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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa
At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.
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Postdoc Dita Auzina investigates relationship between appearance of monumentality and disruptive environmental events
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dita Auzina, originally from Latvia, works as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds. ‘I have joined the project as a landscape archaeologist, but I also run my own fieldwork in Nicaragua.’
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A quick call about the war in Ukraine: ‘Did Putin underestimate his opponent?’
The war in Ukraine has lasted almost two weeks now. What does Putin expect to achieve with his invasion and how big is the chance that the West will get involved? We phoned André Gerrits, professor and expert on Russia.
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For city dwellers, even 15 minutes in nature can improve mental health
Green spaces boost mental health—especially in busy cities. A new study from Leiden and Stanford University reveals how nature benefits urban well-being and offers low-cost ways to make city life healthier for everyone.
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Melanie FinkFaculty of Law
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Towards an Archaeology of Malaria
International Symposium on Malaria Studies
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example. And then mainly in China.
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Writer in residence Maxim Osipov: ‘Writing is the development of truth’
Since criticising the war in Ukraine, Russian author and cardiologist Maxim Osipov has fled Russia. Come September, he will be Leiden University’s writer in residence and teach a course on Russian literature.
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For LGBT+ migrants, dating apps are about much more than sex
When you think of migration, you probably won’t immediately think of dating apps. Yet such apps are important to many migrants, such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer or questioning (LGBT+). Researcher Andrew DJ Shield studied the role that dating apps play in the migration process,…
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Archaeological Forum: Wei Chu and Jennifer Swerida
Lecture
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The Answer to Inequality is in the Past
Lecture
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Leiden Reflections: Art, Creativity and AI
Alumni event, Lezing
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Homo erectus from the sea: new discoveries from the Sunda Shelf
Lecture
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Children's Rights Under Fire: The Right to Education During and After War
Panel Discussion
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The use of GenAI as a teaching tool
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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ERC grant for Nathalie Brusgaard's investigation into complex relationship early farmers and wild animals
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Starting Grant to Leiden archaeologist Dr Nathalie Brusgaard. With this €1.5 million grant, Brusgaard will investigate how the transition to farming in Western Europe affected the relationship between humans and wild animals. A theme that,…
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Singing parrots wanted: is our musicality unique?
Is our musicality unique? That’s what the Bird Singalong project aims to find out. And for that, they need the help of feathered friends from all around the world. ‘By researching how parrots learn songs, we also learn more about the origin of our own musicality.’ Do you have a parrot that can sing…
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Alison CarterFaculty of Humanities
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Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna receives the NVFA Incentive Prize: ‘I try to push osteology into the public eye as much as I can’
PhD candidate Maia Casna received an Incentive Prize from the Dutch Association for Physical Anthropology (NVFA). She was rewarded this honor for her innovative research into respiratory diseases and her talent for presenting her results to both academic and general audiences. ‘It feels really nice…
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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Kenneth MaaskantFaculty of Humanities
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Ine GoedegebuurGelieerde instellingen
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Torben BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Anton Meier
Faculty of Humanities
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Michel CramaStudent and Educational Affairs (SEA)
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Michail Polakov
Faculty of Humanities
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Marieke KeijFaculty of Humanities
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Mirko PetkovicFaculty of Humanities
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Esma KaradagAfrican Studies Centre
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Stéphanie KraakmanFaculty of Science
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Daimy LigterinkFaculty of Humanities
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Wiktor Pawlowski
Faculty of Humanities
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga awarded ERC Starting Grant
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of 1.5m euros enables talented early-career scholars to start their own pioneer project, lead a research team, and implement their best ideas at the frontiers of their…
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Sara Clarrise Noussi-Tegantchouang Njomgang
Faculty of Humanities
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Emma Bierings
Faculty of Humanities
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Liwan Sun
Faculty of Humanities
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Sabrina Nemeth
Faculty of Humanities
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Daniel Lee
Faculty of Humanities
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Haig Aivazian
Faculty of Humanities
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Bamdad Aminzadehgoharrizi
Faculty of Humanities
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Marjolein Corjanus
Faculty of Humanities
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Sirinya Wattanasukchai
Faculty of Humanities
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Paulina Pía Bastián AlvaradoFaculty of Humanities
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Tianmu HongFaculty of Humanities
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Yanchen Guo
Faculty of Humanities
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Huizi Cheng
Faculty of Humanities
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Ton Elias
Faculty of Humanities
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Jingzhao Yang
Faculty of Humanities
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Emma WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Dina Mohamed
Faculty of Humanities