216 search results for “latin amerika literature” in the Staff website
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Video series: Why Latin America matters
Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challenges, Latin America can indeed show the way forward inspiring for positive change. Working together with Latin American institutions, our researchers…
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
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Duende and Café: The 40th Anniversary of Latin American Studies
“Europe must look […] southward, where the global majority resides. The BRICS countries alone represent almost 50% of the world economy and a quarter of the world trade, it is where the youngest populations lives, with an enormous amount of creative energy, something that is often lacking in the northern…
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Soledad Valdivia RiveraFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Claudia BouteligierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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‘We are destroying our own planet' (and Latin America pays the price)
The whole world gets raw materials from Latin America, but at the expense of nature. Håvar Solheim researches the role of organised crime in this environmental crime and Soledad Valdivia researches sustainable urban initiatives in Latin America. What do these university lecturers think the future of…
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Gepco de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Karla Paola Cabrera AcuñaFaculty of Humanities
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Francianne Dos Santos VelhoFaculty of Humanities
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Irina ZudinaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Daniela Vicherat MattarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Japanese Literature Reading List
From experimental essays to comfort reads, and from manga to court literature in verse: Japanese literature has it all.
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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From Latin America to Africa: 'I always say I ended up on the wrong continent'
During her study of Latin America, Tineke Floor laid the intercultural foundation that has served her well in her career. Floor currently works as Director Europe at African Parks, an NGO that promotes nature conservation in Africa. How does she look back on her studies? And why the leap to another…
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Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders'
To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of Contemporary Dutch Literature and Culture in a Transnational Dynamic.
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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in cooperation: the representation of the Indonesian massacre in literature
How do you recount historic events if you are not allowed to talk about them? For his dissertation, Taufiq Hanafi tried to find out how a period of mass murder – despite heavy censorship – found a place in Indonesian literature. PhD defence 31 March.
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
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English version podcast ‘Scandal and controversy in Russian literature’ launched
Following the success of the Dutch version, the podcast 'Scandal and Controversy in Russian Literature' is now also available in English. Senior University Lecturer Otto Boele guides listeners through eight infamous texts in this version.
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‘Literature is our compass in a turbulent world’
Literature – and films and social media too – helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, especially if you dare to combine it with other disciplines, says Nidesh Lawtoo.
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Manuel Cabal LopezFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection
On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) donated 30 titles of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ literature to support this initiative. These works where published between 1971 and 2022 by authors…
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Georgios-Evgenios DouliakasFaculty of Humanities
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Latin American Studies Program at Leiden
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Minor in Law, Literature and Society shows inextricable link between law and art
The film Blade Runner as part of the law curriculum? It’s not that weird to Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, and Frans-Willem Korsten, Professor of Literature, Culture and Law. ‘The film raises a fundamental question: what’s a human and what’s not?’ From the next academic year onwards,…
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Erik BähreFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences