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Research & Funding Opportunities
AMT’s mission includes encouraging innovative high-quality research in Leiden on Asia. On this page you will find an overview of AMT related research projects, grant possibilities, publications and vacancies.
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Visual Ethnography MSc student film screenings
Festival
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CPP Annual Lecture 'Refugees and the Politics of Inhumanitarianism'
Lecture
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African Languages as Medium of Instruction in higher education: what has happened after Prah?
Lecture, Applied African Linguistics
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Migration in a Changing World
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution
Lecture, History Brown Bag Seminar
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Panel discussion: Silencing Palestine
Panelbijeenkomst
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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African Languages as Medium of Instruction in higher education: what has happened after Prah?
Lecture, Applied African Linguistics
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The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe – Mujuru the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker
Lecture
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Rumour and Recolonisation in Muslim Chad
Lecture
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War, Cultural Objects, Looting and Restitution: An Introduction to the Legal Framework
Lecture, Topical Issues in Museums
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POSTPONED | Indigenous adornment in the circum-Caribbean: The production, use, and exchange of bodily ornaments through the lenses of the microscope
PhD defence
- Global Questions Seminar
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Het brouwen van een identiteit: de rol van Zuid-Afrika in de Namibische biergeschiedenis
Lecture, Book launch
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Why is Civilization Unsustainable?
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Archaeology and Rock Art
Lecture
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RESEARCH EXHIBITION FAULT LINES: Some Research Methods in Art and Design
Exhibition
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Our Footsteps by AstaroTheatro
Festival, Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Hour of Remembrance: online lecture and memorial
Lecture
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Why cities outlive empires: the potential in non-sovereign cities
Lecture
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Cosmopolitanism and Imagination in Nayaka South India: Decoding the Brooklyn Kalamkari
Lecture, Colonial Global History Seminar COGLOSS
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Indigenous adornment in the circum-Caribbean: The production, use, and exchange of bodily ornaments through the lenses of the microscope
PhD defence
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Zionism: An Emotional State
Lecture, Public Lecture
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VVIK Lecture: Court politics in the Vijayanagara successor states
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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The Revival of World War II in China: Multiple Histories, Malleable Memories
Lecture
- CPP Colloquia 2019-2020
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Kamran Matin: Lineages of the Islamic State: An international historical sociology of State (de‐)formation in Iraq
Lecture, Contemporary History and International Relations Research Seminar (CHIRRS)
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The Roman World Between Global Society and Local Cultures
Conference
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CPP Colloquium with Yolande Jansen: “‘Decolonising philosophy’ and the postcolonial and decolonial humanities”
Lecture
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International PhD Seminar on Slavery, Servitude & Extreme Dependency
Conference, Seminar
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Power, Silence and the Production of History in Africa
Conference, Workshop
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CPP Colloquim with Catherine Lu: "Two concepts of alienation"
Lecture
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Ethnolinguistic vitality and diversity: Looking back and moving forward
Conference, Symposium
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Political Violence and Process of Reconciliation in Morocco: the Power of Testimony and the Limits of Postcolonial Theory
Course, LUCIS Short Stay Visiting Scholar Masterclass
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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Pepijn Reeser: ‘If there’s one thing I’m not, it’s dogmatic.’
My name is Pepijn Reeser, I’m 34 years old and I graduated in 2008 as a historian. I’ve been working in the museum world for about ten years, mainly as a freelancer. My most important project is Het Taalmuseum (the Language Museum); I’ve been involved in that since 2016. Leiden University is one of…
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VICI Award for Miguel John Versluys
Dr. Miguel John Versluys (Archaeology) has been awarded a prestigious Vici grant for his project:
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Clashing galaxy clusters and extreme energies
A galaxy is already incredibly large, but it can get even bigger. Astronomer Reinout van Weeren investigates clusters of galaxies, one of the largest structures in the universe. For his research into the origins and evolution of these clusters, he obtained an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros.…
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Chinese export paintings undervalued
Chinese export paintings have a much greater cultural-historical and artistic value than was previously thought in the Netherlands, according to external PhD candidate Rosalien van der Poel. She advocates making these works accessible to the general public. PhD defence 30 November.
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Leiden lifestyle as inspiration for Americans
The much-discussed documentary 'Cobblestone Stories' by American anthropologist Mark Neupert can be seen in Leiden's Trianon cinema on 23 April. In an interview published earlier on this site Neupert explained what makes Leiden so special for him. 'The idea is to show my American students that there…
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Leiden psychology student is distant relative of Rembrandt
Benson van der Bij is a family member of Holland's most famous master: Rembrandt van Rijn. What does he think of this relationship? And did he know that Rembrandt was also enrolled as a student here?
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A call about: the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF)
Would you like to organise a session during the biggest multidisciplinary event in Europe - the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) conference - to be held in Leiden from 13 to 16 July 2022? If so, send us your proposal! Archaeologist Corinne Hofman is one of the driving forces behind the conference and…
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The Hortus Botanicus: from herb garden to crown jewel
The Hortus Botanicus is celebrating its 425-year anniversary this year. It’s the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, but how did it come into existence and what kind of research takes place there?
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Throwback to the panel discussion about the future of archaeology
As part of the celebrations around the 25th birthday of the Faculty of Archaeology, a panel discussion on the future of archaeology was organised on December 13th. For this discussion an international panel of scholars was invited to give their perspective and enter into conversation with our Faculty…
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The wisdom of the Nahua
Indigenous philosophies have been ignored for too long. This prompted Osiris González Romero to study the wisdom of the Nahua in Mexico. Their philosophy has an important message for the consumption society: see the earth and nature as living beings and not just as resources. PhD defence 22 June.
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Looking to the future of Leiden’s legacy collections: taking care of the past, teaching tomorrow’s students
In the Faculty of Archaeology depots, many artefacts, accumulated after decades of fieldwork across the world are stored. The Leiden Inventory of the Depot (LID) project aims to unlock the door to this wealth of information. Elizabeth Hicks, a Research Master’s student at the Faculty, will be re-evaluating…
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How ‘Mao’s little generals’ wreaked havoc in China
No matter how hard Chinese communists tried to control the economy, they could not stop the free market from flourishing. This was the message given by historian Frank Dikötter on 7 February during a lecture on the Cultural Revolution. He will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate on 8 February.