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A Visual World study of culmination in Hindi perfective verbs
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia
The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly suppressed.’ This what historian Christiaan Harinck from the KITLV discovered in his PhD research.
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
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Sympathy, Professionalism, and the Law: Medical Ethics in Britain and Germany during the Long Nineteenth Century
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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A Colonial and Material History of Astrophotography at Leiden Observatory, 1918-1960
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Li Manshan: Portrait of a Folk Daoist
Film screening
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Discussing the role of AI in education: ‘We need a shared vision’
How do you ensure that students still learn anything when they can have AI write an entire thesis in a matter of minutes? Staff members from the Faculty of Humanities discussed this and other questions during a special AI symposium. ‘Writing and independent thinking are crucial, especially in our fi…
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers call for new guidelines for AI-generated images in journalism
Generative AI presents journalists with new options for image use but also raises ethical questions.
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To World Poetry and Back: Avant-garde Classicist Poetry in the Sinophone Cyberspace
Lecture, China Seminar
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Ig Nobel in de Nobel: research that makes you laugh and think
Ig Nobel
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Mariana Françozo -
Andrew LittlejohnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Designing and building a sound sculpture with 3D printed parts
In the Digital Humanities Lab, students and staff can make use of various technical facilities. PhD student Caeso tells us more about his experiences with the printer in the Maker Space.
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End of year message from the Executive Board for staff and students
With the holidays just around the corner in this dark month of December, when we light candles as a symbol of warmth and hope, we would like to take a moment to reflect on this past year. We have accomplished a great deal together but the year has been difficult at times.
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Léon BuskensFaculty of Humanities
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jaap van den HerikFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not go unchallenged in his own day, as a statesman in particular. Classicist Leanne Jansen conducted research into how classical historians judged Cicero’s…
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East Europe’s Forgotten Peasant Revolution: The Era of World Wars Reconsidered
Lecture, Seventh Annual Austrian Studies Lecture
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TNO, HUM and the ISSC are jointly developing an ethical chatbot: ‘It is important that communication is tailored to the user’
The ISSC's ICT helpdesk receives dozens of questions from staff and students every day. A collaboration between TNO, LUCL and the ISSC aims to determine whether a specially designed chatbot could provide support in this area.
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Lecture: Maps, manuscripts, and the colonial division of the Malay world
Guest Lecture | SSEALS
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The World of Smallpox Picture Books: The Red Books for Smallpox in the Edo Period
Lecture
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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 Studies Earth Day lecture: 12 Habits to Solve the World’s Crises
Festival
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Annemarie SamuelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Yvonne van Eijk-van Veen -
Angelica van Haaster-van der VliesFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Linda van Erp-van Genderen -
Laura van Vliet-van den Dool -
Connie van Gent-van Dorp -
Margareth van Hoorn-van der Poel
ASSC
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Angelique van Wetten-van der Linden
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jacomijn van Haersolte-van HofFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vera van Egmond-van der Molen
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Willeke van Heyningen-van RijFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Caroline van Battum-van Klink
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Elisabeth van Persijn van Meerten
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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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Sylvestre Bonnet -
Daan WeggemansFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Edwin BakkerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Constant HijzenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Nadia BourasFaculty of Humanities
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Floris Harm studied Chinese, just like one of his ancestors: ‘We’re both trying to promote mutual understanding’
When Floris Harm took up his role as director of the Leiden Asia Centre, he made a remarkable discovery on the university website. It turned out that a past family member was one of Leiden University’s first sinologists.
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Jenny DoetjesFaculty of Humanities