2,415 zoekresultaten voor “urban history” in de Publieke website
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The Politics of Siege in the Syrian Conflict
Panel discussion
- Volume 3 (2008)
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European Homicide Monitor
The European Homicide Monitor (EHM) offers a standardized framework for countries and regions to compare homicide characteristics, patterns and trends.
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Alumni
Since 2009, at ACPA, 74 candidates received their PhD in Creative and Performing Arts. On this page you will find an overview of ACPA's alumni.
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Cairo Institute Director: ‘I’m keeping the ship afloat’
In March 2020, the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo suddenly had to repatriate 57 students to the Netherlands and Flanders. Director and Arabic specialist Rudolf de Jong decided to stay in Egypt. ‘A lot of the work carries on.’
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Festival showcases anthropology students’ work: scope of visual ethnography is widening
Visual ethnography has become an integral part of anthropology in Leiden. The students from the master’s specialisation will present their work at the LUVE festival on 8, 9 and 10 October. ‘For a film you have to negotiate with your research participants.’
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‘Friends can achieve a great deal together’
On 29 January, the Mayor of Leiden, Henri Lenferink, was awarded Leiden University’s Scaliger Medal. The longest-serving Mayor of Leiden was presented with the medal by the University’s longest-serving Rector Magnificus, Carel Stolker. Lenferink was awarded the medal in recognition of his achievements…
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Enya Seguin: ‘Healthcare in Africa could be so much better'
Enya Seguin is an idealist. This 22-year-old alumna of Leiden University College in The Hague wants to make it possible for patients in Africa to have access to doctors anywhere in the world via an app. She is not deterred by the many problems and pitfalls she meets along the way.
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Formal land tenure in East-Timor: an insider's perspective
Who has control over which piece of land? Since independence in 2002 East Timor has been struggling to create a land tenure system that can deal with the grievances of past colonial ruling and conflict, and address the needs of its citizens, says researcher Bernardo Almeida. PhD defence on September…
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'I get to continue my academic career': archaeologist who fled Damascus for Leiden
Ghazwan Yaghi was a leading archaeologist and researcher in Damascus but had to flee in 2014 because of the war. An NWO 'Refugees in Science' grant has enabled him to pick up where he left off in his academic career. 'I've found myself again in this project.'
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Pieter's Corner: Climate change
Climate change is a hot topic and constantly in the news. Thousands of Dutch high school students protested at the Malieveld in The Hague. News website Nu.nl has barred climate change deniers from their comments section to prevent ‘fake news’. How does climate change impact the research community, and…
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AI, Peace, Justice and Security in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
The AI research in the area of peace, justice and security at each of the three universities in Zuid-Holland complements the AI research being performed by the other two. Three researchers explain. Part one in a series of five about themes that the three universities’ AI research covers.
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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Saving the world together: The value of transdisciplinarity in tackling sustainability challenges
79 students, 15 organisations, and 16 projects: within the master’s programme Governance of Sustainability, diverse groups of students worked together with organisations to tackle sustainability challenges. In this blog, Annemiek de Looze reflects on how the power of their transdisciplinary approaches…
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The recent IPCC report: some reactions from our Liveable planet community
The publication of the recent IPCC report on climate change has not gone unnoticed, to put it mildly, certainly not within the Liveable Planet community.
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How students incorporate sustainability in their master thesis
Many students are finishing their master thesis on sustainability this summer. In this blog, we reflect on their topics, approaches, and goals by highlighting theses from Governance of Sustainability, European Law, Global Archaeology, Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Ecology, and…
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Border Consolidation in Liaoning: From Chen Yun to Xi Jinping
Lezing
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Beyond the ‘Slave Community’ and ‘Resistance’ Paradigms: Alternative Approaches to the Social Lives of Bondpeople in the Atlantic World
Congres/symposium
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CPP Colloquium with Barbara Arneil; Domestic Colonies in Europe
Lezing
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Tradition and Transition - Political practice and the benefits of continuity in the Age of Revolutions, 1750-1850
Congres/symposium, Workshop
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This Week's Discoveries | 28 February 2017
Lezing
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LUCAS Modern and Contemporary cluster monthly meetings series. Lecture: Evading Capture: In between Stillness and Movement in the Tatsuniya Series
Lezing
- Counterterrorism in a global perspective
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LUCIP Lecture Series with Godfrey Igwebuike Onah
Lezing
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The Political Ecology of Crisis and Revolt: Rural Development, Agrarian Change and the Environment in Egypt
Debat, LUCIS Panel Discussion
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The Future of Diplomacy after COVID-19: Multilateralism and the Global Pandemic
Lezing
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The Rise of Africa: Miracle or Mirage
Lezing
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International PhD Seminar on Slavery, Servitude & Extreme Dependency
Congres/symposium, Seminar
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Life & Work in a Byzantine Industrial Hub
Workshop
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Taking Place: Parrhesiastic Theater as a model for artistic practice
Promotie
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Democracy and Authoritarianism: Responses to and Implications of the Pandemic
Lezing
- Exhibition: Food Waste Transformers
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Exhibition: Food Waste Transformers
Tentoonstelling
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Society for Women in Philosophy: Philosophy and Practice & Annual General Meeting
Congres/symposium
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Older Publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Industrial Ecology (1982-2015)
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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By the rivers of Babylon: New perspectives on Second Temple Judaism from Cuneiform texts
“BABYLON” investigates the extent of the similarities between Babylonian and post-exilic forms of cultic and social organization and explores the question how Babylonian models could have influenced the restoration effort in Jerusalem.
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2020 Hall of fame
In 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.
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Peace Education for the Protection of World Cultural Heritage in Iraq and Yemen
World Forum for the Culture of Peace
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Alumni Event Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs Opening Wijnhaven
Alumni-activiteit
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Shaping Cultural Landscapes and Movement Dynamics: Rural Lives beyond the Walls
Congres/symposium
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Granada ENIS Spring School 2019
Congres/symposium
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Ada Lovelace Distinguished Lecture Series
Lezing
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Online Mini-conference 'Political Culture from Late Antiquity to the post-classical Greek City and back again'
Congres/symposium
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Book Presentations: "China's Long Quest for Democracy" & "Evolving Identity Politics and Cross-Strait Relations"
Lezing
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7th LUCIS Annual Conference: Memory and Commemoration in Islamic Central Asia
Congres/symposium
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Formation of Islam: Topics
The FOI project has a number of topics it aims to investigate. These are: State, Economy, Culture and Papyri. You will find links to bibliographies on this page.
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26 Research and Education Grants in 2020 for the Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…
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Pieter's Corner: The (non)sense of conspiracy theories
Climate change is made up, the secret services murdered Pim Fortuyn and JFK, and the moon landing was a fake show. Conspiracy theories are of all times, providing sensation and entertainment, but also unrest and fear. The corona pandemic is new fuel for conspiracy theorists who set fire to 5G masts,…