1,637 search results for “africa in the world” in the Student website
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Emma ter MorsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
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Who will pay for our energy transition?
The Dutch Development Bank's new SDG loan fund for green energy in the global south may not be as positive as it seems. Anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg raises concerns about its potential impact on local communities.
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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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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Soledad Valdivia RiveraFaculty of Humanities
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José María Castro IbarraFaculty of Humanities
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Maud RijksFaculty of Humanities
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Water Legacy: Mayan world meets the Netherlands
Lecture, Faculty Lecture and Photo Exposition
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Dr Graça Machel in Leiden: human rights, the crucial role of academia and the importance of intergenerational dialogue
Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…
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Why the Netherlands should repatriate foreign terrorist fighters and their families
Dozens of Dutch nationals are being held in detention facilities in Northeast Syria or have been transferred to Iraq, risking torture or the death penalty. PhD candidate Ida Asscher says the Netherlands should repatriate them. 'States must comply with international law, even in difficult situations.…
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture
On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2021: the nominees
Tradition has it that at the end of each academic year, the best master’s thesis in Political Science is awarded a prize. For 2021-2022, the jury is considering six nominations. All of great quality, but on different topics. These range from political party bans to questions regarding commitment within…
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ISGA Contributes to Training African Officers in Military Diplomacy
The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University contributed to the design and teaching of modules of this year’s edition of the Ministry of Defence’s ‘International Military Cooperation Course Africa’.
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing
Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…
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Thed van LeeuwenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gerard BreemanFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Ester Iking
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Paul van den BroekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eline WestraFaculty of Humanities
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Kamila SmagulovaFaculty of Humanities
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Floris de RuiterFaculty of Humanities
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Pratika DewiFaculty of Humanities
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Eliska ProchazkovaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Swargajyoti GohainFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan de KeijserFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vivian ThijssenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marijke KooijmanFaculty of Humanities
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Amit KurienFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marleen Baba-Krieger
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Samten YeshiFaculty of Humanities
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John Sunday OjoFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jeffrey JhanjanFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Rabin Baldewsingh
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Marleen BarthFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Alfred van StadenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid