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Vacancies for PhD positions
Starting September 2010 the Leiden Institute for Area Studies has three full time (38 hrs) vacancies, available as 4 year PhD positions. As well as a 3 year Post-Doctoral fellowship, starting in 2011, in the VICI project "Buddhism and Social Justice: Doctrine, Ideology and Discrimination in Tension," headed by Prof dr. Jonathan A. Silk.
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New: Dutch online magazine on Japan
Japan has interested the Western world for many years: from the tea ceremony to popular cartoons. But reliable information about these subjects is hard to come by. Leiden Japan scholars have started a new magazine aimed at filling the gap between academic publications and popular books.
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PhD Defences March
An overview of LIAS PhD Defences that will take place in March 2010
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