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The development of the Tocharian accent
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Algebra, activism and asbestos: the curious life of Fred Rohde
As a mathematician, Fred Rohde (1948) explored the world of numbers. As a photographer, he captured demonstrations. And now he’s reconstructing his mother’s wartime story – an extraordinary tale of her stay with an Austrian family, the inventors of asbestos cement.
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Leiden Law Cast #1: Child benefits scandal & compassion with Professor A.G. Castermans
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’
University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before I worked at Leiden University.’
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‘Studying in Leiden is a life-changing experience’: students on the LExS grant
Last year around 2,000 international students started a master’s degree at Leiden University. To make this possible, there are various grants that these students can apply for. One such grant is the LExS: the Leiden University Excellence Scholarship Programme. Three LExS students tell us about their…
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…
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StepTalk ‘Policing in the US: What’s Feminism Got to Do with It?’ by Josephine Ross
Police killed Eric Garner 9 years ago (‘I can’t breathe’) when he resisted a search. Now everyone will consent to stops and searches. Law Professor and author Josephine Ross looks to feminism: what police call consent, feminists would call submission. During the lecture on Wednesday 31 May, Josephine…
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Bombastic publications encouraged millions of Dutch people to emigrate
After the Second World War almost three million people emigrated from the Netherlands to countries such as Canada and Australia. The government information was anything but objective, Professor by Special Appointment of Dutch Studies/Dutch Literature Ton van Kalmthout concludes in his inaugural lect…
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Dust cloud from two colliding ice planets dims light of parent star
For the first time, an international group of astronomers have seen the heat glow of two ice giant planets colliding. They could also observe the resultant dust cloud move in front of the parent star several years later. Led by Leiden astronomer Matthew Kenworthy, they monitored the star's brightness…
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National ThinkTank: ‘A school trip that never ends’
The clever young people at the National ThinkTank who tackle an urgent societal problem each year include two Leiden alumni this autumn: Jiao Harmsen and Jort van Dalen. They will spend at least four months getting to grips with the topic of ‘education’.
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In search of hidden voices
Nearly all documents from the 16th and 17th centuries were written by more than one person but attributed to only one author. Professor Nadine Akkerman wants to rectify this oversight in her research on scribes.
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The surprising tradition of fables in French education: 'It builds bridges between generations'
In the Netherlands, people probably grew up with De Fabeltjeskrant (a children’s show, ed.), but in France an introduction to fables plays a much more important role in a child's upbringing. PhD candidate Céline Zaepffel studied the role of fables in French education and teaching methods. It turns out…
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Talent Boost* : Personal Development (NL/EN) Leiden
Career and apply for jobs, Study support
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Burning brain questions of young people bundled in new research agenda
During ExpeditionNEXT in Middelburg, NeurolabNL youth, together with researchers from Leiden University and Erasmus University, handed over a unique research agenda to NWO Chairman Marcel Levi. In it, young people share what they would most like to learn about themselves and the brain.
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Experience Day Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Study information, Proefstudeerdag
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Why more women have ADHD than you think
When we think of ADHD, we often think of highly creative, hyperactive boys. But does this mean that girls don’t have ADHD at all?
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Peter KopICLON
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Irene MorettiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Claartje LeveltFaculty of Humanities
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Sandy OvergaauwFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ilse van de GroepFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Shekhar KolipakaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tanja AhlinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Reza Shaker ArdekaniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marja SpierenburgFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lysanne PostICLON
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Shelley van der Veek
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zahra AzharFaculty of Humanities
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Carola HeinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah Louise CarthyFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Didem YerliFaculty of Humanities
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Carlotta RiebleFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Nikki MulderFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hanum AtikasariFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eiko FriedFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ricarda ProppertFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jorien van Hoorn
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Akinyinka AkinyoadeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
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Lenneke AlinkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences