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Cultural Memory of War and Conflict
From Apartheid in South-Africa to 9/11 in the United States: there is not a single culture that is not shaped by the memory of war or conflict. The minor Cultural Memory of War and Conflict focuses on how such memory cultures influence and shape societies today.
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Egypt and the Augustan Cultural Revolution
This book presents an archaeological overview of the presence and development of Egyptian material culture in the context of Augustan Rome.
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Caribbean Connections: Cultural Encounters in a New World Setting (CARIB)
What socio-cultural transformations did indigenous communities in the Lesser Antilles undergo from the late precolonial to the early colonial period in response to Amerindian European-African cultural encounters? How did Amerindian populations realign themselves in response to the colonisation…
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Torino: From food to demands
“Neighborhood solidarity cannot compensate the absence of the State: a response from the local administration is needed”
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The cultural turn in intelligence studies
This article explores an emerging “cultural turn” in intelligence studies, which, if fully realized, could entail the expansion of the discipline to include new methodologies and theories, and a more integrative understanding of historical causality that locates intelligence agencies within the widersocio-cultural…
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Campaigning Culture and the Global Cold War
This book explores the lasting legacy of the controversial project by the Congress for Cultural Freedom, funded by the CIA, to promote Western culture and liberal values in the battle of ideas with global Communism during the Cold War.
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Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture
Why do some scientists argue that there are five sexes? Why is it important to study sexuality outside the reproductive framework? The minor Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture tackles some of the most controversial and contested questions of our time, while avoiding the pitfalls of easy answers…
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Joke Bruynzeel: culture reaches the heart
When doing business in foreign countries, you will encounter different languages and cultures. How does knowledge of cultural differences help you when you're trying to start a business or close a deal in another country?
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Indigenous cultural heritage and intellectual property
Challenges for the protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources, traditional cultural expressions, and traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples in the international scenario.
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Translation and the cultural Cold War
A new special issue on translation and the cultural Cold War sheds light on the understudied and yet important role of translation in cultural transfer.
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Transfer of knowledge in a cuneiform culture
Over the past decades the role of writing in the development of human civilizations has been the subject of much discussion. The adoption and development of literate skills has been linked to many developments in human history, be they cultural, social or even cognitive.
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Renewing the cultural identity of Canadian Indians
The artefacts that still remain from the traditional culture of the indigenous Yukon, Canada, are spread over dozens of museums throughout the world. Yukon Indian Ukjese van Kampen carried out research to bring this culture to light. This is the subject of his dissertation entitled ‘The history of Yukon…
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Foodways in early farming societies
Microwear and starch grain analysis on experimental and archaeological grinding tools from Central
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Nanoparticles: shapeshifters that pass along the food chain and end up in the brain
Nanomaterials can pass much further along the food chain than was previously thought. The particles can change shape and size in each organism, enabling them to pass on to the next one in the chain. Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences discovered this accidentally when using a novel…
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Cultural framing of rights and subjectivities
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Cross-border Claims to Cultural Objects
On 11 November 2021, Evelien Campfens defended the thesis 'Cross-border Claims to Cultural Objects'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. N.J. Schrijver and Prof. W.J. Veraart (VU Amsterdam).
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Research
Our Institute’s research focuses on ‘global vulnerabilities and social resilience’. Specifically, we highlight three interconnected themes: diversity, sustainability, and digitalisation.
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Literary Studies: English Literature and Culture
Are you thinking about studying English Literature and Culture? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Literary Studies: Italian Literature and Culture
Are you thinking about studying Italian Literature and Culture? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Media studies: Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory
Are you thinking about studying Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Literary Studies: German Literature and Culture
Are you thinking about studying German Literature and Culture? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Literary Studies: French Literature and Culture
Are you thinking about studying French Literature and Culture? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Morocco
In the spring semester, NIMAR offers university and HBO students a 30 EC program where students can choose between an intensive Arabic program focusing on Modern Standard Arabic and Moroccan Arabic or a research-focused program in which you conduct ethnographic research.
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History of Cultures, Knowledge and Ideas
It is integral to many cluster members’ research to use Medieval and Early Modern Arts as a lens for studying the medieval and early modern periods at large:
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Culture: text and images in Japan
One of the ways of understanding another culture better is to examine what people experience when they read a text, or look at an image. Leiden experts have a lot of knowledge in this field, for example on culture in ancient Japan.
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'Food Citizens?' Contribution in the ICA Journal.
The Food Citizens? team has contributed in the special issue of the ICA journal. The semi-scientific journal of the study association Itiwana of Leiden University's Institute of Cultural Anthropology.
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Squaramide-based supramolecular materials for 3D cell culture applications
A new type of tripodal squaramide-based supramolecular hydrogels is developed and studied.
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Nutrition
A healthy diet is always important, also when you’re working from home.
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Genetic and environmental factors determining heterogeneity in preservation stress resistance of Aspergillus niger conidia
Fungal food spoilage often starts with a contamination with spores. Experimental data strongly indicate the existence of subpopulations of spores with different levels of resistance to preservation methods.
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Yannick Drijfhout
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Zamzam Fauzanafi
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Irene Moretti
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martha Kapazoglou
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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GTGC lunch seminar: Transformation and connections through food/waste in Dutch cities
As part of the GTGC Lunch Seminars (Spring 2023), Elena Burgos Martinez, Jyothi Thrivikraman and Daniela Vicherat Mattar presented their work on Food Solidarity as part of a GTGC seed grant project.
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Ñuhun Ñuu Savi: Land and language as cultural heritage of the People of the Rain
The research focuses on the understanding of symbolic stratigraphy of the land (through time) from the worldview of the People of the Rain (one of the Indigenous Peoples of southern Mexico), by studying contemporary cultural heritage in communities of the Mixtec Highlands.
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Utrecht: Unexpected allies and food activism in quarantine
This blogpost is a reflection of research assistant Marilena Poulopoulou on the food relief initiative she took part in between May and August 2020 in the city of Utrecht.
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Adriana Churampi Ramirez
Faculty of Humanities
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Hugo Koning
Faculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de Haar
Faculty of Humanities
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The political culture of the Sister Republics. France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy, 1794-1806
This volume brings together experts on the history of the various revolutionary Sister Republics.
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Minor Culture and Society in Morocco
During the Autumn semester (September-December), the Netherlands Institute in Morocco (NIMAR) offers a minor that focuses on the study of Morocco from a social sciences and humanities perspective.
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Globalizing Palliative Care? A Multi-sited Ethnographic Study
This project investigates the globalization and cultural mediation of palliative care practices, policies and discourses.
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Moralising Misfortune: A comparative anthropology of commercial insurance
Research on the morality of life insurance. What issues are raised when insurance companies define responsibility and solidarity? Has insurance changed since the crisis of 2007?
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PhD
The Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) of Leiden University hosts almost 50 PhD candidates working on a wide variety of topics.