on the future of the MI
Frans de Haas started his work at the MI with a clear mandate. Listening and talking are what he will mainly be doing ‘My role is to make sure that everyone feels comfortable in the new situation.’
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Liveable Communities: project with a sustainable outlook
With the Liveable Communities – Liveable Planet project, Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood, is showing that scientists are driven by ambition, hope and faith. She is linking Vrouw Vennepolder, a polder in Zuid-Holland, to the UN climate goals.
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Unravelling the complexity of HIV/AIDS
Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…
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The launch of a new era: Leiden and the James Webb telescope (part II)
After 25 years, December will finally see the launch of the long-awaited James Webb space telescope. Leiden astronomers are watching with great excitement: not only were they involved in the construction of important instruments on board, the telescope will also reveal many new secrets of the universe,…
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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ILS conference on the European Union as a Global Actor in Maritime Security
On Thursday 25 and Friday 26 October 2018, the Europa Institute organized a conference within the framework of ‘Interaction between Legal Systems (ILS): Policing the High Seas’ and in cooperation with four Interest Groups of the European Society of International Law. The event brought together representatives…
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Forensic speech recognition: emerging scientific field in Leiden
On 4 June 2018, students of the Forensic Speech Science master’s course visited the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) in The Hague. They were presented with practical examples, such as speech research with voice recordings of suspects. Forensic phonetics is a young, rapidly developing discipline…
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‘Diversity doesn’t appear at the wave of a magic wand’
If universities want to open their doors to more students and staff from minority groups, good intentions alone will not suffice. That is what Frank Tuitt, Diversity Officer at the University of Denver, has to say. He will speak at the University’s annual Diversity Symposium on 22 January 2020.
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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The Role of Law in Development: steady beacon or mere sham?
Farewell Symposium Jan Michiel Otto
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MAKING MATTERS Symposium 2020- Material Practices in Critical Times
Conference
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Moral injury and intergenerational trauma
Webinar | Cleveringa Dallaire critical conversation series
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2021 IASJ Research Conference
Conference
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Pushing back against China: new Asian governments challenge the region’s balance of power
Lecture, International Relations Seminar Series
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We may not have money but we make up for it with class" : freedom of expression and censorship in today's Korean cinema
Lecture
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Arabs and Blemmyes in the Kingdom of Makuria: On name and identity in medieval Nubia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Realizing rights: people, politics and place
Lecture
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Snakebite conference
Conference
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Symposium Human-Wildlife conflicts in Africa
Conference, Symposium
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The Mexican Drug Violence: Hybrid Warfare, Predatory Capitalism and the Logic of Cruelty
PhD Defence
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Documentary screening on a mining conflict in KwaZulu-Natal: This land
Arts and Culture, Film screening
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Recasting Gendered Paradigms: An Indonesian Cleric and Muslim Women in the Malay World
Lecture
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“Snakebite - from science to society”
Conference
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Ethnicity and racism in present-day Latin America. Cases from Bolivia, Chile and Mexico
Lecture, Colloquium Contemporary History of Latin America
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Entrepreneurs by the grace of God: Rethinking policies to promote entrepreneurship among the poor
Lecture
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Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating of Palaeolithic cave sites and their environmental context in the western Mediterranean
PhD Defence
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Book launch: 'White Mineworkers on Zambia's Copperbelt, 1926-1974: In a Class of Their Own'
Lecture
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
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Afrikaanse auteurs over vrouwenbesnijdenis: een literaire blik op een complex en evoluerend debat
Lecture
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The End of Silence: Accounts of the 1965 Genocide in Indonesia
Lecture, Book launch and discussion
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ASCL Seminar: Religious engineering - a practice approach to (religious) projects of social transformation
Lecture
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Endemic Global Corruption and Proposals for an International Anti-Corruption Court
Debate
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CPP Colloquium: Exploring Rape as a Crime against the Erotic
Lecture
- StepTalks: science at the Spanish Steps
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Publications
Recent publications
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Unravelling the Mysteries: Embracing the Particular and the General in Middle East Research - ONLINE
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! series
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Sanjar Gulomov will be Central Asia Erasmus Fellow in December 2018
Lecture, Masterclass
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Turkic Identities in Pre-modern Central Asia
Lecture
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Hall of Fame 2016
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, they have been appointed member of an academic society or have taken on a position in the community. Reasons enough to be proud of them and to include…
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NISIS Autumn School 2018: Travelling Muslims
Conference
- Conference: Lessons from Afghanistan
- Volume 3 (2008)
- Volume 9 (2014)
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Guest Researchers
We welcome a new round of advanced researchers (post-MA) to apply to the institute's guest researchers positions.
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Books for Review
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy regularly publishes book reviews of approx. 800-1000 words. We are accepting reviews of the selected books below, as well as any other contribution within the field of diplomacy and global affairs.
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Deep sea research with microphone
‘Even at the deepest point in the ocean you can still hear the noise from boats,' says biologist Hans Slabbekoorn. ‘And that's while sound is the most important means of communication for underwater life.' What is the effect of all that underwater noise on fish and other animals? Slabbekoorn is on board…
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‘I became a stronger believer in the power of Europe’
She knew that a degree in Public Administration would be a stepping-stone to a career in politics. And that is exactly what Leiden alumna Samira Rafaela (30) wanted. Thanks to preferential votes, this member of the D66 party is the first Dutch MEP from an Afro-Caribbean background.
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Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers
From molecular ping-pong to cassava in the Amazon, and from extraterrestrial life to special antibodies. Twenty-five researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant from the NWO. A grant of up to 250,000 euros will give them the opportunity to further elaborate their own ideas over…
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Nature conservation initiatives – who foots the bill?
In January 2020, Marja Spierenburg joined the FSW as the new Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihoods. Let’s get to know her. ‘All my research is basically about nature conservation. I look at areas like national parks, but also at measures aimed at increasing the sustainability of…