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Lecture on The Origins of Sex

At the Institute of History of Leiden University Faramerz Dabhoiwala will give a lecture on The Origins of Sex: The First Sexual Revolution on Friday 20 April  at 3.30 p.m.  The lecture will take place in room 028 of the Lipsiusbuilding, Cleveringaplaats … Continue reading

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Book Launch “The Turn of the Soul”

The Leiden University Institute for Cultural Disciplines has great pleasure in inviting you to a Book Launch to mark the publication of The Turn of the Soul: Representations of Religious Conversion  in Early Modern Art and Literature Edited by Lieke … Continue reading

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Moral Emotions and Risk Politics Conference

Moral Emotions and Risk Politics 20-22 augustus 2012 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Risks arising from technologies raise important ethical issues for people living in the 21st century. Although technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, ICT, and nuclear energy can … Continue reading

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Two PhD positions in VICI project ‘Moving the Language User’

Utrecht University is looking for two PhD students to analyze the relations between affect and discourse processing. Candidates may have a degree in linguistics, but also literary studies, neurology, experimental psychology or other courses. The announcement is below, in Dutch … Continue reading

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Masterclass History of Emotions

Masterclass History of Emotions University of Leuven 2 March 2012 Whereas often perceived as ‘natural’ due to their physiological component, emotions have, in recent years, increasingly been put in historical perspective. Focus is now also on their socio-cultural component. Historians … Continue reading

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Masterclass “History of emotions” in Leuven

Master-class #3 ‘History of emotions’ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Mars 2012 (date à confirmer) Conférencière invitée : Monique Scheer (Research centre for ‘The History of Emotions’, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin) Organisé par Tine Van Osselaer, Josephine Hoegaerts, Jan Bleyen (KULeuven)

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