730 search results for “africa in the world” in the Student website
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50 jaar MRI: Hoe het LUMC dit betaalbaar maakt
50 years ago Lauterbur published the basic principle of MRI. Sine then MRI has become more expensive. Professor Andrew Webb describes what is needed to make MRI available for everybody.
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Study abroad: where and when?
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Ralph Rippe
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Joris LarikFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainable Development and Livelihood, who will give her inaugural lecture on 25 February.
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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‘How expensive is migration?’
Migrants are expensive. Or are they? Professor Olaf van Vliet collaborated on a big research project from Leiden University to map the costs of migration. During the last episode of this season of the podcast Open Geesten (Open Minds), he talks about the initial results. Do migrants really put a lot…
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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Strecker (Associate Professor, UCD), has been published by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Leiden University Student Platform (LUS)
The Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) is a student-led ‘think-tank’. It consists of eight members: one representative from each of the seven faculties plus one chair.
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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De schaduwzijde van erfgoedbescherming
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms such as ‘the cultural heritage of mankind’.
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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International alumnus Wandile Madalane tells us why going to Leiden has been his best decision in life
Alumnus Wandile Madalane tells us how his time in Leiden has made it easier for him to engage with renowned figures and how he does NOT miss the rain.
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In memoriam Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal (1939-2025)
On 4 December Professor Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal passed away. Van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal worked at the African Studies Centre from 1967 to 2002, when the ASC was not part of Leiden University yet. He became professor by special appointment at Leiden University on behalf of Leiden Law School in…
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Children's rights under pressure in a changing world: Need for a new research agenda?
Conference
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Josette DaemenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Esther van GinnekenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marianne Maeckelbergh
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maxine DavidFaculty of Humanities
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Carola HeinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Esther van Leeuwen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Rita SpithoffFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Janet GrijzenhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Petra van den BekeromFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Serge RomboutsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Victor Carrion Bravo -
Judith Bovée -
Sigrid van WingerdenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sarah GiestFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Marcel Tijsterman -
Paul HudsonFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Carsten StahnFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anja van der Voort
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jeroen ten VoordeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle Goeman -
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Abhimanyu ChettriFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Robert HeinschFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid