1,981 search results for “africa in the world” in the Student website
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Annelou van Gijn -
Dimiter ToshkovFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
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Opera Viva: Ah, l'Amor
Arts and culture, Opera lecture
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Study abroad: where and when?
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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development.’
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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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ERC-funded research uncovers the role of stereotypes in citizens’ support for EU policy
Two years after launching an ERC Starting Grant to investigate cultural stereotyping in European Union governance, Adina Akbik and Christina Toenshoff at Leiden University are now publishing their first major findings. Looking at public opinion across the EU, the researchers show that cultural stereotypes…
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Syntactic effects of negation — A’-interactions and more
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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To World Poetry and Back: Avant-garde Classicist Poetry in the Sinophone Cyberspace
Lecture, China Seminar
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India - Pakistan: Een grensconflict met diepe wortels
Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege
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Leiden - ACPF AMR Workshop
Leiden University and African Child Policy Forum hold ‘ground-breaking’ workshop on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and human rights in Africa
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Eden Dijkstra and Rosemary Selth winners of first H.S. Versnel Prize
Master's students Eden Dijkstra and Rosemary Snelth are the first winners of the H.S. Versnel Prize for best master's or research master's thesis in the field of ancient religion. According to the jury, their theses were so original, well-written and of such high quality that both deserved first pla…
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Lecturer and students taking action: 'Anton de Kom deserves a statue in The Hague’
Why doesn't the Surinamese resistance hero and independence fighter Anton de Kom have a memorial site in his former hometown, The Hague, while there are streets named after colonial leaders? The students of university lecturer Anne Marieke Van der Wal-Rémy are committed to the erection of a statue.
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Research Gold Matters in Volkskrant report on Burkina Faso
In October 2021 the Volkskrant published the article 'Rond de bloedgoudmijnen van Burkina Faso heerst de angst voor terreur' (Around the blood-gold mines of Burkina Faso, the fear of terror rules). In this report Carlijne Vos describes how Burkina Faso is rapidly destabilising. The lucrative gold mines…
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Joëlle Kraaijeveld wins Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize
Joëlle Kraaijeveld has won the Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize for history with her master's thesis.
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Euclid spots dozens of quasars in the early universe
The Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 extremely distant quasars, breaking the distance record for this type of bright galactic nucleus. Powered by colossal black holes, two of the discovered galactic nuclei were shining when the universe was only 670 million years old. That is just five per cent…
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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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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Jocelyn López CaihuánFaculty of Humanities
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José María Castro Ibarra
Faculty of Humanities
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
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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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Ancient Studies in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Conference, Masterclass
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Anna DlabacovaFaculty of Humanities
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Dietsje JollesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Judi MesmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emma ter MorsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rens TacomaFaculty 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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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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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Joanita Vroom -
Roos van Oosten