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Antoaneta Dimitrova on Euronews about the elections in Bulgaria
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, spoke in an interview with Euronews about the hurdles ahead for Borrisov, the current prime minister of Bulgaria, despite winning the elections.
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Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights
On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the residence of the Dutch Ambassador in Amman. The event was attended by Prince Hassan bin Talal and his wife Princess Sarvath el Hassan, members of the Jordanian…
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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Archaeological explorations in Jordan unveil traces of ancient caravan routes
Systematic aerial surveys carried out in Jordan’s Eastern Badia region since 1998 and about 10 years of simplified satellite image analysis have led to the discovery of multiple prehistoric sites, according to archaeologist Peter Akkermans. The Jordan Times interviewed him about the new insights.
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Bridging Disciplines: A Dead Sea Scrolls Study Day with Mladen Popović
When asked about the mission of the Leiden Jewish Studies network, Jürgen Zangenberg, Professor of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity at Leiden University, and one of the organizers of the event says: “We try to keep the network as broad as possible, and to attract as many people from the outside…
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When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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Religious Studies students combat loneliness: ‘Simply acknowledging the complexity helps’
Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness in the city.
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nicolas Blarel
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Isabelle Duyvesteyn, new programme chair of International Studies: ‘I want to do things that will benefit students’
Professor Isabelle Duyvesteyn will be the new programme chair of International Studies. As of 1 September, she will be at the helm of the largest programme of the Faculty of Humanities.
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Urban Studies students receive diploma: ‘I want to make cities better places’
Lecture hall A0.06 in the Schouwburgstraat in The Hague was packed with parents, friends and other loved ones on Friday, 27 September. No fewer than 61 graduates received their Urban Studies diploma there, the highest number in the four years since the programme started.
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Miguel MiraFaculty of Humanities
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
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Clodagh MurphyFaculty of Humanities
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Geert Onno PrinsFaculty of Humanities
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Célestin LebaFaculty of Humanities
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Jori SnelsFaculty of Humanities
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Mingran CaoFaculty of Humanities
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Jef SchaepsLeiden University Libraries
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Daphne WoutsLeiden University Libraries
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
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Johan de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Anders OttossonFaculty of Humanities
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Theo van der MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Anna Ljung Grüner-HeggeFaculty of Humanities
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Lucas Vanhevel
Faculty of Humanities
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Alan Palacios
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Thato Magano
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
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Robin OomkesFaculty of Humanities
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
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Marijn van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Lingyun Lai
Faculty of Humanities
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Timothy de ZeeuwFaculty of Humanities
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
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Manon Portos MinettiFaculty of Humanities
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Joe FortinFaculty of Humanities
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Amaranth FeuthFaculty of Humanities
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Astrid Van WeyenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Gerritje van de Haar
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How a region's contradictions shaped Boris Kowalski's career
Sometimes student life merges rather smoothly into a working adult life. This is the case for Boris Kowalski. At International Studies, he chose Russian as his language and Eurasia as his region of specialisation, he obtained his Master’s degree at Oxford in Russian and Eurasian studies, ended up in…
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Does this study programme suit me? First study programmes start with matching modules
From the Open Days and Student for a Day events to the option of following Online Experience modules: the university tries to prepare prospective students for their new study programme as well as possible. In this context, the bachelor’s programmes Dutch Language and Culture and English Language and…
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.
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When Turkish Islamism Meets Social Sciences: Essentialism Upgraded?
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