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What is the Chinese government’s approach to immigrants?
The rapid economic development of recent decades has made China a destination for migrants from all parts of the world. What does Chinese migration policy say about the priorities and functioning of this global power? PhD candidate Tabitha Speelman has conducted research on this.
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Nira Wickramasinghe wins John F. Richards Prize
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe has won the American Historical Association John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History for her book Slave in a Palanquin. Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' (Columbia University Press: New York 2020).
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Students remain ‘very satisfied’ with their degree programme in 2022
Almost 3,000 students from the Faculty of Humanities completed the National Student Survey (NSE) in the spring of 2022. With a response rate of 38%, the Faculty scored slightly above the national average.
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Leiden teachers share experiences on new blog
On the brand-new Leiden Teachers Blog, Leiden teachers share their experiences with educational innovation. They show colleagues, students, and everyone else who is interested the different facets of creating university education.
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Lifelong Learning and Development: University launches Academy for Professionals project
The Academy for Professionals project started in November. The project will focus on further developing existing and new educational programmes for professionals. ‘This is part of taking valorisation seriously.’
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Modern Transimperial Histories: Forms, Questions, Prospects
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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7th ENIUGH congress: ”Conflict and Inequity, Peace and Justice: Local, Regional and International Perspectives”
Conference
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Israeli Politics Now
Debate
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The UN Commission on the Status of Women CSW: Over 75 years of making women’s rights human rights
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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Live Event: China’s Digital Future
Debate
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Book Launch: Capitalism in Contemporary Iran
Lecture
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955-1968
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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To Counter or Not Counter Violent Extremism? That’s the Question
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Birth of a Pelagic Empire: Japanese Whaling and Early Territorial Expansions in the Pacific
Lecture
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Nasser Road, Political Posters in Uganda
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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Workshop: Caste and Diplomacy
Conference
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Masterclass in International History with Patrick O. Cohrs
Lecture, INVISIHIST Masterclass
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This was 2023! An overview of Humanities in the news
So much has happened this year! 2023 was an eventful year in which several wars raged about which our experts could offer interpretation. It was also the year in which the government made apologies for the slavery past. Leiden humanities scholars were at the forefront of this with their research on…
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy
Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a super-massive object at the centre of the Milky Way. This picture could only be taken thanks to the cooperation of telescopes worldwide.
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…
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Work-in-Progress: ‘Leaving the master and into the desert. Slaves escapes in the Spanish Sahara in the 1940s and 1950s’, Ali Al Tuma
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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PhD career event
PhD career event
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The Political Economy of an Enigma: Exploring Vietnam's Domestic Dynamics and International Role
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Campus The Hague Career Event 2022
Course, Career Event
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Meet the Europe Hub
Conference, Launch event
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Eurocentrism and Marxist Geopolitics: The Case of Iran in the Neoliberal Era
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Opening LeidenGlobal Photo Exhibition: Crafting Cultures
Exhibition
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Manifesting Minutes and Mapping Cosmographies: Time and Place in Early Modern Deccan
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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From “The Sea Bastards” to “Solidarity Beyond Ocean”: Japanese Dockworkers and the Politics of Scale in the Bandung Moment
Lecture
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LUCAS “Modern and Contemporary Studies” Research Cluster 3rd annual conference 'Environment as Lens: Rethinking Humanities Research through the
Conference
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Campus The Hague 'Meet the Employer'
Course
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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Decolonizing Area Studies. An Open Conversation
Roundtable conversation
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"We are new farmers": How do e-commerce streamers perform authenticity in rural China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Travelers defense course for female staff members
Personal development
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Five Comenius Teaching grants for Leiden lecturers
Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a €100,000 Comenius Teaching grant within the Senior Fellows programme. A further two lecturers have been awarded a €50,000 grant within the Teaching Fellows programme. The grants will enable the lecturers and their project teams to realise an…
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‘The Senior Teaching Qualification allows you to reflect on your teaching and interact with other lecturers’
Fifteen passionate lecturers from Leiden University were awarded the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) on Thursday 27 January. One of them is Frank Takes, as of 1 February Associate Professor of Computer Science. For him the SKO was a good opportunity to reflect on how he teaches.
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For LGBT+ migrants, dating apps are about much more than sex
When you think of migration, you probably won’t immediately think of dating apps. Yet such apps are important to many migrants, such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer or questioning (LGBT+). Researcher Andrew DJ Shield studied the role that dating apps play in the migration process,…
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Digital education: what’s working well and what can we improve?
Nearly a year since the abrupt switchover to mostly online learning, the Digital Education seminar gave teaching staff the opportunity to review their experiences. What can stay in 2021 and what must go? Frequently voiced opinions: yes please to digital tools that make lectures more interactive; yes…
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A quick call with Margaret Gold about citizen science
April is the month of showers and tulip fields but did you know that it is also Global Citizen Science Month? And the future of our Leiden citizen science community looks rosy, says coordinator Margaret Gold. She is happy to come and tell you all about this − and to exchange knowledge and ideas. ‘See…
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Jam-packed class rooms and plenty of enthusiasm at Campus The Hague Career Event
Thinking about the next step in your career, networking, preparing for the labour market or possibly meeting your future employer. Over 400 students and young alumni of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Humanities, and Behavioural Sciences came together last week during the Campus The Hague…
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Vidi grants for eight researchers from Leiden University
Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set up an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group over the next five years.
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Binnenkijken in het Universiteitsgebouw Spui: ‘We gaan hier iets moois neerzetten’
Ruim twintig nieuwsgierige medewerkers en studenten kregen een rondleiding in het nieuwe universiteitsgebouw van de Universiteit Leiden aan de Grote Marktstraat en het Spui in Den Haag dat in september 2025 de nieuwste locatie van de Campus Den Haag gaat worden. Nu is het vooral een kwestie van door…
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Study associations sign covenant: limit your alcohol consumption and look after each other
Opting more often for mocktails or soft drinks rather than beer or wine, talking to others about their drinking and pointing out the ban on drugs. Leiden University’s new covenant on alcohol and drugs for study associations encourages providing more alcohol-free alternatives.
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Leiden interdisciplinary research opportunities in health and disease prevention
Are you a Leiden researcher looking for opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration in the fields of local communities, health and disease prevention? If so, Health Campus The Hague is the right place for you. Take a look at these four examples of current research.
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How a Taiwanese organisation strengthens local communities through recycling
Most people think of waste as something dirty that needs to be disposed of as soon as possible, but Olivia Yun-An Dung's dissertation aims to show that this does not always have to be the case. For this purpose, she focuses on Tzu Chi recycling in Taiwan. There, an army of elderly volunteers has been…