1,294 search results for “africa in the world” in the Student website
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Gestures to signs around the world
Conference, Workshop
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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Leila DemarestFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Jan SleutelsFaculty of Humanities
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like another Leiden Egyptologist decades earlier. Herta Mohr persevered with her research during World War II. Now she is the namesake of the first Leiden building…
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Nivja de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Susana ValdezFaculty of Humanities
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Csilla ArieseFaculty of Humanities
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Vincent Chang on East Asia Forum: ‘China globalises its pantheon of national heroes and martyrs’
In an article for East Asia Forum, University Lecturer Vincent Chang sheds light on China’s ambition to globalise its pantheon of national heroes.
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Boukary Sangaré
Faculty of Humanities
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Sylvia The-McArthur
Administration and Central Services
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Alina KarakantaFaculty of Humanities
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Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’
The lecture halls in the Lipsius were full of curious secondary school students in January. During a special profile selection afternoon, they were introduced to the faculty and language studies. ‘I had no idea that Hebrew and Arabic were similar.’
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Oriol Febrer i Vilaseca
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Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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TED Talks for a better world
At the conference of the Honours College Science & Society, students present TED Talks on a social issue of their interest. ‘It brings together everything they have learned in the past two and a half years.’
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Luca BrulsFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Vos
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Edwin de VetteFaculty of Humanities
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Rahmatan IdulFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der BoomFaculty of Humanities
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3 October University given a makeover
Try to resolve the nitrogen problem, go on a regeneration journey or take part in psychological research: discover this and more at the new and improved 3 October University, ‘WetenschapsWarenMarkt’.
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New core curriculum course: Humanities in a Digital World
Education
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International Studies Earth Day lecture: 12 Habits to Solve the World’s Crises
Festival
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Annick van Rinsum about her play: World Politics Three Times
MA International Relations: Culture and Politics student Annick van Rinsum created a play as a method to research her master’s thesis. “Through writing this play, I aim to contribute to our understanding of International Relations Theory. I’m specifically interested in the question how our theories…
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.