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Remembering and Forgetting in Two Worlds. Writing Histories of Forced Displacement and Submerged Genealogy
Lecture
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Teaching Prize winner Ayo Adedokun: teaching is a calling
‘Teaching is not merely a profession; it’s a calling.’ These were the words of Ayo Adedokun on winning the LUS Teaching Prize at the opening of the academic year on 6 September. The prize is for the best lecturer of the year.
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Sovereign debt as strategy: Kathleen Brown on the politics behind the numbers
On Tuesday 30 September 2025, PhD candidate Kathleen Brown will defend her dissertation 'Deception, Risk, and Evasion: The Politics of Sovereign Debt in Emerging Markets' in Leiden’s Academy Building. Her research sheds light on the hidden world of sovereign debt politics, revealing how governments…
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Writing history together in the Transvaal
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…
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Aafje de Roest: ‘As an expert in Dutch Studies you have the right skills to research hip hop’
Aafje de Roest turned her hobby into her job. She went from a teenager who enjoyed listening to hip hop music to a PhD candidate who focuses on how Dutch hip hop music shapes the cultural identity of young people in the Netherlands.
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After sixty years, German alumni are back in Leiden: ‘I presided over the meeting with a revolver’
They first entered the Academy Building fifty to sixty years ago. On 28 March, they were back for an afternoon: the members of the Dr Pfiffikus debating society of the German Studies programme. Former chair Hans van der Veen looks back on his student days.
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China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’
Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.
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Paneldiscussie: Een Rijkdom aan Talen
Debate, Paneldiscussie
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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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Asia Academy #15: North Korea's Gamble
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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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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Primacy and collapse in intonational melodies: Insights from imitation
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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Jason LaffoonFaculty of Archaeology
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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World Women's Committee Against War and Fascism (WWCAWF) 1934-1941
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Worlds of War: violent legacies and memories in the Burma-India frontiers
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Banned almost–prime minister of Thailand: ‘Politics must be moral and realistic’
Pita Limjaroenrat (45) was set to become Thailand’s next prime minister, but in 2024 the Thai Constitutional Court dissolved his progressive Move Forward Party and banned him from politics. He now reflects publicly on the policy values that brought the party to prominence.
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10th Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Season of Rains, Africa in the World Today
Lecture
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Children's rights under pressure in a changing world: Need for a new research agenda?
Conference
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Science for Policy in a Changing World Insights from Leiden University’s Europe Hub
Conference
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On the Backlash: The Weimar Republic and the Contemporary World, UCDxLeiden
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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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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Inflection in Kaaɓooje
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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Leiden University's world-renowned collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Book Launch Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Beyond Academic Freedom: The Palestinian Condition and the Production of History
Lecture, LUCIS Keynote
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Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850
Conference
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Strengthening European research networks: Archaeologist Miguel John Versluys honored with prestigious Humboldt Research Award
Professor Miguel John Versluys of Leiden University has been recognised with the esteemed Humboldt Research Award, a testament to his groundbreaking work in global archaeology, reception-studies and the deep history of globalisation. The award, granted by the Alexander von Humbold-Stiftung, celebrates…
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Cynthia VialleFaculty of Humanities
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Claartje LeveltFaculty of Humanities
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Janna HouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Edurne de WildeFaculty of Humanities
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
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Wenxuan PengFaculty of Humanities
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Ton van HaaftenFaculty of Humanities
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Rint SybesmaFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben PoelstraFaculty of Humanities
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Evelien UrbanusSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Irina MorozovaFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
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Yunnan Ye
Faculty of Humanities