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Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. Andries Hiskes, PHD researcher at the #LeidenUniversity Centre for Arts in Society, researched the disabled body and the reactions it can bring.
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âUN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflictâ states Diego Salama, PhD candidate at #LeidenUniversity. He examines how the Middle East operations (1967 - 1982) were connected and their impact on the region.
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Medieval and early modern literature viewed through the lens of Artificial Intelligence? Bram Caers, University lecturer of Dutch Literature at Leiden University, will tell you more about it during the Letter en Geest lecture (in Dutch) on 18 April.
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When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. Leiden University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change and will research the development of the early Shia community. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...
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PhD candidate Sebastiaan van der Lubben of #leidenUniversity has written live blogs about Leiden politics. But how do you go about covering an event while it unfolds? Much proved to be unknown about this relatively new journalistic genre. Read more about it! bit.ly/3VP19xQ
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âLanguage is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early ageâ says Nivja De Jong, Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy at University Leiden.
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âLanguage is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early ageâ says Nivja De Jong, Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy at University Leiden.
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Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The series (2 April - 21 May) is held as a prelude to the new Middle Eastern Library, which will be opened coming academic year. bit.ly/3VIQBAe
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@ronaldgiphart.bsky.social will be Leiden Universityâs new writer in residence this autumn. As writer in residence, Giphart will explore some of his own fascinations together with Leiden students. Read more: bit.ly/3TDaPZE
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: 'A few years ago that wouldnât have been possible' says Professor of Early Modern Dutch History of the Faculty of Humanties and project leader Judith Pollmann. bit.ly/4aiRJyB
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With the help of the JEDI fund, Fatima Al Moufridji and Thijs Porck went in search of cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Together they made four knowledge clips that can now be seen on YouTube.
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How do we address historical power dynamics in new slavery and emancipation histories? Which critical methods apply to studying preserved archives? A new book series aims to address these questions. Karwan Fatah-Black and Ilse Josepha Lazaroms are happy to receive new manuscripts. bit.ly/3v9f5YP
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Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments require moral interpretation - and they get it in the form of art. Lotte Pet wrote a dissertation about it. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...
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Alisa van de Haar is one of three humanities scholars to win a KNAW Early Career Award this year. The university lecturer of Ancient French Literature is receiving the award for her innovative research on multilingualism and migration. bit.ly/43b8TvX
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With her Veni research, investigator Rosanne Baars from the Institute of History aims to demonstrate that women played a role in the eighteenth-century diplomatic circles of the Ottoman Empire. âWe already know that one woman led the entire embassy.'
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In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of women in leadership positions is still lagging behind. PhD candidate at LIAS Yorum Beekman investigated why this is. Read more: bit.ly/3IvTVqB
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How do you move 3,000 fragile clay tablets that date back thousands of years? This was the challenge faced by staff from the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO). After years of preparation, the Liagre BĂśhl collection has been moved on trolleys to its new home. bit.ly/clay-tablets
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On 21/2, students, staff, and representatives from 21 embassies gathered for International Mother Language Day. Under the banner of 'a bit of fun and many serious topics,' language took centre stage during this event, organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Embassy of Bangladesh. bit.ly/49xrrZK
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Three researchers from the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Read more about the research of Jenneke van der Wal, Petra Sijpesteijn en Victoria Nyst. bit.ly/49WJCI5
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Each year around International Womenâs Day, the university hosts the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture. You are welcome to attend â even if you wouldn't call yourself a feminist, says professor and organiser Nadine Akkerman. âYou get the best discussions with a diverse audience.â Join: bit.ly/42W2jcw
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With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. Professor Carole Tiberius of Faculty Of Humanities will stress the importance of research on word combinations. bit.ly/4bTZBZi
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The debate: 'Why has Western Policy failed on Palestine/Israel?' brings together former diplomats who resigned over the Palestine/Israel/Gaza policy of their respective Dutch/US government.
Moderated by Christian Henderson, Lecturer at LIAS, Leiden University. Join 26 February: bit.ly/3UJuiKt
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From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to diversity and inclusion.
The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund is an initiative of the Faculty of Humanities. bit.ly/Jedi-2024
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Watch the new season of NTR's Het verhaal van Nederland (in Dutch). Several historians affiliated with our Faculty of Humanities, including Marika Keblusek, Nadine Akkerman, Jasper van der Steen, Bart Verheijen and Henk te Velde, share their expertise on the history of the House of Orange-Nassau.
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Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy. Professor Maurits Berger and 12 students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace. bit.ly/peace-academ...
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How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden Universityâs 449th Dies Natalis.
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