1,344 search results for “religions of south 26 southeast asia” in the Staff website
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
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Terrorism is created in a social context: ‘We need to talk about context far more often’
‘Countering violent extremism – the international deradicalization agenda’ is the name of the book Tahir Abbas published last month. In this interview the associate professor in Terrorism and Political Violence at ISGA tells about the backgrounds and goals of the book.
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Language both connects and divides
Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them together.
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Maritime historians and vocational college students together create historical database
What do you do when you’re suddenly given access to a whole lot of data but don’t know how to organise and analyse it? Maritime historians in the Faculty of Humanities joined forces with vocational college (MBO) students to build a database. ‘We’re so compatible with each other.’
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NWA grants for interdisciplinary consortia
Several consortia in which Leiden University is involved have been awarded Dutch Research Agenda funding. Leiden is the coordinator of five of these consortia. These five consortia will receive grants worth a total of almost 24 million euros. They relate to interdisciplinary projects that will bring…
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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology book launch
Online book launch
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Innovatie in de hepatologie door klinisch en translationeel onderzoek
Valedictory lecture
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Young Alumni Day 2022
Alumni event
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Faculty Drinks
Social
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Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C.P.A. Tiberius
Inaugural lecture
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Faculty Drinks
Social
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De synergie van het individu
Inaugural lecture
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Quantum information theory - When quantum mechanics and the mathematics of information meet
Inaugural lecture
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De computer als copiloot in de zoektocht naar nieuwe medicijnen
Inaugural lecture
- Young Academy Leiden meets the Science Faculty
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Meddling for profit: Japan’s peace-building role in Myanmar
Lecture, Research seminar
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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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The Politics of Education in Contemporary Vietnam
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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The BuddhistRoad Project: Research Agenda and Recent Results
Lecture
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
- Meeting University Council
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Transdiasporas: Armenians, Kurds, and Palestinians, 1990-2020
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Farewell reception Arjen Doelman - Welcome Roeland Merks
Farewell reception
- Meeting University Council
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De steen van Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Bouwen aan de samenwerking tussen recht en gezondheid
Inaugural lecture
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Fieldwork NL Conference
Festival
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Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology
Afstudeerceremonie
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Care, Children and the Other Holocaust
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
- European Week Against Racism
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
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LUCIR book talk: Awakening to China’s Rise: Europe amid US-China Strategic Competition
Lecture
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Walk-in concert University organ
Arts and culture
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Work-in-Progress: ‘Connecting Histories of Abolition: ‘Ameliorating’ slavery in British crown colonies in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean’
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Resilience meets Criminology
Conference
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'Possible Titles - No Wrong Answers'
Lecture, Workshop on zine-making
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Summer school - Critical approaches to typography
Lecture, Summer School
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Machine Translation Literacy for (language) teachers
Workshop
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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Class Battles from Indian Circus: Tales of Labour
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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FGGA in 2023: This was the year of our faculty
2023 was another year full of highlights and special moments for the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. Find out what the year was like in this year overview: we take you through the most important moments and news items month of each month.
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this first…
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Colonial and Global History Seminar
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Playing China’s University Entrance Exam: The Videogame 'Chinese Parents' and Its Political Potentials
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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The Making of a Standard Mountain: A Road-Construction Campaign of 1934 and the Formation of Mount Huang’s Modern Image
Lecture
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It doesn’t really exist, but I am one: a tropical lawyer!
Alumna Janine Ubink is a Professor of Law, Governance and Development at Leiden University. She researches legal pluralism in various areas of Africa and calls herself a ‘tropical lawyer’. She says, ‘It doesn't really exist, but I am one.’
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona
Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair would stay in Leiden for seminars, lectures, and research activities. Instead, the pandemic disrupted this schedule. Last month, Vout taught her masterclass…
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UN youth delegate Dennis Jansen gives young people a voice in the climate debate
The goal of alumnus International Studies Dennis Jansen (24) is to make the voice of young people heard in the climate debate. In November he is going to el-Sheikh in Egypt, where the Climate Change Conference is being held.
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Producing all our food nationally: is it even possible?
According to a new study, for half of the world population the answer would be yes. For the other half: maybe? Leiden environmental researcher and head author Nicolas Navarre explains: ‘With improvements to crop yields, reductions in food waste, and changes in consumption patterns, 90% of people could…
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Tom Groot Haar works for Foreign Affairs: ‘every important issue comes by our desks’
Working as a diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: for many students it would be their dream. Alumnus Tom Groot Haar is busy making it a reality. 'My career seems like a preconceived plan, but it wasn't.'