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𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕, 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 & 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔

Join @ascleiden.bsky.social on 10 Nov for a hybrid double seminar:

🇲🇿@borgesnhamirre.bsky.social on the role of ethnicity in #Mozambique’s jihadist uprising

🇷🇼Emmanuel Sarabwe on post-genocide reconciliation in #Rwanda

ascleiden.nl/news/double-...
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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“𝘔𝘺 𝘈𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭!”

What does authenticity in #fashion mean?

@tommytse.bsky.social (@uva.nl) explores how fakes, originals and copies shape Creativity and Value in Kenya & China, on 13 nov @iias.bsky.social

👟 www.iias.asia/events/rethe...
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐱 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

Join @iias.bsky.social on 5 Nov for a talk on wax prints in West #Africa: centering African perspectives & challenging Eurocentric views of authenticity in exhibition practices

@ascleiden.bsky.social @asianstudies.org

🧵 www.iias.asia/events/decen...
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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"𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘫𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘸𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘫𝘦 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘵, 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯"

Peter Burger @leidenhumanities.bsky.social sprak @omroepwest.nl over 'nepnieuws', in het kader van het Leids Actualiteitencollege op 14 oktober.

Luister vanaf 20'35: 🎧 www.omroepwest.nl/radio/afleve...
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮🇷🇼

30 years after the Tutsi genocide in #Rwanda (Africa), Lidewyde Berckmoes 🟥 @ascleiden.bsky.social asks: 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?

She explores if (& at what cost) hope can grow from past wounds, in this blog⤵️

@thejah.bsky.social
ascleiden.nl/content/ascl...
October 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Volgens Claudia van Zanten, kamerlid #BBB, vangt Nederland relatief veel #Oekraïners op. Daarom wil ze in gesprek met andere #EU landen.

Klopt dit wel? Nieuwscheckers van @unileiden.bsky.social zocht het uit👇

@platformraam.nl @hagueresearch.bsky.social

🔎 nieuwscheckers.nl/nederland-va...
September 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🎬 𝕃𝕖𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝔼𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝔽𝕚𝕝𝕞 𝔽𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝟙𝟜 - 𝟙𝟞 𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥

Ontdek het 1e festival in Nederland volledig in het teken van de #essayfilm, met ruim 40 films uit meer dan 20 landen wereldwijd.

Door ACPA @unileiden.bsky.social ism de Lakenhal & het Kijkhuis

@leidencity.bsky.social

📽️ leidenessayfilmfestival.com/nl/
September 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙉𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 "𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖"

@eikeexner.com researched the history of Japanese comics as a continuous story, focusing on Manga as visual storytelling through multipanel cartoons. He wrote this blog @iias.bsky.social

#manga #comics

blog.iias.asia/pop-pacific/...
August 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼-𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀📖

What are the origins of the Indo-European #languages and how have they developed over time? Join this free online course @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

@all4languages.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org

🗣️ www.coursera.org/learn/compar...
August 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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𝔾𝕖𝕓𝕠𝕖𝕚𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟

@onzetaal.bsky.social sprak met Gebarentaalonderzoeker Victoria Nyst @unileiden.bsky.social over haar onderzoek naar de oorsprong en verwantschap van gebarentalen, met een extra blik op Afrika & NL.

“Het dient meer dan een maatschappelijk belang”

✊ onzetaal.nl/tijdschrift/...
August 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Rethinking Global Health in #Africa

For too long, outside solutions have ignored African voices & knowledge. It’s time for a new approach rooted in justice, lived experience, and respect, says Christiana Banja, student @ascleiden.bsky.social

@thejah.bsky.social

✍️ ascleiden.nl/content/ascl...
July 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕼𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓

Join the launch of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection @unileiden.bsky.social with a workshop on 24-25 July to promote Chinese queer studies scholarship, and raise the visibility of Chinese queer history & culture.

