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Blog Post | The Populist Challenge and the Domestic Turn in Diplomacy
Author: Andrew F. Cooper
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Blog Post | Feminist Foreign Policy: A new and necessary approach to foreign policy and diplomacy
When former Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström announced in 2014 that Sweden would become the first state to implement a feminist approach to its foreign policy, her idea was met with giggles. [1] But the concept quickly spread around the world. In May 2022, the Netherlands became the 10th state…
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Blog Post | Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty
In this blog post, Paweł Surowiec and Ilan Manor draw on insights from their edited volume Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty.
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Medical Delta professor Andrew Webb: ‘In The Netherlands, people are much more open to cooperation’
Commercial MRI systems cost millions of euros to purchase and require highly trained technicians to operate. Prof. Andrew Webb works on accessible MRI techniques that offer new opportunities in both developed and developing countries. Webb is a professor at the Radiology Department of the LUMC and,…
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Blog Post | The Diplomatic Elite, the People at Home and Democratic Renewal
‘Foreign policy’ may seem to the general public to be merely an official response to problems entering the nation from across the border. Yet the political reach of diplomacy has extended, and diplomats will have to find ways to engage more with home citizens, including those who feel sidelined and…
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Blog Post | An asset or a hassle? The public as a problem for public diplomats
It is undeniable that the public is central to the practice and study of public diplomacy. Indeed, this field is known as *public* diplomacy.
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Content key factor in choosing a master’s programme
Last Friday was Master’s Open Day time once again. Students from home and abroad descended on Leiden and The Hague to find out more about our master’s programmes. Alongside the presentations, the information fairs gave them a good opportunity to ask any questions.
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Thousands of images of frozen bacteria
How do bacteria sense and adapt to their environment? Ariane Briegel, Professor of Ultrastructural Biology, is intrigued by this question. Using new techniques, she produces three-dimensional images of bacteria that provide us with new clues about their sensory system.
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Italy From Facism to Democracy. And Back?
Lecture, Seminar
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Sound installation- Broken Ensemble
Exhibition, Sound installation
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LED3 Lecture: Harnessing the Chemistry of Natural Product Biosynthesis
Lecture
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Online tools
This section provides an overview of online tools for the study of the medieval Low Countries. The websites linked down below are often times both available in Dutch and English.
- Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language and Culture
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LIC Lecture + drinks
Lecture
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LUCIP Lecture "The normative body and the embodiment of norms. It’s about habit."
Lecture
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Special Session of the Nietzsche Research Seminar with Ekaterina Poljakova
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium: High precision kinetics of elementary surface reactions: Quantitative comparison of experiment and theory
Lecture
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DNA-Decorated soft nanostructures from the self-assembly of DNA amphiphiles
Lecture
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Van Marum Colloquium: Visualizing electrified solid-liquid interfaces
Lecture
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The formation of Islam: The view from below
By examining the impact of Islam on the daily life of those living under its rule, the goal of this project is to understand the striking newness of Islamic society and its debt to the diverse cultures it superseded. Questions will be the extent, character, and ambition of Muslim state competency at…
- Volume 2 (2007)
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CCLS Past Events
On this page you can find information about previous CCLS events.
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Water and Society Lab
How do societies move forward with sustainable, effective and efficient management of Earth's water resources?
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Team
The team of WIIS-Netherlands exists out of the board members and the advisory council.
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy
Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a super-massive object at the centre of the Milky Way. This picture could only be taken thanks to the cooperation of telescopes worldwide.
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Every European citizen trilingual?
Leiden University linguist Lisa Cheng speaks two Chinese languages, as well as English and Dutch. She is a strong supporter of the European Commission's wish that every European citizen learns to speak several languages. ‘Speaking three languages is not that difficult.’
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Consortia awarded grant for research into pressing issues
Various consortia in which Leiden University is represented are beginning interdisciplinary research, which will bring scientific and societal breakthroughs within reach. Knowledge institutions, government and private parties are working closely together on the projects.
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No moderation in tone at Trump's inauguration
The brand-new American President Donald Trump delivered his inaugural speech on 20 January. There was little sign of conciliation and he was liberal with the truth, in the opinion of a number of Leiden academics. One professor is more positive: 'He wants to take on radical Islam.'
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Van Marum Colloquium: Understanding Electrochemical Interfaces on the Atomic Scale
Lecture
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Third meeting of Leiden University's Being the First student network
Thematic Meeting Being the First
- How can Feminist Foreign Policy contribute to National Security in an Age of Domestic Terror Threats?
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Intercultural Philosophy as Philosophy: Some Remarks on Leiden Philosophy’s Mission
Lecture
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Female Researchers in the Spotlight for Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day
On Thursday November 15th, Leiden University organizes its Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day for female high school students. To mark this festive day, we put the spotlight on five female researchers, who talk about their experiences working in science.
- Obtaining justice and reparations for genocide survivors - What mobilisation and what role for the European Union and the international community
- Volume 15 (2020)
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Retired and Kicking: An LUCL Symposium
Lecture
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Humanities and International Relations Graduate
Conference
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Small Grants Past Research Projects
The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. These are our past awardees.
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GP in Spain in times of corona
What’s the situation like in Spain in these times of corona? Dr Jan Otto Landman (Medicine, Leiden, 1979) has a GP practice in Torremolinos and Fuengirola, Southern Spain, and since 16 March he has been writing blogs about corona on the Facebook page of his practice. He has covered issues such as the…
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YAL members
Read all about YAL membership and the members of the Young Academy Leiden.
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Hall of Fame 2015
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, they have been appointed member of an academic society or have taken on a position in the community. Reasons enough to be proud of them and to include…
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
- Global Asia Scholar Series (GLASS)
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Sponsored Research
Global Interactions sponsors a number of research projects of Leiden University researchers.
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Older publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Environmental Biology (1972-2015)