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Sjef Barbiers moves to INT: ‘Especially in times of AI, we need to keep Dutch relevant’
Professor Sjef Barbiers is leaving his job as scientific director of LUCL for the position of scientific director of the Institute for the Dutch Language (INT) from 1 September.
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture 2023: The Place of Archives in Modern African Studies: A Searchlight on the Patronage of National Archives of Nigeria
Lecture
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Research finds WiFi isn’t the only thing connecting us during video calls: so are our bodies
Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study. Psychologists found our bodies synchronise almost as much in digital conversations as in real life. But this doesn’t mean we should skip in-person meetings altogether, says researcher Fabiola Diana.
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Leaving Science: A Large-Scale, Cohort-Based, Longitudinal Approach, 2000-2022
Seminar
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The Walikutuban ritual: from lost heritage to political activism
Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 2019, on which he subsequently wrote his PhD dissertation. Widodo: ‘Besides community, it also breeds political loyalty’
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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Archaeologist Valerio Gentile investigates Bronze Age spear combat
How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team from Leiden and Göttingen University present a new approach to answering these questions: they simulated the actual fight…
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‘Forgotten books inspire a love of reading’
The compulsory reading list is infamous among secondary school students, and for all the wrong reasons. This prompted the Faculty of Humanities and the Onderwijsnetwerk Zuid-Holland (South Holland Education Network) to launch the Alternative Reading List Award, in search of books that motivate young…
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How gas conflicts between Ukraine and Russia were the precursor to war
The war between Ukraine and Russia is playing out not just on the battlefield but also on the geopolitical playing field of gas. Conflicts at the start of this century about this energy source were, says PhD candidate Ilia Barboutev, a precursor to today’s war.
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Niki van SteinFaculty of Science
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Secondary school students grapple with Dutch texts: ‘I liked the feminist part best’
University lecturer Olga van Marion invited pupils from Ashram College in Alphen aan den Rijn to take part in a series of Dutch workshops organised at the University. Some the students and workshop leaders reflect on the busy morning.
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‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt’
For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. ‘In Egyptian families, it was often the eldest son versus the rest of the children.’
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Jaqueline Caniguan CaniguanFaculty of Humanities
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Tirza CramwinckelFaculty of Law
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Sjef BarbiersFaculty of Humanities
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Albert LogtenbergICLON
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Xu Liu
ICLON
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David ShakouriFaculty of Humanities
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Joosje Wessels
Faculty of Humanities
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Andreas KrogullFaculty of Humanities
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Hans Thuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Hélène NutFaculty of Humanities
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Steven Hagers
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Solá Simón
Faculty of Humanities
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Sandra KartenICLON
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Anikó LiptákFaculty of Humanities
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Roos Bakker
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonie HenkesFaculty of Humanities
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Nainunis Aulia IzzaFaculty of Humanities
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Isabel Tanaka-van Daalen
Faculty of Humanities
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Nur AhmadFaculty of Humanities
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Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons
While investigating 16 years of images of young stars from a retired astronomical camera, Leiden master's student Sam de Regt discovered that two of those stars were still enveloped in birth clouds. Never before has anyone captured these two stars in so much detail. He publishes his data-cleaning method…
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Hannah Busch
Faculty of Humanities
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Katinka ZevenFaculty of Humanities
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Roderick GeertsFaculty of Archaeology
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
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Ajay GandhiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Femke LippokFaculty of Archaeology
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Mette LangbroekFaculty of Archaeology
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Dusan MaczekFaculty of Archaeology
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Mariken TeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
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Jip BarreveldFaculty of Archaeology
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Jonathan OuelletFaculty of Archaeology
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
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Lina Lerch
Faculty of Humanities
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Theo van der Mark
Faculty of Humanities
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Margaretha Smolenaars
Faculty of Humanities