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Leïla Gfeller and Tobias van Brandwijk win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2021
2021, again, sees a rich harvest of bachelor theses in Political Science. Students have been tackling fascinating subjects—ranging from European solidarity in the COVID-19 crisis to the representation of women in democratically elected parliaments—and crowning their research projects with interesting,…
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Why is that word there? Research on language structure completed
Communication is the transmission of information. All day long we are busy explaining and making things clear to each other, but exactly how we do that varies from language to language. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal delved into African Bantu languages for a Vidi project.
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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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Sarah Cramsey: 'We know very little about which systems influence our first thousand days'
It is one of the most personal and simultaneously most universal experiences of human life: caring for a young child. Professor Sarah Cramsey has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to investigate how factors such as nationality, political systems, and religion influence the first thousand days after…
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Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre
The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.
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Wreck in the Wadden Sea: ‘Objects tell the story’
More than 40 years ago, a wrecked merchant ship was found in the Wadden Sea. PhD student Geke Burger looked at this archaeological find from a historical perspective.
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‘You have no love for truth’: 19th-century British scientists accused each other at every turn
Lack of manliness, avaricious or too imaginative. These are just a few of the accusations with which British scientists discredited each other over a hundred years ago. PhD candidate Léjon Saarloos researched British scientists around the year 1900 and their idea of what makes a good - and therefore…
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NWO grant for the Facebook of the past: ‘Circulating images aren’t new’
GIFs, memes and videos: anyone who opens a social media platform can be in no doubt that today we live in a visual culture. But the role of images in social communications isn’t new, says Associate Professor Marika Keblusek. She has been awarded a Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition (Large)…
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon
Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ and ‘evaluation frameworks’. This made debates more abstract and less ideological.
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Thea HilhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Karel Berkhoff
Faculty of Humanities
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Rudi van MaanenFaculty of Humanities
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Ton Elias
Faculty of Humanities
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Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden
A ‘world class institute’ with a ‘vibrant atmosphere’, doing research on a continent that is ‘becoming increasingly important’. That is how Annetje Ottow, president of Leiden University’s Executive Board, described the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) on its 75th anniversary celebration on 8 September…
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John Sunday Ojo
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Nur AhmadFaculty of Humanities
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Marijke KlokkeFaculty of Humanities
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Samten YeshiFaculty of Humanities
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Radhika Gupta
Radhika Gupta has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to study how transnational Islamic charitable networks are entangled with Western humanitarianism and neoliberal welfare frameworks.
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Katy WolstencroftFaculty of Science
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Study abroad: where and when?
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Masterclass in International History with Patrick O. Cohrs
Lecture, INVISIHIST Masterclass
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Concert and book launch "The Oud: An Illustrated History"
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- Palestine Poster Workshop: History, Graphic Design, Political Solidarity
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Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
Conference
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Hein Drop
Faculty of Humanities
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Jamel BuhariFaculty of Humanities
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Rong YuanFaculty of Humanities
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Morena SkalameraFaculty of Humanities
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Henrike Vellinga
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah NelsonFaculty of Humanities
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Pichayapat NaisupapFaculty of Humanities
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Patricia KretFaculty of Humanities
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Suzan AbozyidFaculty of Humanities
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Arie van der Wiel
Faculty of Humanities
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Tomás Díaz
Faculty of Humanities
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Nicole Pereira Ríos
Faculty of Humanities
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Marjolein Jorna
Faculty of Humanities
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Theresa St John
Faculty of Humanities
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Cristian Saavedra Bastía
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonard Ornstein
Faculty of Humanities
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Felipe Cousiño
Faculty of Humanities
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Harold van der Kraan
Faculty of Humanities
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Carla Cisternas GuaschFaculty of Humanities
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Hannah Busch
Faculty of Humanities
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Macarena Alegria Garcia
Faculty of Humanities
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Zoltán Quittner
Faculty of Humanities
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Ghulam Ali Murtaza
Faculty of Humanities