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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Not in my name: former civil servants on resigning over Israel-Palestine policy
Western civil servants openly struggle with their government’s policies on the war in Gaza. During a meeting at Campus The Hague, three former civil servants told their stories.
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Co-operation with China
A delegation from Leiden University, headed by the Rector Magnificus Professor Paul van der Heijden, is currently in Xiamen, in South-East China, to conclude two agreements on intensive research and teaching collaboration with academic institutions there, and to open the first MEARC representative office…
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Summer school on extremism gives insight into theory and practice
Every summer, Leiden University is the setting of dozens of summer schools in which professionals and students can receive extra training on a specific topic within a short space of time. We took a look at a summer programme on extremism. ‘A recruiter for al-Qaeda said that I could change the world.…
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Combining research and a good cause: Tutoring programme concludes successfully
More than a course. That was the aim of the Leiden Tutoring programme. Through weekly tutoring lessons, students did not just earn five EC. They helped Dutch primary-school children from neighbourhoods with a low socioeconomic status.
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‘We have world-class expertise on the circular economy’
The province of Zuid-Holland faces a wide range of global sustainability issues caused by urbanisation, intensive horticulture and industry. The universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam have the in-house expertise to define knowledge questions, set up research programmes and test results, says Prof.…
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From research project to market leader in cycling tours for elderly
‘In Hong Kong, the elderly found our popular nature routes boring, so they now cycle our action-packed routes through New York.’ What once started as an assignment for the Master Programme Media Technology, has grown into the international market leader in the field of virtual reality exercises for…
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Zeineb Romdhane: Student and Minister for New Democracy
A shadow cabinet has just been formed. This one consists of students from all the Dutch universities. They will be keeping politicians on their toes in the coming year, and want to show that progress cannot be made without academic research and teaching. Master’s student Zeineb Romdhane is Minister…
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Successful Pilot Project targeted at career development for PhDs
Six PhD candidates from the Institute for History took part in a pilot project targeted at career development. Between September and December 2016 group meetings and individual coaching sessions helped them position themselves better on the job market outside of academia.
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‘I want to do meaningful, intellectually stimulating work’
‘To be honest, I knew very little about the Netherlands when I arrived in 1998. But studying law in Leiden was a very enriching experience.’ Nathalie van den Berge grew up in a number of different European countries, and now works at a UN office in Tanzania, where she lives with her Dutch husband and…
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How can we become a more inclusive university?
Inspiration from outside and best practices from inside the University. These were the most important ingredients of the symposium on inclusivity organised by the Diversity Office at Leiden University on 22 November.
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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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Students work on a cold case: ‘We look in a different way than the police’
Sixteen master’s students from a variety of disciplines are helping The Hague Police to find new clues in a cold case.
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Czech Ambassador to The Netherlands visits Leiden to mark the 20 year anniversary of European Enlargement
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, students, instructors, staff and other guests gathered at the Faculty Club for an exciting event: a discussion entitled “The First 20 Years: Reconsidering European Union Enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe.” His Excellency Mr. René Miko, Ambassador of the Czech Republic…
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Public leadership in a wider perspective: ‘Leadership is for everyone’
The field of leadership suffers from ‘adjectivism’, says Professor Ben Kuipers. He immediately caveats this by saying that he too is going furnish the word leadership with an adjective: ‘Public’. But the goal here is to view leadership in a different light in his new role as Professor of Public Lead…
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Book launch handbook International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding
Book Launch
- CompaRe conference and call for papers on lean integration
- Food for Thought: Circularity around Food
- GTGC Lunch Seminar: Contested Sovereignty & Politics of Citizenship
- GIG-ARTS Conference: Thirty Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance: Assessments and Prospects
- Excursion to the European Parliament
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Global Challenges: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Debate, Studium Generale
- LUGO Movie Night: October
- Two-Day Workshop: Governing Digital Platforms
- GTGC Global Justice and Human Rights & Identities and Inequalities seminar
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Common Interests and Common Spaces: Institutional Approaches to Dispute Settlement
Conference
- Lunch Seminar: Governing Delivery Platform Companies
- LUGO Event: Deconstructing the Circular Economy
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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8-11 April - Career Days 2024
Course, Career Week
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2019 Hall of fame
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2019 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.
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Leiden Workshop on Creole Languages (WoCL)
Conference
- Autumn Event 2022: Photography Exhibition and Rotterzwam talk
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Roundtable: Is the Russia-Ukraine War a Global War? / Workshop: Archives and Methods
Conference, INVISIHIST Pre-Conference
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Online Open Day for Professionals
Study information
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2018 Hall of Fame
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2018 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.
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Gabriel Paiuk – Sound Theory (The Clouds)
Arts and culture, Concert
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Concert Practicum Musicae students
Arts and culture, Concert
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Lectorate Event of lectorate 'Music, Education and Society' Royal Conservatoire
Arts and culture
- GTGC Democracy and Citizenship Research Roundtable
- Lunch Seminar/Meeting: GTGC Climate Governance Consortium
- GTGC lunch seminar: human rights for governing digital platforms
- GTGC lunch seminar: Eve Darian-Smith and Phil McCarty on Global Studies Methods
- Lunch Seminar/Meeting: GTGC Waste Governance Consortium
- GTGC Lunch Seminar: Governing the European Textile Waste Export
- GTGC Lunch Seminar: Issue Complexity, Strategic Construct and Cooperation Among International Organisations
- Workshop: Interdisciplinary Research Design for Global Studies
- GTGC lunch seminar: building support to finance climate change policies
- GTGC lunch seminar: Santino Regilme on Global Drug Wars
- GTGC lunch seminar: Chris Wensink & Midas van Dijk on Regionalizing Eurasia