🌈 www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
July 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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'Neanderthals ran 𝘍𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴'

A new study reveals that Neanderthals in Germany practiced large-scale fat processing by systematically breaking bones to extract marrow, going beyond earlier human methods.
Led by @unileiden.bsky.social @monrepos.bsky.social

idw-online.de/de/news854632
July 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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𝑨𝑰-𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐’𝒔 𝒛𝒂𝒂𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆

Met Google's AI-tool #VEO3 kun je meer realistische nep-video's maken, zo zijn er ook misleidende filmpjes over bootmigranten in de UK

@peterburger.bsky.social geeft uitleg op #nieuwscheckers @unileiden.bsky.social

🎞️ nieuwscheckers.nl/deze-nieuwsc...
July 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Van luxe-aankopen tot nazi-sympathieën & buikdansen: zo ziet de desinformatiecampagne tegen president Zelensky eruit.

Nieuwscheckers @unileiden.bsky.social toont op welke thema’s 3 jaar nepnieuwsverhalen zich richten.

@nvj.nl @vvjournalisten.bsky.social

▶️ nieuwscheckers.nl/van-luxe-aan...
June 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔

Join the symposium @ascleiden.bsky.social on 6 June, and explore how conflicts have lasting impacts on people's worldviews and shape the future!

📅 Friday 6 June
📍 Leiden

@leidensocial.bsky.social @thejah.bsky.social

🔜 www.ascleiden.nl/news/crg-sym...
June 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚

Join the seminar on 5 June @iias.bsky.social (in Leiden), in which Zhao Xiaomei explores how ritual spaces have shaped local #architecture in rural Jinhua (city in Zhejiang, China).

@nieuweinstituut.nl @mvrdv.bsky.social

🇨🇳 www.iias.asia/events/spati...
June 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

In a hybrid workshop on 12 May, @ascleiden.bsky.social takes a look at the political framings of #African #migration and how they relate to political, social & economic dynamics in these countries

@africaresearch.bsky.social

👉🏽 www.ascleiden.nl/news/aegis-c...
May 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Explore the world of Linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists & speakers of many different languages.

Sign up for the free course ’Miracles of Human Language’ by @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

@meertens-knaw.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

🗣️ www.coursera.org/learn/human-...
April 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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ᴊᴀᴘᴀɴᴇꜱᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏɴɪᴀʟ ꜰɪɴᴀɴᴄᴇ & ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴄʜɪɴᴇꜱᴇ ꜱᴛᴏᴄᴋ ᴇxᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇꜱ

Bryna Goodman @uoregon.bsky.social examines British and Japanese #colonial influences on the rise and fall of the Chinese #stock exchange.

Join the lecture on 10 April @iias.bsky.social

@asianstudies.org

👉 www.iias.asia/events/japan...
April 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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𝗔 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦

Experts discuss the political crackdown on American universities, including censorship, financial pressures, arrests, and its impact on Dutch medical research, on April 4th @unileiden.bsky.social

🗣️ www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
March 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲

Hindu Goddess Kālī was worshipped at a fort in #India. Sandra Sattler @soasuni.bsky.social explores her imagery, the Chandella Kingdom & the fort’s sacred significance, in a hybrid Lecture on 27 March @iias.bsky.social

@asianstudies.org

🎤 www.iias.asia/events/power...
March 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Pop Pacific Hit Song: APT🎵

In the latest @iias.bsky.social blog, Jayson M Chun @uhhilol.bsky.social argues why the transnational backgrounds of the singers #Rosé & #BrunoMars make their smash hit 'Apt.' a Pop Pacific song.

@spotifykpop.bsky.social

🎤 blog.iias.asia/pop-pacific/...
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Het is bijna zover: van 6 t/m 16 maart is het De @weekklassieken.bsky.social met als thema: Recht & Rechtvaardigheid'⚖️

Tijdens de week is er een gevarieerd programma, ook in Leiden oa ism @rmoudheden.bsky.social, @nino-leiden.bsky.social & @unileiden.bsky.social

🏛️ www.weekvandeklassieken.nl/agenda
March 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒂'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕

In this @kitlv.bsky.social documentary, @wardb.bsky.social explored the effect of the Dutch colonial rule on Indonesian Land Rights

Join 🎞️ on 24, 25 or 26 Feb @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social & @uva.nl

www.kitlv.nl/events/colon...
February 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM