318 search results for “anna reforms” in the Student website
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7 tips to combat procrastination
The end of the semester is approaching again. That means a lot of deadlines and the end of a lot of subjects. Have you prepared well for this period?
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#COVID under19: Children’s rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Children and young people feel the government is not listening to them during the coronavirus pandemic and this is a cause for concern in light of international children’s rights. This is the conclusion of a recent report by a research team from Leiden University on how children and youngsters have…
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An Early Start: Welcoming the Class of 2024!
Although the official start of the academic year has to wait for another fortnight, Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) welcomed the Class of 2024 to the Anna van Bueren campus this week. The new cohort of 204 incoming students will spend the next three years studying different majors and minors…
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Angus Mol, new LUCDH director: 'We want to be a point of contact'
Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities (LUCDH) has had a new director since 1 February. Associate Professor Angus Mol wants to connect people and knowledge in his new role.
- LUC Garage Sale
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Summer School Computational Social Cognition 2024
Course, Summer School
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Global Challenges: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Debate, Studium Generale
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Field Notes: An Interactive Session on Housing, Land, and Property in Global Hotspots
Debate
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Clothing Swap and Borrel with LUGO
Clothing Swap & Borrel
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CEES webinar: Women's political representation in Central and Eastern Europe
Lecture
- The Body Poetic: How identity is formed, negotiated, and renegotiated through interaction between the living and the dead
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Global Challenges: The Regime of Lukashenka
Lecture
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The First 20 Years: Reconsidering European Union Enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe
Conference, Conversation
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World Peace: visions from Tolstoy
Debate, Seminar
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Roundtable on Climate Change and Land Rights: IOM’s e-course module on HLP, Protection and Climate Change
Lecture, Roundtable discussion
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Research-Concert: Songs and Languages across hemispheres
Music concert
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Migration policy of the European Union: what lies ahead?
Lecture, Seminar
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Student associations
Leiden University is well known for its student associations, which provide a great way for you to get to know your fellow students. As well as parties and social events, student associations also offer excellent sporting and cultural opportunities.
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Dismantling National Colonialism: the role of Chilean political indigenous movements
Guest Lecture
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CCLS Seminar
Conference, seminar
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Inclusive Peace in Ukraine
Debate, Panel Discussion
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Relational Multilateralism: the Play of International United Front in China’s Global Grand Strategy
Lecture
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Piety and devotion. 16th-century murals in the Virabhadra Temple in Lepakshi, India
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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LUCIR Lecture: Russia in Africa
Lecture
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How to Work for Peace: A Dialogue with Dionysius Mintoff, the ‘Father of Peace’
Debate, Fireside Peace Chats
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Live Q&A with OpenAI: AI and the Future of Humanity
Debate, Live Q&A
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Conventions: the oil in the engine of the state system
The rise of populist parties, the expansion of the role of the state and now the fragmentation of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Dutch political reality has changed rapidly over recent decades. These developments are in stark contrast to Dutch constitutional law that has remained almost…
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'This course is a simulation of your professional work as an astronomer'
What if I completely changed everything? A subject without lectures or exams, where the right answer is not important and where students work with their hands. With this idea, Michiel Brentjens reformed the course Radioastronomy. His students are so enthusiastic about this approach that they nominated…
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Over 3 million euros in funding for Surveillance & Protection research project
A research team from the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) has received over 3 million euros in funding from the Knowledge Centre Surveillance and Protection, a partnership between the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security, the Public Prosecution Office, the police,…
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How arbitration law went from uncharted territory to a ‘sexy’ field of practice
Arbitration law has grown into a ‘sexy’ area of practice about which students are keen to write a thesis and in which many lawyers specialise.
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Dutch East Indies tax system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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Reunionists of Leiden Historical Debating Society celebrate 65th anniversary: 'We are more alive than ever'
Friday 4 November marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Leiden’s P.C. Hooft Historical Debating Society. Although new members have not been accepted for several decades, the society is still alive and kicking. A retrospective with former presidents Jos Hooghuis and Saskia Leupen.
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A scholarship to study abroad
Three Leiden students who have made their dreams of studying abroad come true this year with the aid of a VSBfonds scholarship talk about their experiences.
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Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention?
The FIFA World Cup will get underway in Qatar this November – an event that has attracted much discussion in recent years. This discussion is not only centred on sport. Human rights are in the spotlights in Qatar. On Friday 30 September, Leiden University organised a debate in which experts from various…
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The Power of Evidence unravelled in new research programme
Governments and public sector organisations consider evidence-based or evidence-informed policymaking as one of the pillars of good governance. That is to say: policies that are informed by scientific knowledge, expertise and evidence. In the research programme 'Power of Evidence', Valérie Pattyn and…
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Wives of professors, students and alumni played a crucial role in Leiden’s women’s rights movement
PhD candidate Agnes van Steen researched the history of the Leiden women’s rights movement (1860-1990) and found that the university produced many feminists.
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Deconstructing a more assertive China: How did its foreign policy change?
Since 2009-2010, the West viewed China as more assertive. Especially after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the country abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s ‘low profile’ foreign policy. Friso Stevens explains in his dissertation where this change has come from. The dissertation defence is on 28 March.
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War and Peace Studies: New CSM track focusses on modern war, warfare and peace building efforts
War and peace studies. A topic that is more relevant than ever because of the war in Ukraine. In September, the MSc Crisis and Security Management (CSM) will start a new track: War and Peace Studies. CSM’s Programme Director, Ernst Dijxhoorn, discusses the new track, how it was created and what students…
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Benefit concert for Ukraine
Benefit concert
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Onzekerheid opzoeken - risicogedrag in pubers en zebravissen
Lecture
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Lecture Frits Scholten: Private Devotion & Immersive Play - The Use of 'Spiritual Toys' in the Late Middle Ages
Lecture
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ELS lab meeting: Work in Progress
Lecture
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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The Need for Teaching a More Accurate and Inclusive History of Science: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Math and Sciences
Debate
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Research Workshop on the Legal Responses to the Disinformation Crisis
Conference
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LUCIR Talk: Ghost Army - Snapshot of the Wagner Group’s Operations and Structures
Debate
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What is Liberal Arts and Sciences?
Career Building & Networking Event
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LUCIR Talk: Protecting Nuclear Power Plants During War: Implications from Ukraine
Lecture
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Seventeenth-century depictions of sacred sites in the Kailasanathar Temple at Nattam, Tamil Nadu
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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Assessor talk: Anne Wellink succeeds Ebrar Kaya as assessor
Being a student member of the faculty board? Ebrar Kaya fulfilled this role last year as assessor of the Faculty of Humanities. In September, Anne Wellink took over from him. In this interview, we look back and ahead at the assessorship with them.