408 search results for “diversity” in the Student website
- LDE Masterclass on diversity and inclusion: Robert D. Putnam
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Francesco Ragazzi
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Inclusivity with Law: What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective?
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Anti-Asian racism deserves much more attention
Racism and discrimination come in many different shapes and forms – in the Netherlands too. Verbal attacks, stereotypes and violence: some people are confronted with these on a daily basis. A group that is often not included in research and the debate on racism is people of Asian descent. The Diversity…
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Symposium about Rein Dool painting and University exhibition policy
At a symposium on 26 May, experts, staff and students from Leiden University will discuss what should happen with Rein Dool’s painting in the Academy Building and what the guidelines for the University’s exhibition policy should be. These issues will be explored from diverse perspectives during the…
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Belittling and threats are part of everyday life for outspoken women
In a fiery Annie Romein-Verschoor lecture, Sylvana Simons opened up about her experiences as a woman in politics. The leader of the BIJ1 party is regularly the subject of belittling comments and threats. Writer Aafke Romeijn, who reflected on the Simons’ lecture, has also been threatened frequently…
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POSTPONED - Gastro-Politics & Gastro-Ethics of Diversity: Negotiating Islam in an Entangled World
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Leiden’s slavery past laid bare
The Mapping Slavery project will place markers that tell the story of Leiden’s slavery past. Why is this important and what does it mean for today’s society? Before the markers are placed, a panel came together on 24 March to discuss the slavery past of not only the city but the University too.
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Sylvana Simons to give Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture
Every year on or around International Women’s Day on 8 March, Leiden University holds its Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture. This year’s lecture will be given by Sylvana Simons, MP and leader and parliamentary chair of the BIJ1 party. What does International Women’s Day mean to her and which challenges…
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected on this at a symposium on Friday 26 May.
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Student-initiative COOP empowers students to discuss difficult topics respectfully
Students are ever more cautious to express their view on controversial debates. The new student-led D&I initiative at the Faculty of Humanities, COOP, is ready to step in. They organise sessions to guide students on speaking up and respecting the views of others at university.
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Between Diversity and Decolonisation: Museums as Media, and the Representation of Ainu in Museums in Japan
Lecture
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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How teaching inclusively changes the perspective and dynamics in the classroom
Lecture
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Hiring inclusively and its impact on the organisation
Lecture
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Untold Stories: representation, heritage and museums
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
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White Balls on Walls
Filmvertoning
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How do we engage with experiences of war and displacement within our university community
Roundtable discussion
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
Panel conversation
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Lakenhal Late: Strijden Ga Ik
Evenement
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Academia@WorkplacePride: Opening of the academic year
Arts and culture
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Film Screening: Crip Camp
Arts and culture, Conference | D&I Symposium
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First event of Helping Hand - Mutual Aid Group for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students
Debate
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The right diagnosis and faster for women with heart problems
It often takes longer for women with heart problems to get the right diagnosis. In her Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture, Professor Hester den Ruijter will talk about how hormones influence the heart and the importance of medical research that focuses specifically on women.
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A quick call with Ella Picavet on affordable period products
Many will add them to their shopping list without a second thought, but what if you don't have enough money to buy period products each month? The university has recently started providing packs of affordable sanitary pads and tampons in the SchoolSupply vending machines. ‘It's just like providing toilet…
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…
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Tailoring support for refugee students: ‘They are amazed at the number of options’
Many people have fled to the Netherlands since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, including students. But even before this war, students with refugee backgrounds were eager to study at Leiden University. How does the University help young people from various backgrounds find their way around the Dutch…
- POPTalk: Mapping Slavery Walk & Potluck Spring Dinner
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POPTalk: Spoken Word
Arts and culture
- Meeting of Helping Hand - Mutual Aid Group for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students
- Meeting of Helping Hand - Mutual Aid Group for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students
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FMNST Platform x POPTalk: The Journey of (Student) Activism
Lecture
- Meeting of Helping Hand - Mutual Aid Group for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students
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Opening POPCorner The Hague
Met een openingswoord, een paneldiscussie op de Spaanse Trappen in Wijnhaven en een druk op de rode knop voor het gebouw zelf, is POPcorner The Hague donderdagmiddag officieel geopend door rector magnificus Hester Bijl.
- POPTalks (POPcorner Humanities)
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COOP #2: Panel discussion Code of Conduct (with FGW POPcorner)
Debate
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Finding an internship as a first-generation student
Thematic meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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Being the first: the university wide network for first generation academics
Thematic Meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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ASP and Studying with a Disability
Lecture
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in English
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in Dutch
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POPTalk: Code of Conduct Humanities
Lecture
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Finding your way at the job market as a first-generation student
Thematic meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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Third meeting of Leiden University's Being the First student network
Thematic Meeting Being the First
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COOP #1: From Debate to Discussion
Debate
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POPcorner presents… COOP & Code of Conduct for students of the Faculty of Humanities
Lecture