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ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝔸𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕦𝕤 𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕝 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤?

In this @ascleiden.bsky.social blog, Madi Ditmars @leidenhumanities.bsky.social explores the power of African wisdom to adress todays challenges while shaping a more inclusive & sustainable world.

ascleiden.nl/content/ascl...
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮?

Dr. Mashuru & Winder Wen-Te Chang @unileiden.bsky.social explore its meanings, benefits & risks on 2 Dec at the workshop Time to Eat Earth Again! @iias.bsky.social

Will you take a bite?

www.iias.asia/events/time-...
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The #UyghurGenocide is currently happening in #China

What is the Chinese government doing and what can you do to help? Join the symposium on 27 Nov @unileiden.bsky.social With @rushanabbas.bsky.social @ahmedjankasim.bsky.social & @casperwits.bsky.social

👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
De #BBB pleit voor een verbod op islamitische straatgebeden.

Volgens feitenonderzoek blijkt echter dat die zo goed als nooit plaatsvinden, meldt Peter Burger @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

🔎 nieuwscheckers.nl/bbb-wil-isla...

@minbzk.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social #nepnieuws
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Are you a PhD or ResMA Student @leidenhumanities.bsky.social, @leidensocial.bsky.social or @leidenlaw.bsky.social?

Register now for the Interdisciplinary LeidenGlobal Graduate Course ‘𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀’ and turn theory into practice!👇

📅 Deadline 15 January 2026

✍️ www.leidenglobal.org/courses/meth...
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
“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
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
"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
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
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
🎬 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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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