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Maurits Berger
Faculty of Humanities
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Nathal Dessing
Faculty of Humanities
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The Effectiveness of Dialogue in Communication, Past and Present
This project seeks to integrate scientific research and practical knowledge in the study of the mechanisms that make dialogue an effective tool for communication, teaching, and thinking.
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European grant to research Tibetan collection: 'Tibetans' literary output was and is huge'
As a student, university lecturer Berthe Jansen fell under the spell of the Van Manen collection: a collection full of Tibetan writings and objects. A €1.5 million grant now makes it possible to take a really close look at it. 'There is still so much to do and discover.'
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Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory (MA)
The master in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory at Leiden University studies contemporary literature and culture (art, cinema, pop music) from a theoretical, critical perspective, with special emphases on approaches developed in cultural and literary studies, feminist theory, phenomenology and…
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English Literature and Culture (MA)
The one-year, English-taught master's programme in English Literature and Culture focuses on the interaction between literature and key political and social issues such as identity, migration, memory and the metropolis, but also between literature and the literary tradition, and literature and film.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students a rich environment in which to reach their potential.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers students a rich environment in which to reach their potential.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers students a rich environment in which to reach their potential.
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Christian Henderson
Faculty of Humanities
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Michael Herzfeld
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Petra de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Bastian Still
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Lieks Hettinga
Faculty of Humanities
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Irene Hadiprayitno
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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Alireza Asghari
Faculty of Humanities
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
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Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
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Extra-curricular
Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
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Italian Literature and Culture (MA)
This MA programme offers an excellent qualification in Italian literature and culture on an advanced level through lectures and seminars led by specialists in the field.
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Postdoctoral Researcher on Reading in a digital world
Social and Behavioural Sciences, Education and Child Studies
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Isabelle Duijvesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Deniz Tat
Faculty of Humanities
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Lena Riecke
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Guita Winkel
Faculty of Humanities
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James McAllister
Faculty of Humanities
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Ugur Derin
Faculty of Humanities
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Ajay Gandhi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Omer Kocyigit
Faculty of Humanities
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Elly Mulder
Faculty of Humanities
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Transnational Pentecostalism in the Age of #MeToo: Sexual Violence and Harassment from Lagos to Los Angeles
This initiative is intended to support generative research collaborations between and among scholars located in different geographical regions who wish to pursue focused, joint projects in any area of the study of religion.
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dating back thousands of years moved: ‘From receipts to the oldest literary works’
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 Böhl collection has been moved on trolleys to its new home.
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Rewriting Yusuf. A Philological and Intertextual Study of a Swahili Islamic Manuscript Poem
The present monograph, spanning a wide range of world and local literatures represents a high academic standard of both literary criticism and philological analysis. By demonstrating her expertise as an Africanist conversant with the Arabic canon, Raia reveals how the narrative of Joseph has been re-narrated…
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The spiritual Tolkien milieu : a study of fiction‐based religion
Markus Davidsen defended his thesis on 16 October 2014
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Studies in Armenian Etymology with Special Emphasis on Dialects and Culture
This dissertation provides an up to date description of the Indo European lexical stock of Armenian (ca. 500 entries) with systematic inclusion of unused data that are found in Armenian dialects.
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Erik-jan Zurcher
Faculty of Humanities
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Elpine de Boer
Faculty of Humanities
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Historic Literary Guided Tour - Literary Leiden
Stadswandeling
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Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies: New options for the Master’s programme in Leiden
Leiden University is home to over a hundred specialists studying the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. From 2017-2018 onwards, they will join forces to offer two new options for specialisation within existing MA programmes: Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies.
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Nicolas Rodriguez Idarraga
Faculty of Humanities
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African Studies (BA)
Africa is fascinating! In today’s globalised world, the continent plays an increasingly important role in international social and cultural developments. Would you like to explore the many sides of Africa and its impact on the rest of the world, while also learning one of its languages? Our African…
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The Idea of Italian Beauty in Literature and Language
Beauty is a central concept in the Italian cultural imagination throughout its history and in virtually all its manifestations. It particularly permeates the domains that have governed the construction of Italian identity: literature and language.