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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That is the basis for the language lessons for primary education that Alisa van de Haar, university lecturer of French, collaborated on. ‘Deans from different…
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Andrew Gawthorpe in The Guardian about the Republicans’ more radical agenda
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe argues in The Guardian that the Republican's new agenda for a second Trump term is more radical than the first. He says that they seek to take control of federal agencies by replacing civil servants with ‘American First footsoldiers’.
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Towards a Reconstruction of the Proto-South Omotic Suprasegmentals: Initial Findings
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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Ideophones in Brazilian Portuguese: focusing on Afro-diasporic contexts in Brazil
Lecture, This Time for Africa! series
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Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: 'Trump is less constrained than ever before'
Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe of Leiden University discusses in The Conversation the growing influence of far-right activist Laura Loomer in Donald Trump’s administration.
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Career Prep: Panel session and Meet & Greet with alumni (for Political science students)
Career and apply for jobs
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LeidenMUN's astonishing success at Oxford
LeidenMUN is proud to announce its Delegation has risen above all expectations. The Oxford International MUN Conference directors have awarded seven of our twelve Delegates with awards ranging from a Honourable Mention to Best Delegate of their committee. We note with great pleasure that all our award-winning…
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Dimiter ToshkovFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anne-Isabelle Richard: ‘Equal cooperation is particularly important in this field’
Assistant professor Anne-Isabelle Richard has received no fewer than three different grants for research and teaching on relations between Europe and Africa.
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Reanalysing asymmetry in Xichangana (S53): evidence from applicative constructions
Lecture, This Time for Africa! series
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‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’
What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repressed people of Belarus rallied against dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years. Months later, what remains of the protest?…
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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A quick call about the war in Ukraine: ‘Did Putin underestimate his opponent?’
The war in Ukraine has lasted almost two weeks now. What does Putin expect to achieve with his invasion and how big is the chance that the West will get involved? We phoned André Gerrits, professor and expert on Russia.
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Thijs WittyFaculty of Humanities
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Ana Cardozo de SouzaFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter ter KeursFaculty of Humanities
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Ernst van AlphenFaculty of Humanities
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Ali ShobeiriFaculty of Humanities
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Zeynep AnliFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kamila Krakowska RodriguesFaculty of Humanities
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Peter VerstratenFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
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Otto BoeleFaculty of Humanities
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Nick TombergeICLON
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Francianne Dos Santos VelhoFaculty of Humanities
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Peter VerhaarFaculty of Humanities
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco
A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.
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Bernard SteunenbergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
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Bruno AllahissemFaculty of Humanities
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Maud RijksFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund AmannFaculty of Humanities
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José María Castro IbarraFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Huizinga Lecture 2025: What is at stake: The limits of politics and fair play
Alumni event, Lezing
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Students for Palestine panel discussion in The Hague on 24 May
Students for Palestine – a group of students from Leiden and The Hague – are holding a panel discussion in the Leiden University in The Hague Wijnhaven building on Tuesday 24 May entitled ‘Silencing Palestine’.
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) researchers give us an insight into how important and special this event actually is.
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A quick call about Ukraine: 'Putin wants to be taken seriously'
Suddenly there they were, the Russian soldiers near the border of Ukraine. Since then, reports of tensions between Russia on the one hand and the United States and Europe on the other have dominated the news. What is going on? An interview with Russia expert André Gerrits.
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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.