236 search results for “latin amerika literature” in the Student website
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Video series: Why Latin America matters
Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challenges, Latin America can indeed show the way forward inspiring for positive change. Working together with Latin American institutions, our researchers…
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
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Duende and Café: The 40th Anniversary of Latin American Studies
“Europe must look […] southward, where the global majority resides. The BRICS countries alone represent almost 50% of the world economy and a quarter of the world trade, it is where the youngest populations lives, with an enormous amount of creative energy, something that is often lacking in the northern…
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Soledad Valdivia RiveraFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Claudia BouteligierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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‘We are destroying our own planet' (and Latin America pays the price)
The whole world gets raw materials from Latin America, but at the expense of nature. Håvar Solheim researches the role of organised crime in this environmental crime and Soledad Valdivia researches sustainable urban initiatives in Latin America. What do these university lecturers think the future of…
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last)
The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.
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Gepco de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Karla Paola Cabrera AcuñaFaculty of Humanities
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Francianne Dos Santos VelhoFaculty of Humanities
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Irina ZudinaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Daniela Vicherat MattarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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in cooperation: the representation of the Indonesian massacre in literature
How do you recount historic events if you are not allowed to talk about them? For his dissertation, Taufiq Hanafi tried to find out how a period of mass murder – despite heavy censorship – found a place in Indonesian literature. PhD defence 31 March.
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
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English version podcast ‘Scandal and controversy in Russian literature’ launched
Following the success of the Dutch version, the podcast 'Scandal and Controversy in Russian Literature' is now also available in English. Senior University Lecturer Otto Boele guides listeners through eight infamous texts in this version.
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‘Literature is our compass in a turbulent world’
Literature – and films and social media too – helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, especially if you dare to combine it with other disciplines, says Nidesh Lawtoo.
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Manuel Cabal LopezFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Georgios-Evgenios DouliakasFaculty of Humanities
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Latin American Studies Program at Leiden
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Minor in Law, Literature and Society shows inextricable link between law and art
The film Blade Runner as part of the law curriculum? It’s not that weird to Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, and Frans-Willem Korsten, Professor of Literature, Culture and Law. ‘The film raises a fundamental question: what’s a human and what’s not?’ From the next academic year onwards,…
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Erik BähreFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities